Kazuo Ishiguro Escape

Escape is regarded the desires to break free from social norms. In literature readers witness characters desire to escape from reality, by creating a world of fantasy in which they belong to. Kazuo Ishiguro's Never let me go develops the idea of escape through modes transportation, pursuit of life, and imagination to argue that regardless humans or clone escape is unreal.
Ishiguro uses the concept of driving as a way to develop the motif of imprisonment throughout the narrative. He uses the character of Kathy. H to depict this. For instance, Kathy informs the reader that while "driving around the country now I [Kathy] still see things that will remind me of Hailsham"; this characterization allows Ishiguro to reveal hints to the reader of
The narrative begins with Kathy introducing herself to the reader as being "a carer for over eleven year. That sounds long enough, I [Kathy] but actually they want me to go on for another eight months... they've been pleased with my work" (3). This reveals to the reader how Kathy is boasting about being a carer for so long. This characterization allows Ishiguro to emphasize the significance of a being a carer. By indicating how long Kathy has been a carer Ishiguro also differentiate Kathy from other characters. As the narrative progresses, Kathy illustrates to the reader when she became a carer and slightly indicates why she chose to become a carer before Ruth and Tommy. According to Kathy she "just got up one morning and told Keffers I [Kathy] wanted to start my training to become a carer... I was suddenly looking at everything-- the cottages, everybody there-- in a different light", this allows Ishiguro to characterize Kathy as vulnerable (202). Since she decided to become a carer right after dispute with Ruth, which suggests that becoming a carer is Kathy's way of escaping from conflict. Additionally, the connotative phrases "different light" suggests to the reader that Kathy suddenly considers herself different from others; which allow Ishiguro to mark the change in perception. Moreover, later when Kathy begins caring for Ruth, Ishiguro develops the idea of temporarily escaping from fate by becoming a carer. For instance, Tommy states how he "wasn't much good as a carer...why the notice for my first came so early", this correspondence between carer and first donation allows Ishiguro to emphasize caring as a way to postponing and escaping fate [donating]. Although Tommy doesn't consider himself a good carer, Ruth considered herself a decent carer as "five years felt about enough." Ishiguro uses the numeric phrase "five years" to distinguish the clones from one