Never Let Me Go Analysis

Margaret Atwood once said, “The thing about delirium is you think it's great, but it actually isn't.” In Margaret Atwood’s novel Oryx and Crake and Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Never Let Me Go both take a place in a dystopian society, filled with elements of chaos, diseases, division, and oppression. In Oryx and Crake, the title character experiences an awful childhood that constructs a foundation for his personality. Crake was betrayed by his mother and best friend, which stimulated him to go on a path of destruction. He is narcissistic, detached, and intellectually superior. In Never Let Me Go, Ruth shares a similar quality which is being very egotistical and projects herself as incredibly abrasive. She is a clone who serves one sole purpose in life which is to donate her vital organs, while being separated from society. In Oryx and Crake and Never Let Me Go, the following characters demonstrate how their personalities stems from the lack of parental guidance which explains their decision making process and why. In Oryx and Crake, Crake appears to be the most dynamic character making a lasting impression. Crake happens to share the same qualities as a sociopath, according to Health Guidance “a sociopath acquires the qualities of having a lack of
Simply Psychology supports that Ruth suffers from an Ego/Superego complex, she knows “how you ought to be, and represents career aspirations, how to treat other people, and how to behave as a member of society”; she is also “rational, realistic, and orientated towards problem solving.” Ruth is a clone who attends Hailsham who is the leader of her group of friends. According to Creative Psychologist, “it is a widely accepted fact that personality characteristics and behavioural patterns of adult are shaped and moulded by the events occurring during their early years of life (Uma J