Never Let Me Go Literary Analysis
Never Let Me Go literary Analysis
There are many important symbols In the novel Never Let Me Go by by Kazuo Ishiguro. Some of them include hope, growth and learning. But by far the most important symbol in this novel would have to be Love because if these clones weren't capable of love or if the guardians didn't love the children, then this story would be pretty short and boring. Love is one of the biggest motives for the majority of the plot points in this novel. There are many different types of love portrayed in this novel. Dictionary.com defines love as a profoundly tender passionate affection for another person, A sexual passion or desire or a warm personal attachment or deep affection. Kazuo Ishiguro has throughly covered all of these bases in this novel with the relationships between Kathy and Tommy as adults and as children, Kathy and Ruth and between the clones and the guardians but mostly Miss. Emily.
Ruth and Kathy through out the novel have had a very strange relationship. For example Kathy is a very compassionate, good-natured and at times an apathetic person. Ruth is more or less the opposite because she is selfish, a compulsive liar and at times insecure. Even tho Kathy and Ruth both share these differences they are best friends through out childhood and parts of adulthood. A good possibility why they are such good friends is because they are so opposite. Ruth always had the "Alpha Dog" mentality and Kathy has more of a passive personality. When Kathy and Ruth were younger they loved each other even if it didn't seem like it at times. For example when Ruth bragged about how she could play chess and then when she was playing with Kathy, Kathy quickly realized she didn't know the rules at all and was just lying. Instead of making fun of her and exposing her to the other students of Halisham she played along and acted like Ruth did actually know how to play chess. If Kathy didn't love Ruth she definitely would started teasing her in front
There are many important symbols In the novel Never Let Me Go by by Kazuo Ishiguro. Some of them include hope, growth and learning. But by far the most important symbol in this novel would have to be Love because if these clones weren't capable of love or if the guardians didn't love the children, then this story would be pretty short and boring. Love is one of the biggest motives for the majority of the plot points in this novel. There are many different types of love portrayed in this novel. Dictionary.com defines love as a profoundly tender passionate affection for another person, A sexual passion or desire or a warm personal attachment or deep affection. Kazuo Ishiguro has throughly covered all of these bases in this novel with the relationships between Kathy and Tommy as adults and as children, Kathy and Ruth and between the clones and the guardians but mostly Miss. Emily.
Ruth and Kathy through out the novel have had a very strange relationship. For example Kathy is a very compassionate, good-natured and at times an apathetic person. Ruth is more or less the opposite because she is selfish, a compulsive liar and at times insecure. Even tho Kathy and Ruth both share these differences they are best friends through out childhood and parts of adulthood. A good possibility why they are such good friends is because they are so opposite. Ruth always had the "Alpha Dog" mentality and Kathy has more of a passive personality. When Kathy and Ruth were younger they loved each other even if it didn't seem like it at times. For example when Ruth bragged about how she could play chess and then when she was playing with Kathy, Kathy quickly realized she didn't know the rules at all and was just lying. Instead of making fun of her and exposing her to the other students of Halisham she played along and acted like Ruth did actually know how to play chess. If Kathy didn't love Ruth she definitely would started teasing her in front