Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

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This 4 page essay discusses the characters in the novel Never Let Me Go. It discusses how they depend on each other to discover their identities and accept their purpose of existence. They mirror the human condition in general within the parameters of their truncated lives, particularly in regards to the burden entailed by the mind/body dualism that is an inherent part of the Western worldview. Ishiguro indicates this interpretation of the novel in several ways, which include the enigmatic way in which the fate of the characters is revealed; the reactions of outsiders to the students and the emphasis on art; and the passivity of the characters in not resisting their fate. No additional sources cited.