# 10

We touched on this idea during our class discussion on Never Let Me Go but never looked at it in-depth. The idea of discussing the three different phases in this book. The first part, when the children were at Hailsham, was compared to Heaven or childhood. The second phase was when they were living their life, which was compared to earth or college life. The final phase was when they were donors and carers, which was compared to Hell or getting old/retirement. I thought this was an interesting way to break down the book and made me view the story a differently. I looked at each phase as a separate story and then made comparisons. When I read the book I viewed the children’s life at Hailsham as being trapped and forced into a specific, pre-destined life. But after making the comparisons to Heaven it made me focus on the fact that the children were living a great life. They did not have to make any major decisions and had their future decided and figured out.

I also enjoyed the discussion towards the end of class discussing the relationship and reliability of each other between humans and the donors. It was interesting to look at what life would be like with other one or the other.

A few of the questions that we listed at the beginning of class but didn’t discuss were:

How are the models chosen? And also discuss the lack of emotion of loved ones dying