"Since each of us was copied at some point from a normal person, there must be, for each of us, somewhere out there, a model getting on with his or her life."
(pg. 139)
This quote was very shocking and explains a lot about the story. It is literally like the sequal to "Brave New World." Ruth entertains the idea about her finding what they refer to as a possible, or the person they were cloned from. Now that Ishiguro explained what was going on with the students and why they would be donors, I now understand why the guardians and Madame would get very emotional about having to tell the students all this back at Hailsham. I think I understand this right, but my thinking is that the donors were the ones who were cloned from an original person and would then provide their "possibles" with the necessary vital organs they needed as they got older. This society basically mirrors that of the previous book we read in the way that fixed statuses in life were chosen before birth and the way in which immoral practices were used on some to benefit the society in general. My one question that I keep having is that if Kathy and Ruth know all this, why would they conform to these rules that have discriminated against them all their lives to the point to which it will kill them. They just seem to accept their role and do just as the others want.
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