Never Let Me Go 17- What Donor's Are Supposed To Do

"'I was pretty much ready when I became a donor. It felt right. After all, it's what were supposed to be doing, isn't it?'"
(pg. 227)

What does she mean they're supposed to be doing it? I feel sorry for the characters because they know, deep down, that they are being used. Obviously, this was the case, but they never talked about it and tried to pretend that it wasn't so. I think it represents their remaining innocence that they've tried to cling on to in their final years. In the quote, it seems Ruth knows what others are doing to her is wrong. Ruth is talking in a way that she has to ask reassuringly that what she was doing was right, or what they were "supposed" to do. I know that they must feel the obligation to become donors since it was what they were created to do and, otherwise, would never have existed if it weren't for this purpose. However, it just still seems odd and almost unrealistic that everyone would come to terms with this matter. In this chapter though, the three friends are reunited for their first time since Hailsham. It will be interesting to see how the characters have changed and are newly portrayed as adults now. Kathy had already mentioned drastic differences in Ruth's character.