Never Let Me Go 20- The Sad Ending

"'Kath, I don't want you to take this the wrong way. But I've been thinking it over a lot. Kath, I think I ought to get a different carer.'"
(pg. 280)

This quote describes the sad ending to this book. Tommy, knowing that he is dying, tells Kathy that he is going to get a different carer. I think it is very brave of him to do this and really shows the human qualities to the clones that very few people in their world want to recognize. Tommy obviously would want Kathy to be there when he is dying, but he is brave enough to send her away so that she won't have to see him in such bad condition and get upset when he begins to die; he wants her to remember him as the boy at Hailsham that she grew up with. Overall, I enjoyed this book a lot more than "Brave New World." However, these books were both very similar in their societal settings and themes. Both books indicated the importance of keeping technology in check with our reality. If we let technology spiral beyond our moral boundaries, the books depict the horrible futures that may result. These symbols and themes are quite profound and relevent, especially since we live in a world with new technologies being developed every day. Someday soon, we might actually have to face the choices these books warn about. It really proves the timelessness of literature that we are focusing on in these books, especially since one was written nealy 80 years ago. I felt that "Never Let Me Go" was very good in the sense that it contained so many emotional twists. I also enjoyed watching  the characters personalities change as they aged.  One thing that I didn't like though was all the pointless anecdotes that probably filled half of the book. Many things would happen that were completely irrelavent and unimportant. Overall though, I enjoyed the book, but I'm even happier now that I have finished all my blogs!