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Never Let Me Go Critique

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This scene is taken from the 2010 film directed by Mark Romanek, Never Let Me Go, based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. My initial intuition about the scene is that life in this world is motivated by selfish and deceitful means. Why would humans be made less in order to save other humans? Why would this hierarchy even exist and who determines the ethics of constructing such hierarchies? The conversation in these scenes lead to to truth behind the belief that if a couple (a boy and a girl) from among Hailsham students are really in love, they can apply for a deferral (four to five years before they have to start their donations.) Tommy D and myself are trying to convince Madame that we are in love. We just drove to Madame’s house for the sole purpose mentioned above. We are confident that we will get what me what. Not really. Tommy D is a lot more confident than me. This scene is mainly taking place in the living room of Madame’s House during the day. I have never been here before. The space is small and minimalistic. There is a painting of Hailsham on the wall and …show more content…

We grew up together. I know Miss Emily form Hailsham as well as Madame who visited to collect work for her gallery. This is the first time that I am actually talking directly to Madame. I am not afraid of her however. Tommy and I are talking to Madame so that we can get a deferral. We heard that she can grant deferrals since she is the person who runs the gallery. Tommy has figured out the purpose of the the gallery. He believes that the art work that we have done while we are at Hailsham was used as a method to look into our souls. He thinks that this is the way that they can verify that we deserve a deferral. To tell that we are not lying and that we do love each other. I believe that he could be very well right. I mean what other reason does the gallery exist. I know that the gallery is used to look into our souls. The art work we create speaks of who we

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