Never Let Me Go 10

"That's why, when you were out there yourself- in the towns, shopping centres, transport cafes, you kept an eye out for 'possibles'- the people who might have been the models for you and your friends." pg 139

Just when I thought this book couldn't get any more twisted, the author introduces possibles. Possibles, a colloquialism in the lives of all future donors, are what I would call parents. Because these children all know their fate, well at least that they won't live long, many, like Tommy, feel no need to find their possible or model. The subject of possibles was kind of like politics, no one brought it up because it might rub someone the wrong way. Upon seeing a possible possible for Ruth, Chrissy, Rodney, Tommy, and Kathy joined Ruth to go look at the women and see how legitimate Rodney's theory was. It was interesting to see how little these young adults new about reproduction. Unless cloning machines exist in this alternate universe, I don't think any of these characters would have just one model, but I also think none of them realize that. Never, in the whole Norfolk trip, did anyone mention a father.