Friday, July 8, 2011

Never Let Me Go 20

"I just watched a bit, then turned back to the car, to drive off to wherever it was I was supposed to be." pg 288

Yes, I'm going to reflect on the last sentence. I'm shaking with glee because this is the last blog I'll write for a few weeks. I'm glad that the book ended, in my opinion, with a little humor. But really, her two best friends die and nothing particularly joyful has happened in her life, so she goes and watches trash? Really? Maybe I'm just not emotional enough for these books, but I don't see it as a proper ending. If Ishiguro wouldn't a cheesy ending he should've gone the whole ten yards and made Kathy see Tommy's face while she was doing her first donation, or even better, through some series of events, have donations be cancelled and have Kathy go on to have an office job and think of Ruth. Also, where is she supposed to be? Maybe Ishiguro wrote the way he did to show that Kathy's life amounts to nothing more than looking at trash because her beloved Tommy is gone.

The End.

1 comment:

  1. Nice work on the blogs, Melissa. As you work through Brave New World, look for connections between the two novels.

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