Analysis of context in Never Let Me Go
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- Analysis of context in NLMG
- Literary
- Genre
- Sci-fi
- Surpassed sci-fi elements to draw attention to ethical/ moral Qs
- Dystopia
- Bildungsroman
- Sci-fi
- Allegory of human mortality and relationship with death
- Story in which the characters and events represent particular qualities or ideas that relate to morals, religion, or politics:
- Takes on extra layer of pathos and relevance so we can empathise
- Use euphemisms e.g passing away or completing
- Form of conditioning to make death bearable
- Joke about it
- "unzipping"
- Story in which the characters and events represent particular qualities or ideas that relate to morals, religion, or politics:
- Genre
- Social
- School
- Bullying
- Fitting in
- Friendship groups
- Growing up
- Love
- Facing death
- Allegory of human mortality and relationship with death
- Story in which the characters and events represent particular qualities or ideas that relate to morals, religion, or politics:
- Takes on extra layer of pathos and relevance so we can empathise
- Use euphemisms e.g passing away or completing
- Form of conditioning to make death bearable
- Joke about it
- "unzipping"
- Story in which the characters and events represent particular qualities or ideas that relate to morals, religion, or politics:
- Allegory of human mortality and relationship with death
- Moral/ethical concerns around cloning
- What counts as a human?
- When do human cells count as human
- What are the ethical/moral limits for when humans can be used for the benefit of others?
- When is it justified for human cells/ beings to be destroyed for individuals or the state?
- Symbolic of other abuse where the same Qs can apply
- I interested in role of Japan in WW2 after his parents were caught up in the fervor
- What would we have done had we been in that situation?
- I interested in role of Japan in WW2 after his parents were caught up in the fervor
- School
- Historical
- Emphasises question of how can ordinary people in ordinary situations end up being victims or perpetrators of horrid things?
- I interested in role of Japan in WW2 after his parents were caught up in the fervor
- What would we have done had we been in that situation?
- I interested in role of Japan in WW2 after his parents were caught up in the fervor
- Cloning a debate (mid 90s-late 2000s)
- Dolly the sheep (1st cloned mammal) born, 22/2/97
- Head of team said human cloning was "repugnant"
- 1998- Dr Richard Seed in Chicago announced plan to set up human clone clinic
- 3/2005: Non-binding UN declaration that called for a ban on all forms of human cloning contrary to human dignity
- What is contrary to human dignity?
- 1998: First human cloned embryo created but destroyed
- Dolly the sheep (1st cloned mammal) born, 22/2/97
- Emphasises question of how can ordinary people in ordinary situations end up being victims or perpetrators of horrid things?
- Setting
- Recognisable world
- Emphasises question of how can ordinary people in ordinary situations end up being victims or perpetrators of horrid things?
- Poses moral Qs w/o preaching + answering
- Emphasises question of how can ordinary people in ordinary situations end up being victims or perpetrators of horrid things?
- 1990s
- Cloning a debate (mid 90s-late 2000s)
- Dolly the sheep (1st cloned mammal) born, 22/2/97
- Head of team said human cloning was "repugnant"
- 1998- Dr Richard Seed in Chicago announced plan to set up human clone clinic
- 3/2005: Non-binding UN declaration that called for a ban on all forms of human cloning contrary to human dignity
- What is contrary to human dignity?
- 1998: First human cloned embryo created but destroyed
- Dolly the sheep (1st cloned mammal) born, 22/2/97
- Surpassed sci-fi elements to draw attention to ethical/ moral Qs
- Concentration camps and massacres in Yugoslavia
- DNA first used to identify people in criminal law
- 1998: Embryonic stem cell research began
- First gene therapy trials (being able to choose children's characteristics
- e.g Morningdale Scandal
- Cloning a debate (mid 90s-late 2000s)
- Uses setting to build suspense and mystery
- e.g. the Sales in the context of Hailsham
- why do privileged students care about junk?
- e.g. the Sales in the context of Hailsham
- Readers suspect things from the plot
- Idea of H makes readers feel there will be horror yet nothing horrifying happens
- I works to overturn where readers think they are and what to expect from the plot
- Creates atmosphere of uncertainty/ ambiguity
- I works to overturn where readers think they are and what to expect from the plot
- Idea of H makes readers feel there will be horror yet nothing horrifying happens
- Recognisable world
- Literary
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