Humanity 2
- Created by: mimidollins
- Created on: 03-02-21 12:56
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- Humanity
- Hailsham
- clones only "lucky pawns"
- Miss E
- Finds clones repulsive
- "We're all afraid of you. I myself had to fight back my dread of you every day I was at H" 264
- Finds clones repulsive
- Created to prove clones are capable of thought, reasoning and artistic skill to highlight their humanity
- Unclear if they're campaigning for an end to cloning or better treatment of clones
- Continual reference to art engenders reader's self-awareness (someone who is also analysing art) and question how we are any different to them
- Social experiment
- Communal existence
- Co-dependency evidence of their humanity
- Suppresses their individuality making them less human
- Individuality due to nurture instead of nature, it is a reliable metric of humanity?
- Microcosm of society
- Context
- Slavery used to produce sugar in 18th Century
- Sweatshops in India 21st century ignored by beneficiaries
- "The world didn't want to be reminded how the donation programme really worked"
- Scientific meaning: Homo sapiens are beings which stand upright, use tools have intelligent thought, live in social communities and have language
- Students classed as humans
- Links to death
- Death intrinsic to humanity
- However, clones don't get to live normal full lives or choose their lives
- Use complex relationships as a distraction from fate
- Death intrinsic to humanity
- K's narrative voice
- K describes her past in a relatable way for contemporary readers
- Avoids describing emotions/ dwelling on pain
- Typically deflects on to others
- "Even Ruth looked daunted that summer day"
- Manifestation of a saviour complex, playing into clone narrative
- Adds to her humanity
- Could be in front of an audience (direct address, spoken narrative)
- Could be in front of an audience (direct address, spoken narrative)
- Typically deflects on to others
- Colloquialisms
- "If you'd told me"
- Relatable and inclusive
- Bound to concerns about relationships
- Emphasises humanity
- Direct address
- K's desperate desire to belong; relatable
- Affected by inability to remember accurately
- Uses memories to gain better understanding of past or distract from future
- Hailsham
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