When I first decided to read this book, I didn't really think about what the title meant, "Never Let Me Go." I only knew what I read from the back book description. What I knew was they were considered special, and were frequently reminded by their teachers. The only aspect of the story that made me keep wanting to read, was their curiosity of wanting to know why they were considered special.
The story begins with Kathy, telling about her present time life. As she is talking about her life in the book, it is a flashbacks of how her life was in Hailsham. She began by saying she is a carer for almost twelve years, and is proud of what she does. She felt proud because of how she could comfort and make the donors feel. When I began reading, I did not for sure know why she did what she did, or why this part was mentioned in the story. Maybe the reasons come later in the book, I will just have to wait. Anyways, as the story goes on, she just continues to talk about how her life was when she was little. Mostly about what the students and her loved to do, and their favorite place, the sports pavilion. It was a place for them to feel hidden from all of Hailsham.
Then later being talked about, was a boy named Tommy. Him and Kathy were not as close of friends when they were younger. Tommy was constantly getting teased on from other boys on the football team. They played pranks on him, ones that made me feel disgusted inside. All the students knew him for having a terrible temper. But as I was reading, I started to think that he would not have these rages if people stop messing with him. When I read this section of the book, I had a sad feeling inside. Knowing that the pranks they had done to him, he did not know of. Later on, Tommy began to talk to Kathy, she would always say she was embarrassed when he approached her. But one certain part got me attached to the book, and wanted to keep reading. It was when they were both next to the pond, and he was telling her about what Miss Lucy, one of the guardians, and what she was talking to him about. She was telling him that it was okay that he was not creative, like the other students. Also, how he said that the students were not taught enough about donations. That's when Tommy and Kathy had a feeling Miss Lucy was up to something different. As I was reading, I was not sure what it meant by donations. Still as i am reading, it's not fully clear, but i'm starting to catch on, as the story continues.
As the story goes on, she beings talking about the "Gallery." The students would make different art pictures, sculptures, or things for their bedroom. When they finish making something, it has to be good enough for the Gallery. If it was, Madame would take it away from them. They never knew why, and i'm not fully sure either. No idea or clue really came to my mind, I am still wondering what Madame does with their art. The questions of why their art is important to the teachers always crosses my mind. But with the other arts they made, and random items that come in from a truck, they get to buy with tokens. During Sales, there was not much that was really nice or valuable. They would pick something and that would be their close possessions. For Tommy, it was his light blue polo shirt, and for Kathy, it was her Songs After Dark tape by Judy Bridgewater.
In the beginning of this post, I said I had no idea as to what the title of this book meant. I didn't know the relation of it to the story. But as I read, I finally found out. As I mentioned before, the tape was Kathy's favorite. But not the whole tape, only track number three. The track number three song called, "Never Let Me Go." She would always wait for a certain part of a song, the part that said, baby, baby...Never let me go. When she was younger, she did not properly understand the words of the song. So she thought it was about a women that could not have children, but later has a baby, and never wants to let go.
Well, that's all I read so far. As I continue to read the book, my questions and curiosity talked about in this post will later be answered.
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