章 132: Clones have feelings too

Ickapoo is an outcast alien. But he has feelings too.

In Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, the question of the humanity of artificially

produced life is raised: Do Clones have souls? Ishiguro’s answer is a resounding yes. In his

imagined dystopia, clones are raised with an eye on harvesting their organs in the form of

donations to complete their life span. The highlight of the novel is the relationship that

develops between Tommy and Kathy, and a love triangle that involves Ruth, a fellow clone.

Throughout the novel, the emotional passage of the clones as they grow up and struggle to

come to terms with their fate in Hailsham is documented, and it is made lucidly clear that

clones do indeed have a thriving inner life and are thus virtually indistinguishable from

normal human beings.

Hailsham, the boarding school in which the clones are raised, is a cruel experiment.

While most of the school’s activities are difficult to distinguish from those of a normal