NLMG Connection- Aidan O'Loughlin

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Never Let Me Go V.S. Blade Runner

Never Let me Go is a book that is based in a world where clones are vital to Health. The clones are grown from birth to adulthood, until their vital organs are harvested to be used by humans who are sick and in need of transplants. In the Blade Runner universe, there are clones called replicants that are used by society for manual labor. However one of the main things the movie covers is humanity. In the first movie, some replicants are rebelling and a "blade runner," the person whose job it is to hunt down and kill rogue replicants, tries to complete his job. In Blade Runner 2049, humanity of replicants is an even bigger issue, when one is said to have given birth, as replicants are sterile, this is a miracle. In NLMG Kathy is dancing to her favorite song Never Let Me Go, which she believes is about someone who is sterile becoming pregnant, and celebrating the miracle. The number of connections between the two universes is mind-blowing. Another connection worth mentioning is the blade runner. In NLMG it is almost frustrating that no one tries to escape their circumstances; however, in the Blade Runner universe. Blade runner's hunt down any replicant who rebel or try to escape. 



Comments

  1. I completely agree with the question of why did these people never try to run away or escape. It aggravated me the entire time I was reading this book. I wonder why the author didn't address this in the book. Did he mean something by not addressing it or by not having them escape? He is a very smart person so I am sure that he had to have considered it. Also I think it is a very interesting connection between these two works because they both have the aspect of using clones for the greater good of society but in different ways. It is also interesting how you bring up the idea of humanity as in: What makes something human? That is a question that is arguably the most difficult and confusing aspect of Never Let Me Go and you do a great job of applying that question to both works. Overall, this is as great connection and it definitely bring to light some thought provoking ideas.

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