Sue Jacob

Ms. Gardner

English 10H/Period 6

7 November 2016

Never Let Me Go: Annotated Bibliographies

Julie Becks article on How Friendships Change in Adulthood provides insightful

information on the important and significant changes friends battle through as they grow older.

Beck outlines the stages of friendships one may go through from adolescence to adulthood,

claiming that factoring components in these stages are identity, growth, and romantic

relationships. Ultimately, the article describes the gradual changes friends face as they grow

apart in time.

Becks article may provide accurate and precise information; however, in the novel Never

Let Me Go, Kathy, Tommy, and Ruths friendship prove her wrong. Beck claims that During

young adulthood, friendships become more complex and meaningful.; however, for the trio,

their friendship was already more complex and meaningful before they hit adulthood. They lived

much more contrasted lives compared to a typical human being since they were special kids,

born to die as donors. They valued things much more, even simple things such as friendship,

music tapes, and pencil cases. They did not experience college or even many aspects of life, yet

they still got to experience a friendship that was genuine, true, and lasting--even until their

deaths. Significantly, although Julie Beck may acquire this information for a majority of the

people out there, it is not affirmative for Kazuo Ishiguros novel, Never Let Me Go.

How Friendships Change in Adulthood. The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company,

www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/10/how-friendships-change-over-time-in-adulthood/41

1466/.

In the article Rereading: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, Rachel Cusk strategically

depicts everything from character, to plot, to every word in Ishiguros greatest novel. She

precisely analyzes each event, illuminating every speck of detail and significance throughout the

text in the book.

Rachel Cusk breaks down every part of Kazuo Ishiguros Never Let Me Go, making it

almost impossible to misunderstand the book. She beautifully depicts every aspect, in ways that

takes you one step deeper than you already are. For example, like the clones it portrays, has in

the end something of a double nature, for it both attracts and annihilates. Cusk does not stop

analyzing at end something of double nature she further analyzes for it both attracts and

annihilates, which additionally supports that one claim. She uses analyzing to illustrate

something much more ambiguous. Ultimately, Cusks use of literary analyzation clarifies the

main plot of Ishiguros Never Let Me Go.

Cusk, Rachel. Rereading: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. The Guardian, Guardian

News and Media, 2011,

www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jan/29/never-let-me-go-kazuo-ishiguro.
 This article from Facts On File Companion to the British Novel: 20th Century, vol. 2.,

describes the history of the successful and respectful author Kazuo Ishiguro. The information

throughout the article concludes that Ishiguro was born in Japan but raised in England after the

age of six years old. Ishiguro is an established writer with many prosperous titles such as The

Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go. A majority of his stories plot with war--mental and

physical--and displacement; nonetheless, these novels are proven to be prize worthy.

Facts On File Companion to the British Novel: 20th Century, vol. 2., distinctly reveals

Ishiguros darker side, and illuminates his feeling of displacement in the world being separated

by this barrier of inequality with the people around him, since he was born in Japan and raised in

Europe. This sense of displacement can also be found throughout his novels. For example, in his

novel Never Let Me Go, Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth experience these varied feelings of

displacement with people surrounding them, but through the aspect of what is seen as normal in

the eyes of society. Significantly, this article based on Kazuo Ishiguro similarly binds with the

development of his novel Never Let Me Go.

Gaydosik, Victoria. "Ishiguro, Kazuo." Facts On File Companion to the British Novel: 20th

Century, vol. 2. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2006. (Updated 2011.) Bloom's Literature. Facts

On File, Inc.

www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE54&WID=103186&SID=5&iPin=CBNII288&Si

ngleRecord=True.
 The article by The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, Alumni of the Universities of

Kent and East Angela, Kazuo Ishiguro, worked at homeless charity while working on short

stories on the side. The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica lightly summarize every novel.

Revealing how Ishiguros books vary with theme--from war, to love, to science--his novels all

have one infamous theme in common. Loss.

This article does not incorporate useful and clear information that could help one

understand Ishiguros Never Let Me Go. The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannicas simple and

brief summaries of every novel he has written, can not help someone who is trying to precisely

gather information on this particular novel, such as plot information and main characters

etcetera. Ultimately, this article lacks information for a reader who is trying to search for input

on Kazuo Ishiguros novel, Never Let Me Go.

"Kazuo Ishiguro." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 07 Nov.

2016.www.britannica.com/biography/Kazuo-Ishiguro
 Seth Mullins article Teenagers and the Struggle for Identity expand on the ideas of

teenagers who are trying to find themselves, and to search for their perfect place in the

world. Mullins says that with this, comes imitation, rebellion, and trouble due to their urge

and urgency to find themselves.

Identity played a great self conflict in Ishiguros Never Let Me Go. Students of

Hailsham were lost as these creatures who were seen as anything but human. They felt as

though they were displaced in world and all they wanted was to be normal. Like Mullins

says, they start comparing themselves to everyone else Ruth compares herself to Kathy,

and decides that she should imitate what Tommy and Kathy have. Hailsham students

always find themselves eager to search for their originals, as if it would get them a

glimpse of themselves. Ultimately such as Mullins says, identity comes with imitation,

rebellion, and and the urge to find themselves, which provides provides such powerful

evidence for the Hailsham students who long to find their own identity--an identity much

deeper than being a simple-- donor.

Mullins, Seth. "Teenagers and the Struggle For Identity." - FamilyLobby.com. Seth

Mullins, n.d. Web. 07 Nov.

2016.articles.familylobby.com/355-teenagers-and-the-struggle-for-identity.htm
 Jo Waltons article The upspoken and the unspeakable: Kazuo Ishiguros Never Let

Me Go praises one of Ishiguros famous works, Never Let Me Go. Walton positively

critiques Ishiguros style on drawing in the reader--odd yet certainly alluring--and his

satisfaction with the level of writing, claiming Its a very uncomfortable reading

experience, but its an unforgettable one. He touches bases with all aspects of the novel

from the theme, to characters, to plot, to his first hand thoughts on the book.

Walton provides nothing but precise and explicit feedback on this novel. He uses

neutral yet sophisticated language making the article easy, accessible, and relatable for

anyone of any age to read. For example, he says Never Let Me Go is an astonishing novel

that uses the language of privilege to talk about monstrosity.. The language Walton

utilizes is preserved, and just enough for anyone to understand, though sophisticated

enough for others to value his opinion. Aside from that, by utilizing this more enlightened

language, it diminishes the much more harsher and grim tone of the novel and reveals the

tragic and beautiful masterpiece hidden in the context of the book.

The Upspoken and the Unspeakable: Kazuo Ishiguros Never Let Me Go. Torcom The

Upspoken and the Unspeakable Kazuo Ishiguros Never Let Me Go Comments, 2015,

www.tor.com/2009/05/05/the-upspoken-and-the-unspeakable-kazuo-ishiguros-never-let-me

-go/.