Never Let Me Go story

novel: Never Let Me Go (2005) · 2005 · Kazuo Ishiguro

The story follows Kathy and some of her friends from childhood to early adulthood. It is gradually revealed that they are all clones that will have to donate their organs and thus die young.

9 total · 8 choice · 1 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
coming to terms with one's own death choice All the children being groomed for having their organs harvested came to learn their fate.
fear for one's life choice they all started to fear dying as they got older
friendship choice Kathy, Tom and Ruth
hope choice they hoped to delay their donations because of love
human childhood choice goes with the coming of age genre
people bread for organ donation choice a fictional ethical dilemma
romantic love choice especially Kathy and Tom
teenage angst choice various but Kathy about sex for one
donating an organ to save a life minor the protagonists occasionally deliberated about the moral virtue of donating their organs, even though they didn't have any choice in the matter