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Ishiguro’s coming-of-age novel ‘Never Let Me Go’ set in the remote English countryside in the 1990s depicts a world where clones are controlled by a government for the purpose of organ donation. Equally bleak Amsterdam’s dystopian novel ‘Things We Didn’t See Coming’ presents an environment where individuals are subjected to constant environmental disasters and oppressive government regimes. Both texts examine the way that individuals are limited in the choices that they can make. The Guardians control what the clones are told and are not told about their futures, confusing them about the very nature of their world. The unnamed protagonist in ‘Things We Didn’t See Coming’ also struggles to make sense of a world that is thrown into chaos, looking up to his father for support and guidance. Failing in their role as protectors, the Guardians, deny students an understanding of the real nature of their world, limiting in the process, their ability to make informed decisions. In response to being controlled, Ruth exerts power over her friends, denying Tommy and Kath a relationship. In ‘Things We Didn’t See Coming’ Juliet also controls the narrator and Margo, whilst Ruth manipulates her friends, Juliet also manipulates the narrator and Margo through her economic and political power. In Things We Didn’t See Coming safety and security trumps individual freedom….
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This essay is a response to the following question:
“I am done with stealing. It’s the way I’ve been living as long as I can remember, always on the lookout for every unwatched package….” (TWDSC p71)
“You were brought into this world for a purpose, and your futures, all of them, have been decided.” (Never Let Me Go)
Compare the ways in which the characters in Things We Didn’t See Coming and Never Let Me Go control their own fates.
