NEVER LET ME GO
KAZUO ISHIGURO
SIXTENSIVE READERS
DISCUSSION DIRECTOR- Diayanara
Rose Cacho
CHARACTER
CAPTAIN- Daisery Bantilan
PASSAGE PICKER- Rutchell Saplot
VOCABULARY
ENHANCER- Hilly Rose Guanzon
SUMMARIZER-
Iriss Joy Rabago
CONNECTOR- Jonna Belle Mariano
LITERARY ARTIST- Cassandra Joyce Cabesas
“Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading.”
It was a pleasant afternoon when we have our
discussion at the back of H building. Our Discussion Director was Diayanara
Rose Cacho started the discussion by giving four questions.
1.
Do
you personally like the idea of the Hailsham administration gathering the
“clones” and make them something of use to donate their organs when reached a
certain age? Why or why not?
I, the summarizer for this book and Hilly, the
vocabulary enhancer have the same answer. We think that it is a good idea
because it is something that these people like Kathy and the rest to be
thankful for that instead that they would be thrown and ignored, they were
given the chance to live a normal life being children and enjoy schooling. Rutchell
Saplot, the passage picker also has the same answer as with us. On the other
hand, Daisery Bantilan and the rest of the group have the same answer too. They
said that it is not a good idea, at the first place that they make such clones
just for the sake of having someone to give them organs in case they need them,
because they were to greedy, for me, that they want their lives to get easier
but they do not think that there would be lives that would be in risk as those
clones grew older.
2.
How
do you feel for Kathy being someone kept away with the person whom you knew you
liked ever since you were little by your very own best friend?
For the question number two Cassandra, the
literary artist said that it was so selfish and so greedy of Ruth to just think
of how she wants those two to be on her side but never considered the fact that
those two obviously have feelings for each other. I and Daisery agreed with
her. However, Rutchell and Diane have different answers. They said they would
feel like I was being betrayed by my best friend. It was a little unacceptable
to think that you were friends and then she knew from the first place that I
like Tommy then she would not make way for us. Hilly and Jonna said that we
cannot blame Ruth for she has her own reasons for doing that. Maybe she just
doesn’t want to be left alone or she can’t take the loneliness of being alone.
3.
If
you were Madame, would you rather give extensions or deferrals to Tommy and
Kathy? Or just stick to the administrations’ rules? Why or why not?
I answered yes. Of course, if I
was Madame I would really give them both deferrals, considering how they were endeavours
of love who found each other for so long time of being away then they has these
great feelings with each other. It’s like a chance or a gift for them for being
alive and thankful that they are alive. Hilly said that she agrees with me that
they should be given deferrals, considering how true their feelings are and
that they both know how short their lives are on earth and that maybe on the
nearest future they found themselves ready to let go of what they had and
complete their operations. The rest of the group all agreed to give them the
deferrals.
4.
If
you were to be a character from the book, who would you be? With no regards of
the gender, Why?
Hilly choses Ruth, because she want
to be like how Courageous she was upon opening up her revelation about the two
being kept away with each other no matter what it might be that she would get
in return from Kathy she still said it. Rutchell choses Kathy because she is a
good friend and a good listener although she was left with Tommy on the last
days she still spend it wholly and with no “sayang” moments. Like Rutchell,
Daisery wants Kathy too because, she was a great friend in spite of what Ruth
had done to her, she was still open minded and considered Ruth’s reasons.Diane
choses to be Tommy, not that he is a he and because of the temper he have but
because he is tough and still found himself to be ready to be seen by his loved
one every last moment of his life even though he looks weak and tattered
inside. Cassandra choses Tommy too, like how Diane said it, he is brave to have
been really open to Kathy and with no pride he faces Kathy, his love for the
rest of his last moments on earth. Jonna and I think that we would be Madame,
and then we will change her mind and give the two the deferrals they were
asking for.
VOCABULARY
ENHANCER
Hilly Rose Guanzon
Meandering- turning irregularly, not
giving directly to the destination
Resentment- a feeling of deep and
bitter anger and ill-will
Distraught- deeply agitated especially
from emotion
Riotous- characterized by unrest,
disorder or insubordination
Scowling- sullen or unfriendly in
appearance
Disservice- an act intended to help
that turns out badly
Snogging- (informal, vulgar) cuddle
and kiss
Spiel- plausible glib talk (especially
to a salesperson)
Grime- make soiled, filthy, or dirty
Heave- utter a sound, as with obvious
effort
CONNECTOR
Jonna Belle Mariano
I
see it somehow connected with like Harry Potter when you imagine the pavilions
and huge field like a playing area and how the students from Hogwarts also play
quiditch (not sure of the spelling) in a wide field. Then the story like the
three were friends but there were just one male at Never let me go while
there’s two in Harry Potter; Harry and Ron. The part wherein Ruth would spoil
out the book’s plot which is what Kathy was reading is so related to us students.
There are some who would beastly speak out it’s plot or ending or climax
perhaps so they would just reveal to all or to the current reader that
she/he (the spoiler like Ruth) knows it
all and is so knowledgeable and is full of facts and they maybe thought that
the reader like Kathy would be amazed with it but instead of amazement, to us
who are the readers would be annoyed with it and rather ignore the spoiler and
continue reading.
PASSAGE
PICKER
Rutchell Saplot
I
was talking to one of my donors a few days ago who was complaining about how memories,
even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along
with that. The memories I value most, I don’t see them ever fading. I
lost Ruth, then I lost Tommy, but I won’t lose my memories of them.
In this passage, I agree to what Kathy says about Memories because memories are the treasure you have of others but it will always be yours and will never be lost because it is your own memory and personal moments with them. Nobody can and will take it from you, even people who have amnesia still have their memories but just not that clear but they do.
CHARACTER
CAPTAIN
Daisery Bantilan
Kathy-
Ruth- the best friend of Kathy and is
the first girlfriend of Tommy who later revealed to Kathy the truth. she is an extrovert with strong opinions and appears to be the centre of
social activity in her cohort.
Tommy-
Madame-
SUMMARIZER
Iriss Joy Rabago
The
story starts of when Kathy was reminiscing her youth at Hailsham a place most
likely to be like an orphanage where children who have no parents, not
literally, of course they do because they were biologically made. But in this
community in Hailsham they were told few things that is normally usual to just
the children out of the institution. They, the students, like Ruth and Kathy
who are best of friends, very curious of what might it be outside the compound
of their “school”. But no one have clue except their teachers. These endeavors
would not dare fathom what it would be outside because they are sure that as
they have reached a certain age level they will be sent out to do their
assigned duties as students of Hailsham – which is what they are getting ready
for at the current time. So as they were spending their youth at this place,
they were given all that they needed, the essentials like food and clothing.
Everything
was normal, just that they were learning the arts subjects mostly, like poetry,
paintings, drawings and reading but not sciences and mathematics and the likes.
But their curiosity and suspicion of the outside world grew when they were just
told by a teacher about something they were not told about the task they were
to do when they go out of Hailsham, and that is to donate. Donate their
internal organs. As the three, Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth grew to their normal age to
be ready to send out to the world they have been curious about. Then they have been trained in a place first
before starting to assist in a hospital or donate. Ruth and Tommy who are in a
relationship left Kathy quite out of place when they do things like what
couples normally do, so Ruth as a lady who is curious about such things have
going out with any guys at their training place wherein she wasn’t seriously
committed into. Tommy found her on a barn looking at a magazine where there are
ladies in nude, and Tommy asked her why is she looking at such magazine then
Kathy said that she is just curious if maybe one of those faces in the
magazines would be like hers then maybe that would be where she was “copied”
from. Then Tommy discouraged her from thinking that she might be copied from
those ladies. Ruth and Tommy did not formally break up but they were sending
out in different places so does Kathy.
Kathy
on the last part was summarizing how she ended up to be the sick Ruth’s carer as
Ruth was being a donor. These poor students were donors of their organs and
were only left to live for just 3-4 operations and they would be complete or
the term was that they have “completed”, after that, their done-dead. But
Kathy, was first doing her caring yet because she might not be ready for being
a donor yet. Ruth opened up to Kathy how she always knew that Tommy and Kathy
liked each other but she just started it out with Tommy because she is afraid
to be left out with them because they have been best of friends and Tommy have
been so close with Kathy as they were talking about the mysteries outside the
world of Hailsham when they were still students.
Then,
before Ruth die on her last donation, she asked her a favor as Kathy, her carer
would be with her eating biscuits or reading books on an afternoon, that she
should go look for Tommy and make it up with him. But the three of them still
met each other on an outing but as Ruth dies, Kathy as she promised went to
look for Tommy and they were together but it is quite too late for the both of
them because Tommy has gone through operations and is getting weak now, but
Kathy served as his carer and would apply for extensions but the rumor was
confirmed to be false and plainly just a rumor was said by one of the
Hailsham’s administrators. So, the two spent the rest of their days being
together; Kathy as the carer, Tommy as the donor. Later on Kathy’s
summarization as she was travelling on her car she said her few memories with
Tommy and how she cherished the times she had with Ruth and Tommy at Hailsham.
Then she decided to move on and continue her life as what she was destined to
be- a donor.
LITERARY
ARTIST
Cassandra
Joyce Cabesas
