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.”

                                                                                                  ― Kazuo Ishiguro

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-

protagonist of the story and is the best of friend of Ruth. She was the last among them three friends

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-

the male friend of Kathy. First introduced as an uncreative and isolated young boy at Hailsham with a bad temper, gets tricks played on him by the other children because they want to get a reaction out of him.

Madame- 

the one who visits Hailsham to collect the children’s art works. She is the one they thought would give them deferrals upon approached.

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