"Slowly, very slowly, like two hundred unhurried compass needles, the feet turned towards the right; north, north-east, east, south-east, south, south-south-west; then paused, and, after a few seconds, turned as unhurriedly back towards the left. South-south-west, south, south-east, east...." (pg. 259)
What kind of ending is that? I truly have no idea what this even means. Did John hang himself? If he did, why are his feet going in that order? The wind? All I know is that John is dead, probably a suicide, because of the press. All he wanted was to be alone, and he couldn't even get that at an abandoned lighthouse. I feel his pain, and now he is finally alone.
Hmmm... Although the book kept me somewhat interested throughout, I don't think that I liked it. I feel that it was unrealistic, and I like to read books that can actually happen. There were some similarities between it and our society now, which I find very interesting given the fact that it was written in 1932.
It's interesting that you say that because the similarities I noticed with our society made it a little bit realistic to me. Though I agree -- I don't think that humans would readily give up religion, science, and art.
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Yes! I wanted to get done with it!
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ReplyDeleteNice entries - they had a good combination of thoughtfulness and analysis. Keep up that approach as you work your way through Never Let Me Go.
I agree that it was not very realistic in our society today; however, I was drawn into the book to find out more about their absurd practices.
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