In his own version of a dystopian England in the 1990s, Ishiguro presents two distinct classes in a power driven culture in which one class works and the other gains the benefits. In the novel, Kathy notes that the recovery centers are run at minimum costs to maximize profit. Specifically, Kathy says: “you can always hear traffic on the big roads beyond the fencing, and there’s a general feeling they never properly finished converting the place” (Ishiguro). In the beginning of the novel, Kathy mentions a higher class “they” Who hold complete control and get to decide how long she gets to work as a carer. Throughout the story, it is learned that there are people in society who receive the organs donated by the clones. Through Kathy’s descriptive …show more content…
It is even worse for carers who get to witness and experience how it will be like to slowly be deprived of their organs and inevitably complete. Raised in Hailsham, the clones were introduced to literature and arts which helped nurture an empathetic response and care for others. As a result, the clones cannot do what people do every day and be selfish towards their patients, therefore, can no longer fit with society’s expectations. Not only are they alienated from their work, but from themselves as well. This issue is extended to reality. Living in a capitalist economy like England, care is of little importance as “carers” themselves care more about profit rather than their patients. A trend of privatization in the UK has developed between 1979 and 1996, the private sector share of personal service by the government rose from 11% to 34% (Whitehead). Naturally, privatized homes and cares as a result reduced the quality of service to the minimum in order to increase …show more content…
His body used for purposed that is intended to be beneficial to the economy, but otherwise voiceless and goes unnoticed. Kathy’s brief encounter with George formed a kind of kinship, since they play similar roles in society that would benefit the economy. Their existence in hailsham can be seen as a form of tribalism since they all are seen as “special” and different then their guardians and the rest of the people in society which accords well with society’s project of shunning the clones and keeping them “in the shadows” and out of sight. The clone is in many ways the symbol of the body of the Third World citizens, disciplined and harvested in order to bring benefit to the privileged higher class making them alienated from the rest of society (Goh). The clone reflects the kinds of issues of cultural politics involved in writing from postcolonial contexts. As a result of colonial rule, difficulties are encountered. Also, the awareness of one’s “derivativeness” result in the overall condition of being caught between and “being shaped by” the patriarchal society as they mold individuals into different people with different