# data[].attributes.body
- author: Kazuo Ishiguro
- originally published in 2005
- genres: dystopia, science fiction, speculative fiction, psychological fiction
- adaptions: Never Let Me Go (2010 movie), Never Let Me
Go (Japanese television drama 2016)
- cover artist: Aaron Wilner
- country: United Kingdom
- original language: English
- translated into over 40 languages
- pages: 288 (original hardback & paperback)
- awards: named best book of 2005, included in 100 best English language novels published since 1923 by Time magazine, ALA Alex Award (2006)
- shortlisted for: 2005 Man Booker Prize, 2006 Arthur C. Clarke Award, 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award
- Author won 2017 Nobel Peace Prize in literature for his life’s work
- reviews: predominately good, describe it as emotional and thoughtful, put it in gerne of literary fiction rather than science fiction, author gets really into depth with his characters, “there is not a single thing wrong with this book”
- narrative perspective: first person narrative (story told by protagonist Kathy)
-

# data[].attributes.body
It is a film adaptation of the Book of the Same name by Kazuo Ishiguro. The film was filmed in 2010.

Three friends grow up together in a boarding school in the idyllic hills of England. But nothing is as it seems at this school where the teachers are called guardians. Kathy, Tommy and Ruth soon realise that something is different and that a special destiny awaits them. In the course of their lives, this suspicion comes true, as the goal of their existence is to save the lives of others in the form of organ donation.

Tommy was played by Andrew Garfield

# data[].attributes.body
Kazuo Ishiguro
- born November 8th 1954 in Nagasaki, Japan

- brithish writer
- studied English and philosophy at the University of Kent in Canterbury
- attended the creative writing course at the University of East Anglia in Norwich
- he acquired his Master of Arts
- wrote short stories during this time
-  he made his short stories  public to got a privacy for his roman before he was even completed
- was involved in numerous social projects in the 1980s
- one of the most experienced and successful writers of the present
- got the Nobelprice in 2017 for literatur
- his books appeal to literary critics as well as a worldwide readership , have been awarded bestsellers, high-ranking literary prizes and translated into over 40 languages
- wrote two short stories, two television dramas and the script for the feature film 'The White Countess'
- no specific genre
- feelings are more important than his development
- now he is married an has a daughter

# data[].attributes.body
Third person narrator

—> story is told in thethird-person narrator perspective

- story teller can switch the places and inbetween the time
—> omniscient narrator

- only has insight into Kathy‘s mind and feelings
—> selective narrotor

First person narrator

- Is there a character in the story speaking as „I“? —> Yes, Kathy  („My name is Kathy H. I‘m thirty-one years old, and I‘ve been a carer for eleven years.“

- Is the narrator the pragonist? —> Yes, Kathy
—> protagonist narrator (limited perspective, central character is the protagonist)

# data[].attributes.body
Tips for characterizing a character:
- 1.) if you describe a characters personality provide evidence for the personality trait by refering to a scene where the trait is prominently shown
- 2.) Think about the inspiration of your character, what influences their behaviour?
-3.) Take a look at their actions! Do they match up with their personality? How do they influence others? What are the intentions behind them?
- 4.) Analyze the character's choice of words! What kind of language/words do they use?
-5.) Describe the view of the character on his own identity. How does the character identify itself?

Try to discuss their personality, their role and their development within the story.

Also always consider if the character is well rounded and complex or flat and one dimensional!

The character of Kathy

Kathy poses as the main protagonist throughout the plot of the movie. We experience the whole story through her eyes. And learn about her childhood, teen years and her adulthood throughout the movie. She grew up in Hailsham together with Tommy and Ruth, which become her best friends during their time at Hailsham. She is portrayed as a generally helpful and and kindhearted, caring person, which is why she becomes a great carer after she graduated from Hailsham. She is also shown to be very creative which is furtherfied by the fact her art projects get picked for tbe gallery a lot. She is shown to question the rules at Hailsham a lot but is never shown to break any of them. During their time in Hailshaim Kathy is shown to have romantical feelings for Tommy, who eventually starts a relationship with Ruth instead, which seems to bother her, even though she tries to accept it. Eventually, after 10 years she works as a carer and meets Ruth, who's close to completing, after her 2nd donation. Ruth and Kathy meet up with Tommy, whom is doing alright after his 3rd donation. Eventually Kathy and Tommy end up together and after they apply for a deferral and being told there never were deferrals, Kathy becomes Tommys carer and watches him completing. Towards the ending of the movie she realises there has never been hope and that everyone will die one day, but she is shown to be happy about fullfilling her purpose.

The character of Tommy

From the beginning Tommy is shown as a quite emotional person, that is shown to act on how he feels instead of acting rational, like Ruth is during the curse of the movie. He is shown to be very caring and loving towards his friends, but especially towards Kathy, whom he's having romantical feelings for. Tommy eventually starts a relationship with Ruth, even though he confesses his feelings to Kathy He is portrayed as the outsider during his time in Hailsham, with barely anyone talking to him at Hailsham. He is also shown to have very intensive outbursts of anger, where he screams a lot. After him and Kathy apply for a defferal after Ruth gives them the adress of the Lady who was responsible for the gallery, they meet Miss Emily, the headteacher of Hailsham, who tells them there never where deferrals and that their sole purpose is to be donors. After that Tommy is devestated, he is shown to have another one of his angry outbursts. Towards the end of the story Tommy makes his last donation and completes, while Kathy, who became his carer, is watching.

The character of Ruth

Ruth is a friend of Tommy and Kathy and went to Hailsham together with them. She is shown to be very manipulative and rational, as she abides to the rules of Hailsham, but is trying to split Kathy and Tommy apart because she is afraid of ending up alone. She ends up with Tommy after they graduate and is very manipulative, mendling with the affairs of Tommy and Kathy to keep them apart. She is also shown to be very devestated, after she finds out they were created to donate their organs even to addicts  and prostitutes. After 10 years of being apart Ruth had already had 2 donations and meets Kathy, who volunteers to be her donor, she is shown to not have any will to live anymore and says that she wants to complete after her 3rd donation, as she's afraid of what would happen to her if she survived the 4th donation. After Ruth and Kathy meet up with Tommy Ruth is shown to make efforts towards making amends towards Tommy and Kathy, because she manipulated their relationship in order to not be alone (which was an act of selfishness back in the days). She gives both of them the adress for the Lady who was responsible for the galery. After she gave them the adress she is shown completing after her 3rd donation, meaning she's made peace with her past decisions.

All in all every character is pretty well rounded, their actions match up with their personality and characters, such as Ruth is shown to have a character development, by trying to make amends for her manipulation in her teenage years.

# data[].attributes.body
All in all the atmosphere in the movie was kind of cold and scientifically.

The scenery was kind of old school and was maybe playing in an historical environment.

The music was kind of dark themed and completely the atmosphere of the movie really good.

The movie played in England at some cities.

The atmosphere itself was kind of sad and depressing, you had the feeling of being trapped inside because of the oppressive atmosphere.

In some scenes the loneliness that is expressed from the characters is kind of overwhelming and you begin to pity them for their kind of life.

The camera perspective was pretty central and zoomed in on the faces of the actors.

# data[].attributes.body
Imagery:
• mental Image, figurative language
•not described,  only shown, author tries to make the reader be able to feel it (visual image) ->
boat: symbolises freedom, mortality: broken in the end (like the protagonists)
Rain: negativity, bad news, hopelessnes (keeps you from going outdoors)
Horse: hope and dreams (of Ruth)
Woods: scaring reality

Stylistic devices:
(p.64; l. 75-76) Anaphora - repitition of words or groups of words (-> none of you (...), none of you (...), none of you (...)
Simile (p.64; l. 82-83) comparison betonen two Things using the Word "like"
Alliteration (p. 62; l.48-49) repitition of identical vowels sounds within a sentence (-> fewer and fewer...)
Parallelism (p.62; l. 64-65) similar sentence structure in neighbouring phrases, clauses or sentences (-> the fact that we (....), the fact that we (...)

# data[].attributes.body
by Lucy, Katharina, Joy

1) created to donate
- they just live to donate their vital organs in the middle of their lifes
- don't have an own life
- the life is ruled by Hailsham
- They are treated like objects
- they are clones of other people

2) personality development
- The children don't develop an own personality
- They aren't independent as adults
- As adults they have the same character like they had when there were kids (Ruth never breaks the rules, Kathy is still caring, good heart, Tommy is wild hearted/own spirit)
- don't change a lot

4) the power of truth
- Ruth told them that she lied to them all the time, she was jealous of Kathy and Tommy and their relationship (could then die with inner peace)
- the truth about their lifes destroyed their childhood

5) friendship and love = hope
- the 3 have been friends since the beginning
- Ruth and Kathy had a love-hating relationship
- they find themselves back together at the end
- never gave each other up

3) The power of lies
- story of the gate (horror stories the adults told them)
- gallery (to show if the kids have souls at all)
- they never been told why they exist (donation)
- they can not deferral their donations
- they find out later that they are clones of other people