Compare the significant differences between the three stages of Kathy’s life – Hailsham, the Cottages and as a carer.

Is Kathy an unreliable narrator? What details from the novel reflect her reliability or unreliability?

What is the significance of the novel’s title?

Miss Lucy believes that the students should be given full information about their futures as soon as possible, while Miss Emily believes it is better to withhold this knowledge. Which view does the novel seem to support? Discuss.

Does Never Let Me Go ultimately endorse Kathy’s passivity compared to the struggles and contradiction of the other characters? Why or why not?

Ruth went on. ‘You’re upset because I’ve managed to move on, make new friends. Some of the veterans hardly remember your name, and who can blame them? You hardly talk to anyone unless they’re Hailsham.’
Is Kathy ‘stuck’ at Hailsham?

Was Madame and Miss Emily’s search for proof that clones have souls too narrow? Discuss

In Never Let Me Go, it is rare for topics to be fully discussed or for information to be fully provided. How does this shape the world in which the clones exist?

Typically, dystopian novels focus less on relationships and more on concrete events and actions, power and rebellion. Why has Ishiguro provided details of the characters’ lives and left the background out of focus?

What effect does Ishiguro have by focusing on the ‘elect’ clones from Hailsham rather than telling the events from the point of view of the less fortunate clones or an ordinary person’s perspective?