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I feel your frustration! Hearing Miss Emily's explaination, it is understandable that these people wouldn't stand much of a chance in regular society, but why don't we see someone try?? I wish the townspeople of Norfolk had identified them and ostracized them, or we heard of a rumor of someone who escaped and... something bad happened to them. But for these people to accept their fucked up fate? No way! It made me think of a trained dog, and people who believe animals don't have souls ~ is that the comparison Ishiguro was going for? (Or maybe I'm overthinking this on too little sleep :)) Or where they really so conditioned & without hope from the beginning? *sigh*

I don't remember who I was talking to about this with on GR recently but the part that really got me was (view spoiler)[what the hell was Kathy doing all day long? She was a carer for YEARS: She had to see newspapers, the news, hear people having discussions about the cloning program. I didn't enjoy the fact that Ishiguro never makes a mention of any thought Kathy might have on the situation. (or her situation) And I don't buy it that she just doesn't think of it. He makes such a point to show us how intelligent she is. (hide spoiler)]

(view spoiler)[Yeah, that's where I thought maybe he was trying to make a point for them not having souls ~ no emotional decisions or independant thought. But then again, it seems that people become so worn out being carers. We hear of them being sleep deprived & driving from assignment to assignment. Maybe this is a way to brainwash them into accpeting their donor status? I really wanted to know more about the program ~ who they were cloned from? Why was the idea of genetically superior kids so abhorent, and why did it affect Hailsham so strongly? Where were the bleading hearts & underground railroads that would surely exist to help these kids? If society was so very against them, why were they allowed to occasionally venture into it?

I rated the story on an emotional level... but if I think too much about it, I want to stalk Ishiguro & demand he write a companion novel or sequel answering all of my questions, lol! The donations also drove me nuts ~ which organs were removed? I'm assuming kidneys at first... but didn't these people need dialysis to keep the rest of their body viable & functioning? Tommy was suprisingly healthy & strong considering he gave up 3 organs... (hide spoiler)]

SAME. I'd also love to see a companion novel. This one raised so many more questions than it answered.

Yeah there was a natural point near the end when Kathy and Tommy were getting in the car and I thought they'd drive away and flee, but they didn't, and that made sense too I guess.