The Reluctant Fundamentalist, By Kathy H. - 1201 Words

Similarly to The Reluctant Fundamentalist, the novel’s narrator and protagonist, Kathy H., speaks as though she is talking to someone, but a specific conversational companion is never identified. The use of the dramatic monologue still allows the reader to develop an intimate understanding of Kathy, her feelings, and her story. Unlike The Reluctant Fundamentalist, which fictionalizes the prejudice and discrimination encountered by an actual minority group, Never Let Me Go features the prejudice and discrimination faced by a fictional minority minority group. The clones are â€Å"regarded as other, as non-human† (Griffin 654), so they are â€Å"reduced to a derelationalized unit of production in the service of commercial and/or political agendas† (Griffin 654) with minimal societal outcry and push-back. Basically, because the clones are not seen as truly human, they are not given full human rights. To society and the people that create them, the clones’ liv es are just the means to an end. Griffin notes that â€Å"the clones – if they do not die in the early stages of the organ harvesting process – may be treated as mere matter that is gradually stripped of its material substance until that substance cannot sustain itself any longer or has no further use value† (657), illustrating the extent of the objectification that the clones face. Like Changez, Kathy H. is protective of her home. In her case, home is Hailsham, the boarding school in which she was raised. She recounts her experiences