Hi Nicole,
I agree with you, this book was a really hard read for me emotionally. The children clearly show that they themselves are people in every way possible, treating them any differently seems immoral and wrong. The idea that these children are aware that eventually they will be harvested for their organs and die, but its a full cycle for their life seems unethical, clone or not. The reality is that a close would be similar to having a child, they are not you, you are not them, you just share DNA and that gives you no rights to harvest them for organs, just like it would be immoral to do that to a child. This book reminded me of My Sister's Keeper, a novel and movie where parents forced the organ donation of one child for another, putting them through painful surgeries and not respecting the bodily autonomy that every person deserves.
I agree with you, this book was a really hard read for me emotionally. The children clearly show that they themselves are people in every way possible, treating them any differently seems immoral and wrong. The idea that these children are aware that eventually they will be harvested for their organs and die, but its a full cycle for their life seems unethical, clone or not. The reality is that a close would be similar to having a child, they are not you, you are not them, you just share DNA and that gives you no rights to harvest them for organs, just like it would be immoral to do that to a child. This book reminded me of My Sister's Keeper, a novel and movie where parents forced the organ donation of one child for another, putting them through painful surgeries and not respecting the bodily autonomy that every person deserves.