The fact that the students always believed themselves to be donors consistently troubled me throughout the novel. Being treated as less than was ingrained in them. Connecting this idea to another discussion question, what makes us human, does this idea of being less-than play into how humans view themselves and how others view the clones within society?
Being treated as not human, surrounded by the very people telling you that, and with others who are deemed less human or worthy, will that not make you see yourself as not human? This novel raises a question, whether the human existence is characterized by our belief that we are human? The true tragedy of Hailsham and its students, in my opinion, is that the students never really got to be human. I mourn for the life they could have had rather than the lives cut short.
Being treated as not human, surrounded by the very people telling you that, and with others who are deemed less human or worthy, will that not make you see yourself as not human? This novel raises a question, whether the human existence is characterized by our belief that we are human? The true tragedy of Hailsham and its students, in my opinion, is that the students never really got to be human. I mourn for the life they could have had rather than the lives cut short.