Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (OCR GCSE English Literature): Flashcards
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Narrative technique in Never Let Me Go
Narrative technique in Never Let Me Go
First-person narrative through Kathy H.
Effect of first-person narrative
Effect of first-person narrative
Creates closeness and reliability
Limitation of first-person narrative
Limitation of first-person narrative
Only shows Kathy's perspective
Structure type of the novel
Structure type of the novel
Non-linear
Non-linear structure mirrors
Non-linear structure mirrors
How memory works
Non-linear structure emphasises
Non-linear structure emphasises
Memories in shaping identity
Ishiguro's foreshadowing technique
Ishiguro's foreshadowing technique
Subtle foreshadowing
Examples of foreshadowing in novel
Examples of foreshadowing in novel
'Completion' and organ donations
'Donations' & 'completion' symbolise
'Donations' & 'completion' symbolise
Euphemisms masking brutal reality
Art at Hailsham symbolises
Art at Hailsham symbolises
Individuality and humanity of students
Ishiguro's emotional tone
Ishiguro's emotional tone
Understated - restrained emotion
Understated tone reflects
Understated tone reflects
Controlled/conditioned lives of clones
Kathy as unreliable narrator
Kathy as unreliable narrator
Has limited understanding, gradually reveals truth