"'But think of it. You were lucky pawns. There was a certain climate and now its gone.'" Pg. 266
This chapter revealed the scary and devastating nature of a society that could exist one day. When I try to read objectively and eliminate emotion it usually helps to analyze the story more effectively. However, this second to last chapter is just wrought with pure devastation at what humans have the power and ethics to create. The thought of clones growing up in the environment that Hailsham provided to be farmed for organs sounded cruel enough to me. Then Miss Emily explains how Tommy and Kathy are the lucky ones. For the sake of an ethical demonstration, they grew up not knowing they had it good. Of course Ishiguro created a storyline that is ethically debatable on many levels, but by hinting at the human factories that evidently exist while Tommy and Kathy are together makes Miss Emily and Madame seem like saviors. Throughout the book the reader has the understanding that the donors are stuck in a grim predicament. They are given hope when the deferral surfaces and then crushed by the words of Miss Emily. I believe it causes both the characters and the reader to appreciate the social maturity all the Hailsham kids have reached in light of the current clone world.
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