Never Let Me Go: 7

"You were brought into this world for a purpose, and your futures, all of them, have been decided" (81).

Time to take a break from all those literary terms and just react. There is plenty to react to in chapter seven, especially the long awaited revelation as to the donations that keep being casually mentioned without explanation and the special purpose of the children at Hailsham. First off the kids were created just to donate their vital organs. It seems a bit cruel to plant, nurture, and harvest the children's organs after they have already gotten used to living and will be way to young to be giving their lives up. However, they were created just for this purpose and have "special" characteristics like the lack of ability to have children that suggest they were not created in the same way as you and me. I am not going to go into the details on that. Anyways, not only are these children basically sacrificed before they get a chance to live their lives for themselves, but they are in a way caught off guard because the guardians either tell them about their future when they are too young to understand or in the midst of another lesson that captures the children's attention and puts the other information (the information about the donations) on the back burner. Just fyi, my gut reaction on this chapter (mainly the paragraph that lays out the future for these kids) is who came up with this plan and what were they thinking? Obviously, whoever it was did not have children of their own because otherwise they would never justify kids (no matter how or why they were created) giving up their vital organs. I am just baffled by the very idea because according to Kathy, they are about our age when this whole process begins. I can not even imagine having to understand why I had to give up MY organs to people I don't even know. Anyway, that's my reaction on the whole situation of these poor children of Hailsham who will soon be awaiting the removal a vital organ. I am ready to read on and see how or if these actions are justified and how the characters are affected by their future experiences.