Jamila Huseynova asked this question about Never Let Me Go:
Can anyone explain me why didn't they all run away from that place? Because I could not figure out that part.
Ciarán Lumsden They are just institutionalized. Most people live within a version of their own bubble, its just a different version in the book. I remember the narra…moreThey are just institutionalized. Most people live within a version of their own bubble, its just a different version in the book. I remember the narrator saying early in the book, that one student went outside and just got locked out and despite her pleas was never allowed back in. In the end she just had to wander off somewhere, and nobody knew what happened to her. It's like prisoners who only know 4 walls for a long time become afraid of the outside world. (less)
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by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author)
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