Dean Miller answers “Can anyone explain me why didn't they all...”

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.

Dean Miller "You can't get away from yourself moving from one place to another" is my answer. The character's needed each other. They weren't trapped by Hailsham,…more"You can't get away from yourself moving from one place to another" is my answer. The character's needed each other. They weren't trapped by Hailsham, they were trapped by their bondage for each other. You can travel all you want by yourself, you will eventually need someone else's company. People think you can live individually all your life without considering other people and then it comes full circle and you need to be hospitalized from organ failure. Could they escape together? Sure, but in a car? Well, if you read closely the passages when they drive together in the book to Norfolk or the boat the car is pretty isolating to the character's emotional beings. I dont know when I hear the argument for them to escape it feels pretty over romanticized. (less)

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