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falacalameta :
We all live in a dystopia now. How many of you are rebelling?
2025-03-11 04:50:07
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sureIguess :
My main issue with the book wasn’t the lack of rebellion, but more of Kazuo Ishiguro having the audacity to emotionally ruin me forever
2025-03-11 01:32:06
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Thom :
Humans have an extraordinary capacity to endure suffering
2025-03-10 17:35:20
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Anna :
I thought that was extremely realistic. You do not just rebel against a situation that you were born into and brought up to view as normal. It takes an immense effort to change your optics and view whatever is around you as something abnormal enough to rebel against.
2025-03-10 19:38:39
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dicaprio :
It’s why I love Never Let Me Go. It’s got this hauntingly peaceful quality to it. A dystopian novel that doesn’t feel overtly dystopian is a great one.
2025-03-10 21:50:43
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Renee Ann Reads 🍉📖🏳️🌈 :
I think the simple act of them forming those lasting friendships and loving one another so deeply is their way of rebelling. The novel’s society does not see these characters as human so-
2025-03-11 02:55:35
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lauren 🧸 :
Do you know what, I’ve never wondered why they didn’t run. It isn’t that story, and the ‘hope’ of the story isn’t that, it’s love, living and experiencing.
2025-03-10 19:32:04
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Alex :
Their lack of agency is so ingrained that rebellion never occurs to them. It’s not just acceptance of fate, but a learned helplessness. Finding their own happiness becomes their quiet rebellion
2025-03-11 22:39:13
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krhmmm :
This is my favourite thing about the novel. The characters have internalized their oppression so completely that rebellion doesn't feel like an option to them.
2025-03-10 20:38:35
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ilc :
This aged so well & will continue to do so as we endure our current socio political world.
2026-02-25 10:09:05
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harrisridesbikes :
I thought it also demonstrated the importance of education to revolution. They have separate schools to brainwash them into accepting their fate
2025-03-10 23:02:00
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Andie :
even the fact that the were looking for a deferral only to postpone the donations, it wasn't even to be "free", just to gain more time
2026-05-01 07:17:02
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user9664305005106 :
I mean, why don’t any of us run…
2025-03-11 02:53:46
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Lady Akikonomu :
A friend once asked 'why didn't they just run away' - but where could they 'run away' to? There's no alternative society (unlike Handmaid's Tale where freedom lies on the other side of the border)
2025-03-10 21:16:55
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Like a Record Baby :
I always say, whatever your situation is, that’s what normal is to you. Whether you are born in a refugee camp or you are live on a super yacht, that’s your normal. It takes a lot to step out of that
2025-03-10 17:46:11
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God’s Little Artist :
that’s the reason I loved this book! The most haunting thing about it is that they didn’t get out, but the reality is many don’t
2025-03-10 13:14:00
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Hazrabu 🇪🇺 :
I think it would be less realistic if they got out. The beauty of the story is in the complex characters and their acceptance of their fate
2025-03-10 19:42:42
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lydia :
Interesingly that was what I loved most about this book. I think it’s very realistic in terms of people accepting the fate that they’ve been given and just trying to make the best of it
2025-03-10 17:39:02
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chris :
To an extent, the school was (part of) a rebellion or protest, at least by its founders and staff, as we’re told other places were worse. But I realise that’s not rebellion by the main characters.
2025-03-10 17:27:08
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chava_nice_day :
I love that they don’t run away. They try and find a legal way out and when they can’t, that’s it. They make the best of it
2025-03-10 18:09:50
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Alfread :
Dare I say the best writer living?
2025-03-10 14:30:25
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Barbara :
What do you mean ‘why don’t they run’? What made this book terrifying is the realization that that life was all there was for them, the way this thought slowly crept up on me by the end still haunts m
2025-03-11 08:50:35
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gee :
i think about this book nearly everyday, 6 or 7 years after reading it. it really is haunting.
2025-03-10 17:30:44
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Madeline :
heros are the minority, most people do have to accept their bad hand because they don't have the capacity to be a hero
2025-03-10 19:18:18
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_Maggsy_uggsy_ :
Once you understand learned helplessness, you'll fully understand why.
2025-03-11 04:49:57
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