The Role of Art in Never Let Me Go | AmorSciendi
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- Опубликовано: 15 апр 2020
- I discuss the art theory of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go. Appropriate for AP, IB or GCSE curriculum. Has discussions of theme, setting, characterization and motif.
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All this talk about the power of art reminds me of when I visited the Jewish Museum in Prague last year, where an entire exhibit is filled with drawings from the children who were imprisoned in the ghetto there during the Holocaust. It was thanks to one woman's bravery of providing secret art classes and sneaking these drawings out in suitcases that they survive today. Like in Never Let Me Go, these children created art while death hung around them, but not as a means to deny then the truth like Halisham does, but to give an escape and reason to live in distressing times. If there's one lesson I take away from this book, it's that art is not inherently good or bad, but a tool, a powerful one that people and society at large can use. It's up to us to make sure art is ultimately uplifting and not distracting from problems at large. Art shouldn't numb us, it should broaden our worldview.
Great analysis, thank you. I would only add that authority figures (e.g. Madam) who take some students artwork (for the mysterious 'Gallery'), are taking pieces of some students for free. This unpredictable seizure by authority figures will repeat later when other authority figures ('normals'/doctors) also take pieces of the student for free. Literal pieces... organs.
I recently did a socratic seminar for college that discussed this book, and this happened to pop up in my recommended tab. Love hearing people talk about their perspective on the novel, and I really enjoyed this interpretation of the theme of art. Great video!
Thanks!
i always thought that the school was trying to find out whether there was a possibility that , in addition to body parts, they could harvest souls as well- though i was pretty stoned when i came up with this idea!
This is so amazing. Never let me go is not one of my top 3 fav books/movies but it's the one that has made me cry out the most. And I just realized it's because it's a slap to the two pillars that I guide my life: art (the power to express, materialize and bond people's imagination) and love as a geniuine force. This is a beautiful interpretation, thank you :)
Amazing video series, thank you for it! Will discuss many topics tomorrow at our book club.
This has been great. Thank you.
Now that we all have finished the book, it's time to listen to the actual song "Never Let Me Go": ruclips.net/video/TWRzWkfbu0M/видео.html
Brilliant commentary Amor! I am reading this book in my 10th grade english class and you helped me better understand the authors prominent theme of art.
Awesome. Glad it helped.
I read this book in uni (i lost my copy in a moving incident 💔) and I forgot about it until just now. I'm going to re read this book after I finish what I'm reading. Thank you for the fresh perspective and reminder!! Great channel, subbed
Oh great! Please share any good thoughts you have while reading the book here
Really fantastic. What a great reading
Glad you liked the book and hopefully my take on it
I would also like to share this interview of Kazuo Ishiguro himself with you. By the end of the book you might be wondering, why didn't they just run away? It's the last question he answers in this interview: ruclips.net/video/_jCB59pPG7k/видео.html
Wow, what an amazing insight. I only disagree with the last point, though. Cruelty will not save the characters, but only serve as a tool to justify further oppression. Ruth was cruel to both Tommy and Kathy and it only made her realize how she wasted her time on it so she tried to at least correct that.
This video came on out of weirdly specific time it is not helping me with my existential crisis.
Love you for mentioning your existential crisis. You're bound to undestand this novel best:You've said it: It is about 'existential crisis'. Thank you for giving me this clue. And my very best wishes and the power of my heart for you, for your luck and for your future❣️
Not so Wrong... 😶🌫️
Please stop jumping from here to there its hard to concentrate
Ok. I've stopped doing that