So I watched Never Let Me Go in theaters as a prelude to the paper-writing-frenzy that will soon engulf my life. To be honest, I wasn't greatly impressed. Carrie Mulligan was sufficiently wonderful and Kiera delivered in the fierce, deadpan looks department per usual but the movie just lacked a certain... I don't know spark?
Either way, I'll be rereading the book over the next week or so, just to reorient myself to the major themes and events. I definitely have a lot of ideas I wanna play with in this paper. Firstly, I want to do a retrospective element that ties in with the symbolism of Hailsham, what it represents, the parallels I see in my life etc. I want to examine the title as well, along with the interactions of the characters and the part they each play in weaving their collective memoryscape. I want to delve into their questionable humanness as well, to make the point that memory encompasses human identity and perhaps imbues life in that sense.
I don't know... obviously I have some work to do... In the meantime, I'm gonna try and get some sleep before my midterm tomorrow in Chinese!
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