"The light was frozen, dead, a ghost." (Page 3)
Almost instantly I realized the apparent similarities between Brave New World and Never Let Me Go: they both tell tales of cloning and tweaking humans. However, I'm afraid the congruence of the books will most likely stop there. For starters, Brave New World appears to be about the process of forming the so-called humans whereas Never Let Me Go never truly explained the nature in which the students were made simply because that wasn't the focus of the story.
Take this quote, for instance. It alone illustrates a difference between the two authors. Huxley possesses a talent for decorative wording. He will paint this book rather than write it. Ishiguro is a quite fluid author, but he was not as generous with the adjectives in Never Let Me Go as Huxley is. Which is all well and good. I'm ecstatic that I won't be reading the exact same writing style in this second book. That would be rather boring.
I have now neglected to explain this metaphor in two paragraphs, so I must plunge forward. Basically, the warehouse these "humans" (I dare call them that) are being grown in has bad lighting. But Huxley took the opportunity to paste an image of death in the reader's head. Not only to describe the light, but to emphasize the fact that this setting is not one to celebrate life in a traditional way. I daresay this story is going to push the limits, especially for a reader who lives by morals that are not reflected in this book so far.
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