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Never let me go
Never Let Me Go
- Imitations of life: cloning, heterosexuality and the human in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never let me go.
"Contemporary debate and speculation about the prospect of reproductive cloning reveals the way in which such beings, as 'copies' of human originals, challenge notions of the human, especially in relation to issues of individuality, authenticity and origin. This article explores the representation of human cloning in Kazuo Ishiguro's speculative fiction, Never let me go, published in 2005. It investigates the possibility that Ishiguro's exploration of the contingency of human identity has a significant, if oblique, relationship to heteronormative constructions of heterosexuality and the human." - The Dynamics of Memory and Human Connection in "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro"In Kazuo Ishiguro's novel "Never Let Me Go," memory and human connection play pivotal
roles in shaping the characters' identities and relationships. This research paper explores the
complex dynamics of memory and human connection within the context of a dystopian
society where human clones, known as donors, are created for organ harvesting."
- Identity in Never Let Me Go
"In his novel Kazuo Ishiguro has chosen to examine many issues, the most important one being identity ... " - Identity Crisis in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go"Kathy H. and her friends Tommy and Ruth are consumed with questions about themselves and their place in the world. The children attain a sense of identity through their treasured collections, creativity artwork and delicate social structures. Part of their identity therefore always remains a mystery to them and this adds their confusion about who they are and what is their place in the world. No one appear exempt from the harsh reality offered by the ambiguity of human identity ... "
- Quest for Identity in Never Let Me Go"This ... paper deals with the theme of Identity in the novel never let me go. At Hailsham, Kathy and her friends have to wonder who they are. They do not know their family history and their place in the world ... "
Blade Runner
Blade Runner
- Romanticizing cybernetics in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner."Examines the treatment of cybernetics in the motion picture `Blade Runner' directed by Ridley Scott. Plot of the motion picture; Comparison of the film to the novel from which it was based; Depiction of human civilization in the film; Characteristics of the so-called replicants in the film; Differences between the replicants and the humans."
- Blade Runner and the Right to Life" ... “The ‘right’ to life, to one’s body, to health, to happiness, to the satisfactions of needs, and beyond all the oppressions or ‘alienations,’ the ‘right’ to rediscover what one is and all that one can be” ... "
- Blade Runner 2049, Parfit and Identity
"... Both films challenge what it is to be human. In 2049, K believes the child of Deckard might have a soul because it was born ... "
- Redefining Humanity: The Intersection of Technological Advancements and Human Essence in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner"In the realm of visual culture, cyberpunk films like Blade Runner serve as rich canvases for exploring ‘Otherness’, a concept involving characters or features that deviate from human or societal norms due to technology or dystopian settings. Drawing on Donna Haraway’s idea that a “cyborg is a cybernetic organism,” the film challenges notions of identity, ethics, and social constructs. The film often minimizes human individuality to highlight ‘Otherness’ and elevate posthuman entities in tech-driven societies. The genre oscillates between utopian and dystopian elements, injecting hope and possibility into human existence and driving societal reevaluation. This oscillation provokes key questions: What makes someone ‘genuinely human’? Can we emulate this when creating ‘more human than human’ replicants? Being deemed a copy or unreal can be oppressive, intensifying the urgency of these inquiries. As Oscar Wilde noted, “progress is the realization of Utopia,” but does this also feed dystopian implications? This abstract provides a framework for scholarly investigations into Blade Runner, focusing on paradoxes like the human-replicant contradiction and the role of technology ... "
- Catching 'tears in the rain': Blade Runner and the archiving of memory and identity"Blade Runner presents the ultimate archival dilemma: to preserve or ‘retire’ (dispose of) a sentient record. In this dystopian world the line between human and humanoid is blurred through the existence of biorobotic androids known as replicants. Their present and possible relation to aspects of the world of the archivist is evidenced
through technological innovation, the limitations and inherent fragility of electronic records, consideration of what is worth saving, and issues of identity ... "
- Quest for Identity in Never Let Me Go"Through the lens of psychoanalytic deconstruction, the final chase scene of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner can be easily interpreted as a mirror stage moment for both Deckard and Roy. French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan describes the function of the mirror stage as “the function of imagos, which is to establish a relationship between an organism and its reality.” ... "