OCR GCSE English Literature · J352
Paper 1
Revise: Plot overviewRepeated donations eventually lead to death, which their society calls completion. This euphemism makes a violent system sound orderly and almost ordinary. Kathy’s familiar language about work, school and friendship draws us into her life before we fully understand its frightening conditions.
- Revise: Part Three: Kathy the carer (Chapters 18 to 21)
The term used in Never Let Me Go for a donor’s death during the donation process. Its apparently neutral wording conceals the violence of that death.