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1、Lit:LiteratureInterpretationTheoryISSN:1043-6928(Print)1545-5866(Online)Journalhomepage:http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/glit20TheFailureofHumanizingEducationinKazuoIshiguro'sNeverLetMeGoNathanSnazaTocitethisarticle:NathanSnaza(2015)TheFailureofHumanizingEducationinKazuoIshigu
2、ro'sNeverLetMeGo,Lit:LiteratureInterpretationTheory,26:3,215-234,DOI:10.1080/10436928.2015.1062344Tolinktothisarticle:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10436928.2015.1062344Publishedonline:11Aug2015.SubmityourarticletothisjournalArticleviews:523ViewrelatedarticlesViewCrossmarkdataFu
3、llTerms&Conditionsofaccessandusecanbefoundathttp://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=glit20Downloadby:[111.122.198.185]Date:06March2016,At:01:26LiteratureInterpretationTheory,26:215234,2015Copyright#Taylor&FrancisGroup,LLCISSN:1043-6928print=1545-5866
4、onlineDOI:10.1080/10436928.2015.1062344TheFailureofHumanizingEducationinKazuoIshiguro’sNeverLetMeGoNATHANSNAZAKazuoIshigurosNeverLetMeGo(2005)followsKathyH,aclone,throughhereducationatHailsham,aneliteboardingschoolsomewhereinEngland,late1990s.Atthisinstitutionclonesaregivenw
5、hatisunderstoodtobeamodelhumanizingeducationfocusedonaestheticexperience.Hailshamis,asthenovelexplicitlytellsus,apoliticalintervention:itaimstohumanizethestudents(thepreferredtermfortheclones)byprovingtothehumanworldthattheyhavesouls.Theattempttogainrecognitionforthestudents
6、ashumanfromtheoutsideworldfails,politicalsupportfortheschooldisap-pears,anditisfinallyshutdown.Despitethefactthatthestudentsseemtoexhibithumantraits,theyareneverthelesskilledfortheirorgans(referredto1ascompletinginthenovel).Thestudentsinthenovelareneverrecog-nizedashuman,the
7、yareonlysparepartsforhumans.Thustheethicalprob-lemofthenovelislessthequestionofthehumanityoftheclonesthanitisthequestionofhowhumanelytheclonesshouldbetreated.Hailshamisan2experimentinhumanetreatment,evenanattemptatfreerangeproductionoforgansinanindustrywherefactoryfarmingist
8、hestandard.Instagingthisethicalquestion,Ishigurosnovelpresentsascathingcrit