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TOLERANCE REFLECTED IN KAZUO ISHIGURO’S NEVER LET ME

GO (2005): A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH

PUBLICATION ARTICLE

Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Getting the

Bachelor Degree of Education in English Department

by:

ANDRE RIDWAN SEPLAWAN

A320120139

SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA

2016

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TOLERANCE REFLECTED IN KAZUO ISHIGURO’S NEVER LET ME

GO (2005): A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH

Andre Ridwan Seplawan

Dr. Phil Dewi Candraningrum

Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta

mr.andreridwans@gmail.com

ABSTRAK

Penelitian ini tentang toleransi dalam novel Never Let Me Go oleh Kazuo

Ishiguro (2005) yang dianalisis menggunakan pendekatan sosiologi. Tujuan dari

studi ini adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana kondisi toleransi untuk manusia

kloning yang mana telah memiliki perasaan untuk hidup. Dalam menganalisis

Never Let Me Go, peneliti menggunakan metode kualitatif dan pendekatan

sosiologi. Data utama penelitian ini adalah novel Never Let Me Go oleh Kazuo

Ishiguro. Data sekunder penelitian ini bahan-bahan dan referensi-referensi terpilih

yang berhubungan dengan pembelajaran. Metode pengumpulan data

menggunakan penelitian kepustakaan. Teknik analisis data menggunakan analisis

deskriptif. Peneliti menarik kesimpulan dalam penelitian ini. Tidak ada toleransi

atau penangguhan untuk kehidupan manusia kloning. Manusia kloning diciptakan

untuk mendonorkan organ tubuhnya untuk manusia asli.

Kata kunci: Toleransi, Never let Me Go, Sosiologi

ABSTRACT

This research paper is about tolerance in Kazuo Ishiguro‟s Never Let Me

Go novel (2005) which is analyzed using Sociological Approach. The objective of

this study are to find out how the condition of tolerance to the human clones

which have a feeling for life. In analyzing Never Let Me Go, the researcher uses

qualitative method and sociological approach. The primary data of this research is

Never Let Me Go novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. The secondary data are some selected

references and material related to the study. The method of the data collection is

library research. The technique of data analysis is descriptive analysis. The

researcher draws the conclusion in this research. That there is no tolerance or

deferral for life of human clones. Human clones were created to donate the organ

of the body to the real human.

Keywords: Tolerance, Never Let Me Go, Sociological

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1. INTRODUCTION

Never let me go (2005) is a science fiction novel. The novel was authored

by Kazuo Ishiguro. The book is published by Faber and Faber. This novel was

selected in the booker prize in 2005. in 2005, this novel received an award

from the National Book Critics Circle Award. Then in 2006, the novel was

awarded the Arthur C. Clarke Award. Never Let Me Go novel begin the story

of a school called Hailsham in about 1970. Hailsham is a boarding school that

educates students in a variety of ways. They taught a variety of subjects with a

fun learning system. However Hailsham generally about the same as other

boarding schools, but only one thing: all students are clones product.

There are four reasons why the researcher choose this novel to be

analyzed. First, the researcher choose this novel because the researcher was

curious about the material presented by the author. The author makes the story

of human clone. This is something new in the literature for the researcher. The

researcher very interested in the author's courage in making novel about human

clone, although not told about the process of creating human clones, the

scientific basis, the process of its use, who users, and similar technical issues as

it should be in a science fiction story. But the author tells the love life of a

human clone.

Second, this novel tells of life that must follow a predetermined path. No

protest and no rebellion because they are clones. They are created to die. After

leaving adolescence and witnessing the death of the other clones, they have to

make a donation. That's when one after the other vital organs in their bodies

were taken and transferred to another person's body. While their organs are

used for the original human who fought against death. Donations are mostly

done through three or four times, because after that, the clones will certainly

die.

Third, the researcher loved this novel because the characters and conflicts

that occur between the love of two characters who are friends with each other.

Kathy and Ruth are the characters in this novel. They were friends with each

other despite their many differences. Their relationship began to move away

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when the presence of Tommy. That raises a love triangle between the three of

them. Ruth liked Tommy and want to be able to have Tommy. Kathy and

Tommy actually like each other but are too shy to express her feelings. Finally

make room for Ruth to come in and finally managed to win the love Tommy.

But as an adult Ruth apologized to Kathy on past mistakes. Ruth was very

sorry to have to separate the love Kathy and Tommy. This is the first step for

Kathy to improve relations that had stretched between him and Ruth and

Tommy, although she also was able to dodge her love to Tommy who come

back to grow.

Fourth, the researcher interested in the moral message conveyed in this

novel. Message of the novel is about the use of time in life as good as possible.

Take advantage of that time to the loved ones. You do not need to think of a

time when it will end. You only need to provide the best for the person you

love. So that you will not regret it after you will lose important people in your

life.

Before analyzing the novel, the researcher has read other papers that is

relevant with the analysis, especially about the approach and the object. The

first research was conducted by Taufik Wahyu Skripka (UMS, 2014) entitled

Kathy H's Struggle For Getting True Love In Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me

Go Novel (2005) : An Individual Psychological Approach”. On that research,

the researcher found that Kazuo Ishiguro deliver message that struggle for

getting true love because it is important in everyone's life because it is

absolutely and the result shows that the most influential aspect in the struggle

for getting true love. The second research was conducted by Ririn Tri Jantini

(UMS, 2014) entitled “Lost Of The Emotional Side Of Kathy In Romanek’s

Never Let Me Go Movie (2010): A Psychoanalytic Approach”. the researcher

found that the main character has a psychological condition that is not good.

The third is Medista Ayu Ningsih (UMS, 2015) entitled“Protest Against

Human Trafficking In Paulo Coelho’s Eleven Minutes Novel (2003) : A

Sociological Approach”. The author illustrates a sociological phenomenon

which should make every effort to cope with the problem of life. The fourth

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research was conducted by Anindya Nurul Kusuma Dewi (UMS, 2014) entitled

“The Need For Etiquette Reflected In Suzanne Enoch’s England’s Perfect Hero

Novel (2004): A Sociological Approach”. The researcher found a close

relationship between the story of the novel and the reality of English society in

the twenty first century, in which some people ignore the importance of

etiquette in social interaction.The last is Siti Nur Rohmah (UMS, 2014)

entitled“The Importance Of Equal Social Status In Choosing Spouse Reflected

In William S. Maugham’s Up At The Villa (1941): A Sociological

Approach.”Based on analysis it is quite obvious that there is a close relation

between this novel and the social reality in England in early middle twentieth

century.

Literature is about presentation of human life. Literare is reflection of the

social realities in their life. “Literature and sociology are not wholly distinct

disciplines but, on the contrary, complement each other in our understanding of

society (Laurenson and Swingewood, 1972: 13).It means literary and sociology

have a close relationship.

Sociology is essentially the scientific and objective study about people in

society; it is also astudy about some social institutions and social processes

(Swingewood and Laurenson 1972: 11). Sociology is related to the description

of the ways people adapt by themselves with the certain societies, the

description of socialization mechanism, the cultural study proces where the

individuals are allocated to receive some roles in that social structure.

Sociology is also related to the social changing process that happen gradually

or revolutionary with the some effects of that changing.

Tolerance: It is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity

of our world's cultures, forms of expression and ways of being human.

Tolerance is harmony in difference. It is fostered by knowledge, openness,

communication and freedom of thought, conscience and belief. Tolerance is

being yourself without imposing your views on others. Tolerance is not giving

in or giving up. Tolerance is, above all, an active attitude prompted by

recognition of the universal human rights and fundamental freedoms of others.

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The practice of tolerance doesn't mean toleration of social injustice or the

abandonment or weakening of one's conviction. Tolerance is not always a

positive concept. More traditional meanings of the word tolerance do not

include respect or acceptance. The tolerant person occupies neutral ground, a

place of complete impartiality where each person is permitted to decide for

himself. No judgments allowed. No "forcing" personal views. Each takes a

neutral posture towards another's convictions (Koukl, 2013).

2. RESEARCH METHOD

There are five elements in this research that should be taken into account

in analyzing Never Let Me Go (2005) as follows:

a. Type of the Study

In this study, the researcher uses the descriptive qualitative research. It is

library research while data source are using literary data. It purposes to

analyze the novel applying sociological approach.

b. Object of the Study

The object of the study is Never Let Me Go Novel by Kazuo Ishiguro and

published by Faber and Faber.

c. Type of the Data and the Data Source

The researcher defines the source of data into „primary data‟ and

„secondary data‟. The primary data is the text of Never Let Me Go itself,

while the secondary data are taken from the books, internet and other

materials that are relevant to support the analysis.

d. Technique of the Data Collection

In this study, technique of data collection is the library research. The

steps in this library research are as follows:

1. Reading the novel repeatedly

2. Taking notes of important information

3. Arranging the data into several parts based on its clarification

4. Analyzing the data

5. Drawing conclusion based on the analyzing data.

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e. Technique of the Data Analysis

The technique used in analyzing data is descriptive qualitative analysis. It

focuses on the analysis of the structural elements of the novel and then

sociological analysis.

3. FINDING

a. Social Aspect

There are several social aspects in the English society. The English

society is divided into three social classes that are upper class, middle class,

and lower class. Never Let Me Go novel shows some social aspect or social

structure in the story.

In Never Let Me Go novel, Madame is identified as upper class in social

structure of Never Let Me Go novel. The fact shows when madame visit

Hailsham, the student of Hailsham amazed with the luxury style of

Madame. Madame visit Hailsham by personal car.

“She always wore a sharp grey suit, and unlike the gardeners,”

(NLMG, 2005: 24)

“The afternoon Madame's car was spotted coming across the

fields,” (NLMG, 2005: 25)

Middle class is a one of social structures in England during the beginning

of the twenty first century. Middle class is the class that relative growth.

They can be higher or lower depends on their economic value (Liveset,

2006: 466-467). School teacher, sales employer and lower middle level

supervisior ran among those in this social class. In Never Let Me Go novel,

there are several teacher in Hailsham such as Miss Geraldine, Miss Lucy,

Miss Emily, and Mr. Roger.

“Miss Geraldine was everyone's favourite guardian when we

were that age.” (NLMG, 2005: 14)

Lower class is identified as the lowest class in social structure. Being lower

class does not need a formal education to enchancing a job. Lower class

repeated cycles of unemployement, working multiple low level part time

jobs are common among this group (Thompson and Hickey, 2005). In Never

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let Me Go, Keffers is identified as lower class because he is a gardener in

Cottage. He comes to Cottage just two or three times a week.

“He was this grumpy old guy who turned up two or three times a

week in his muddy van to look the place over.” (NLMG, 2005:

86)

b. Race and Ethnicity

In Never Let Me Go novel, Kazuo Ishiguro does not decribe clearly

about the race and ethnicity of the characters in the story. According to

Cook (2003: 27) “Ethnic group in England society had some ethnic group

such as White people (British, Irish, Schottish), Mixed (White and Black

Carribean, White and Black African, White and Asian), Black (Carribean,

African, other Black) and other ethnicity. Madame is described as French

or Belgian. French or Belgian people as upper class in social aspect of

English society.

“We called her “Madame” because she was French or Belgian–

there was a dispute as to which–and that was what the guardians

always called her.” (NLMG, 2005: 24)

c. Economic Aspect

In Never Let Me Go novel, several characters have self-economic sector.

Kazuo Ishiguro shows the economic condition of the character he creates.

Miss Geraldine, Miss Lucy, Miss Emily, and Mr. Roger are the guardians in

the Hailsham. Guardian is the same as teacher in real life. Teacher is one of

the economic aspect in the United Kingdom.

“Miss Emily, our head guardian, was older than the others.”

(NLMG, 2005: 29)

Education and economic performance is likely to each other linked.

Having a more educated labor allows a company to take advantage of new

economic performance, it can improve the performance. The economic

growth can lead to greater national and personal wealth, it can improve the

available resources and opportunities for education. In Never Let Me Go

novel, there are several students in Hailsham. The students of Hailsham

such as Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy.

“My name is Kathy H. I'm thirty-one years old, and I've been a

carer now for over eleven years.” (NLMG, 2005: 1)

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Healthcare in the United Kingdom is one of the economic improvement.

The hospital is a measure of a country‟s economic. In Never Let Me Go

novel, Kazuo Ishiguro makes Kathy worked in the hospital after she

dropped out from Hailsham. Become a nurse is a very good job when at the

time in United Kingdom. Become a nurse must have the intelligence and

ability more than the other students of Hailsham.

“For the most part being a carer's suited me fine. You could

even say it's brought the best out of me.” (NLMG, 2005: 154)

d. Political Aspect

In Never Let Me Go novel, politic aspect from the government doesn‟t

show the act. Kazuo Ishiguro doesn‟t show the act of government political

because this story is a fiction novel or fiction literarure. In this story, there

are enermous control power of the guardians or teachers from Hailsham.

The students of Hailsham saw the control power from the guardians. They

always obedient to the commands of Haislaham guardians. Especially, Miss

Emily is the head guardian in the Hailsham. She is older than the others of

guardian in the Hailsham.

“Miss Emily, our head guardian, was older than the others. She

wasn't especially tall, but something about the way she carried

herself, always very straight with her head right up, made you

think she was.” (NLMG, 2005: 29)

A lot of aspiration from Hailsham students must be approved by Miss

Emily. She is someone who has full responsibility for all available

regulations in Hailsham. It can be seen when Roy J. will complain about

compensation of sale exchange ticket.

“Arguments went on between us for some time, and then one

day Roy J.–who was a year above us, and had had a number of

things taken by Madame–decided to go and see Miss Emily

about it.” (NLMG, 2005: 29)

There are other people who have great power in controlling the system of

Hailsham. She is Madame. Madame is the one comes from outside the

Hailsham. She has the rightful authority to take the best works from

Hailsham students. She included the best works of the Hailsham students in

the gallery.

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“If for us the Gallery remained in a hazy realm, what was solid

enough fact was Madame's turning up usually twice–sometimes

three or four times–each year to select from our best work.”

(NLMG, 2005: 24)

e. Cultural Aspect

There are several important aspects of United Kingdom culture such as

literature, music, cinema, art, comedy, television, theatre, philosophy,

architecture, and education.In Never Let Me Go novel, Kathy is very

interesting to the music. Music is one of the important aspects in United

Kingdom culture. Kathy has a favorite song, the title is Song After Dark by

Judy Bridgewater.

“But I wanted to talk about my tape, Songs After Dark by Judy

Bridgewater.” (NLMG, 2005: 50)

Fashion is a practice of style, especially in clothing, accessories, makeup,

and everything that is used. Fashion is a habitual or characteristic of a

person in favorite style to wear something. Madame is one of the characters

who wear fancy style. She uses sharp grey suit when she come to Hailsham.

The upper class person represented by Madame.

“She always wore a sharp grey suit, and unlike the gardeners,

unlike the drivers who brought in our supplies–unlike virtually

anyone else who came in from outside.” (NLMG, 2005: 24)

In addition to the upper class person, the lower class is one of the kinds

of style. Usually, the lower class person is gardener, truck driver, bus driver,

van driver, farmer, and the others job in lower class. Keffers is a van driver

in Cottage. He uses dirty van when he come to Cottage, two or three times a

week.

“He was this grumpy old guy who turned up two or three times a

week in his muddy van to look the place over.” (NLMG, 2005:

86)

Football is one of the favorite sports in United Kingdom. In Never Let

Me Go novel, the Hailsham student love the game of football. They usually

play football in the south playing field.

“Then once, towards the end of an afternoon break, a group of

us were sitting on the grass quite close to the South Playing

Field where the boys, as usual, were playing their football.”

(NLMG, 2005: 15)

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f. Religious Aspect

In Never Let Me Go novel, Kazuo Ishiguro doesn‟t show clearly about

religion aspect in this novel, but several characters say god in the dialogue.

They say that word to describe about the feeling. It can be seen in the

following dialogue.

“They think it's God-given. Until they came here, they knew

nothing of it. All they feel now is disappointment, because we

haven't given them everything possible.” (NLMG, 2005: 200)

The other part of this novel shown about religion aspect. Keffers is a

religious person. Keffers upset when Kathy, Ruth, Tommy, etc. read

pornographic magazines. He is a religious and very dislike not just porn, but

sex in general.

“These magazines, incidentally, used to drive old Keffers mad.

There was a rumour that he was religious and dead against not

just porn, but sex in general.” (NLMG, 2005: 98)

G. Science and Technology

United Kingdom is the leader of biotechnology in Europe. It comprises a

series of strategies and methods for the study and use of the genetic make-

up of organisms and the relevant biological functions (OCED, 1998: 77).

Biotechnology progress is marked by the presence of several technologies

such as genetical manipulation, recombinant DNA, stem cell development,

clone, etc.

In Never Let Me Go novel, Kathy, Ruth, Tommy, and the other students

are human clone. Human clone is one of the example of biotechnology.

Initially, all the students do not know that they are human cloning, but along

the time, they know that they are human clone. In Hailsham, the guardians

prefer to called the human clone as a „existed only to supply medical

science‟.

“Before that, all clones–or students, as we preferred to call you–

existed only to supply medical science.” (NLMG, 2005: 198)

Kathy gets something from Tommy in sale exchange. The cassette of

song After Dark by Judy Bridgewater is a gift from Tommy to Kathy,

bacause Kathy doesn‟t interesting to buy something in sale exchange. She

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plays the cassette by tape in the bedroom when she still stay in Hailsham.

The tape and cassette are the technology.

“But I wanted to talk about my tape, Songs After Dark by Judy

Bridgewater.” (NLMG, 2005: 50)

4. DISCUSSION

Literature is a presentation to describe about something written and

spoken. Literature is reflection of the social realities in our life. Literature and

sociology are not wholly distinct disciplines but, on the contrary, complement

each other in our understanding of society (Laurenson and Swingewood, 1972:

13).

Sociology is essentially the scientific and objective study about people in

society; it is also study about some social institutions and social processes

(Swingewood and Laurenson, 1972: 11). The main purpose of any viable

sociology has function as an instrument to grasp the meaning of the authors

and to improve understanding of the society based on the phenomena as social

life (Swingewood and Laurenson, 1972: 16). It means literature and sociology

have a close relationship.

The researcher analyze some sociological aspects of the Never Let Me Go

novel. the sociological analysis is divided into social aspect, race and ethnicity,

economic aspect, political aspect, cultural aspect, religion aspect, science and

technology aspect. In Never Let Me Go novel, there is no the most dominant

aspect, each aspect has contribution in the story and each character.

There are several social aspect in the story. The social aspect in this

story is the same as the social aspect in English society. The social aspect

is divided into three classes, such as the upper class, the middle class, and

the lower class. The upper class is also called elite class. The upper class is

statistically very small and involves a group of peerage, gentry, and heredity

landowners. The middle class is the dominant class in this story because the

story tells about teachers and students in Hailsham. Middle class is the class

that relative growth. They can be higher or lower depends on their economic

value (Liveset, 2006: 466-467). School teacher, sales employer and lower

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middle level supervisior ran among those in this social class. The third social

classes in Never Let Me Go novel is lower class. This class also called the

working class. Lower class isidentified as the lowest class in social structure.

According to Cook (2003: 27) “Ethnic group in England society had some

ethnic group such as White people (British, Irish, Schottish), Mixed (White and

Black Carribean, White and Black African, White and Asian), Black

(Carribean, African, other Black) and other ethnicity. Madame is described as

French or Belgian. French or Belgian people as upper class in social aspect of

English society.

The economic aspect in the Never Let Me Go novel shows the economic

of England in the beginning of the twenty first century. It can be seen by

describe of the economic condition from each character. Kazuo Ishiguro shows

the economic condition of the character he creates. Miss Geraldine, Miss Lucy,

Miss Emily, and Mr. Roger are the guardians in the Hailsham. Guardian same

as teacher in real life. Teacher is one of the economic aspect in the United

Kingdom.

The economic growth can lead to greater national and personal wealth, it

can improve the available resources and opportunities for education. Education

and economic performance is likely to each other linked. In Never Let Me Go

novel, there are several students of Hailsham. The students of Hailsham such as

Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy.

Healthcare in the United Kingdom is one of the economic improvement.

The hospital is a measure of a country‟s economic. In Never Let Me Go novel,

Kazuo Ishiguro makes Kathy worked in the hospital after she dropped out from

Hailsham.

The capital city of United Kingdom is London.The Queen is the head of

the state and the Prime Minister is the head of government. The government

system of United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy. The government is a

parliamentary democracy in a multiparty system (Burns, 2010: 259). In Never

Let Me Go novel, politic aspect from the government doesn‟t show the act.

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Kazuo Ishiguro doesn‟t show the act of government political because this story

is a fiction novel or fiction literarure.

In this story, there are enermous control power of the guardians or teachers

from Hailsham. The students of Hailsham saw the control power from the

guardians. They always obedient to the commands of Haislaham guardians.

Especially, Miss Emily is the head guardian in the Hailsham. She is older than

the others of guardian in the Hailsham. A lot of aspiration from Hailsham

students must be approved by Miss Emily. She is someone who has full

responsibility for all available regulations in Hailsham. It can be seen when

Roy J. will complain about compensation of sale exchange ticket.

There are other people who have great power in controlling the system of

Hailsham. She is Madame. Madame is the one comes from outside the

Hailsham. She has the rightful authority to take the best works from Hailsham

students. She included the best works of the Hailsham students in the gallery.

There are several important aspects of United Kingdom culture such as

literature, music, cinema, art, comedy, television, theatre, philosophy,

architecture, and education. The United Kingdom is a multicultural society and

open mind. According to Higgins (2010: 1) “In Britain, the national culture has

changed along with the population and the world at large. Even though they

have a dynamic relationship with this present, their cultural activities are

shaped by their histories and traditions.” In Never Let Me Go novel, Kathy is

very interesting to the music. Music is one of the important aspects in United

Kingdom culture. Kathy has a favorite song, the title is Song After Dark by

Judy Bridgewater.

Fashion is a practice of style, especially in clothing, accessories, makeup,

and everything that is used. Fashion is a habitual or characteristic of a person in

favorite style to wear something. Madame is one of the characters who wear

fancy style. She uses sharp grey suit when she come to Hailsham. The upper

class person represented by Madame.

In addition to the upper class person, the lower class is one of the kinds of

style. Usually, the lower class person is gardener, truck driver, bus driver, van

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driver, farmer, and the others job in lower class. Keffers is a van driver in

Cottage. He uses dirty van when he come to Cottage, two or three times a

week.

Football is one of the favorite sports in United Kingdom. In Never Let Me

Go novel, the Hailsham student love the game of football. They usually play

football in the south playing field.

The official religion of United Kingdom is Christianity, as practised by the

Church of United Kingdom. Christianity is the majority religion in United

Kingdom society. United Kingdom has multi faith in society. In Never Let Me

Go novel, Kazuo Ishiguro doesn‟t show clearly about religion aspect in this

novel, but several characters say god in the dialogue. They say that word to

describe about the feeling. It can be seen in the following dialogue.

In the other part of this novel shown about religion aspect. Keffers is a

religious person. Keffers upset when Kathy, Ruth, Tommy, etc. read

pornographic magazines. He is a religious and very dislike not just porn, but

sex in general.

United Kingdom is the leader of biotechnology in Europe. It is comprises a

series of strategies and methods for the study and use of the genetic make-up of

organisms and the relevant biological functions (OCED, 1998: 77).

Biotechnology progress is marked by the presence of several technologies such

as genetical manipulation, recombinant DNA, stem cell development, clone,

etc.

In Never Let Me Go novel, Kathy, Ruth, Tommy, and the other students

are human clone. Human clone is one of the example of biotechnology.

Initially, all the students do not know that they are human cloning, but along

the time, they know that they are human clone. In Hailsham, the guardians

prefer to called the human clone as a „existed only to supply medical science‟.

Kathy gets something from Tommy in sale exchange. The cassette of song

After Dark by Judy Bridgewater is a gift from Tommy to Kathy, bacause Kathy

doesn‟t interesting to buy something in sale exchange. She plays the cassette

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by tape in the bedroom when she still stay in Hailsham. The tape and cassette

are the technology.

Finally, based on all aspects that are reflected in Never Let Me Go novel,

there is a correlation among the story of novel and the underlying theory. The

result from the rumours about Hailsham students and deferrals or tolerance

about donor time is not true because Miss Emily and Madame do not have the

power to determine the deferrals. There is a correlation among this novel and

the social background of English society in the beginning of the twenty first

century. It can be seen from the expositions of several aspects such as social

aspect, race and ethnicity, economic aspect, political aspect, cultural aspect,

religion aspect, science and technology aspect.

5. CONCLUSION

After analyzing Never Let Me Go novel, the researcher draws the

following conclusion. First, based on the structural analysis, Kazuo Ishiguro

delivers the moral message from this novel that everyone must do their best to

someone special before they lose it all. The author displays about love, pain,

and loss in this story. He makes three major character, there are Kathy, Ruth,

and Tommy to make the conflicts. That conflicts can help the readers to get a

moral message from this novel. Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth must donate their

body when they have grown but actully they have to love each other. The

rumour of deferral is not true, they have to keep doing that donation. There are

any triangle love in this novel between Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy but before

they do donate, Ruth has apologized to Kathy and Tommy. The author makes

character and characterization, setting, plot, point of view, theme, and style. It

makes easier the readers to imagine the situation and the feeling of each other.

Second, based on sociological analysis, it is evident that in Never Let Me

Go Novel, Kazuo Ishiguro reflects the social realities of English society at the

beginning of the twenty first century in which people concerns in the issue of

tolerance. Never Let Me Go novel shows the social structure in England is still

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in three classes, there are upper class, middle class, and lower class. The

economic aspect in the Never Let Me Go novel shows the economic of

England in the beginning of the twenty first century. The capital city of United

Kingdom is London. The Queen is the head of state and the Prime Minister is

the head of government. There are several important aspects of United

Kingdom culture such as literature, music, cinema, art, comedy, television,

theatre, philosophy, architecture, and education.

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