Never Let Me Go (2010 Film) Literary Elements

Never Let Me Go (2010 Film) Literary Elements

Director

Mark Romanek

Leading Actors/Actresses

Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Keira Knightley

Supporting Actors/Actresses

Izzy Meikle-Small, Charlie Rowe, Ella Purnell, Domhall Gleeson,Andrea Riseborough

Genre

Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Language

English

Awards

n/a

Date of Release

2010

Producer

Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich

Setting and Context

Dystopian Britain

Narrator and Point of View

Narrator and POV is that of Kathy.

Tone and Mood

Dramatic and Serious

Protagonist and Antagonist

Protagonists are Kathy and Tommy. Antagonist is Ruth

Major Conflict

Ruth steals Tommy away from Kathy at Hailsham.

Climax

Kathy and Tommy's love rekindles years later, they apply for a deferral to be with each other but a deferral program does not exist. Tommy completes with one final surgery after Ruth has died during her third donation, and Kathy gets notice of her first donation.

Foreshadowing

Tommy on the operating table at the beginning of the film foreshadows his death is to come.

Understatement

It's understated how afraid Kathy and Tommy are to die, or rather to not have the chance to truly live.

Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques

N/A

Allusions

The dystopian Britain in the film is an allusion to the ways in which morality can affect science and healthcare.

Paradox

Tommy is in love with Kathy, but paradoxically chooses Ruth to be with.

Parallelism

The opening scene with Kathy watching Tommy go into surgery parallels one of the final scenes where the doctors take his organs for the last time.

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