My thoughts on "Never Let Me Go"

In the book, the Hailsham students are told about sex, but they are also told that they are incapable of having children. I think this would cause a great deal of confusion for the kids being that they are only young teenagers. Most of them begin to experiment with sex, and Kathy starts to think that she has to "find a guy" to have that type of experience with before she leaves Hailsham.

I found the section we recently read a bit shocking at the way the students so openly talked about sex and the fact that they couldn't have kids. Most of the students' attitudes toward sexuality is that it is an interaction with someone special, but most of them thought it was something that deserved approval. Couples bragged about having sex, yet only two people had actually been caught in the act. Most students wanted to have "experience" before leaving Hailsham, so that when they found someone special outside of Hailsham, they'd be prepared.

Most students are probably slightly upset that they are not able to have children, but a few take it as meaning they can have sex as much as they want without worrying about kids. I think Kathy secretly wants children because she sings the song "Never let me go..." and she thinks about how a mother was told she couldn't have kids, but had one anyway because of a mircale. And the mother sings the song while holding her baby close.