Blog entry # 2 Never Let Me Go

"Of course, you don't exactly see yourself reflected back loads of times, but you almost think you do.  When you lift an arm, or when someone sits up in bed, you can feel this pale, shadowy movement all around you in the tiles." Page 18

I've been noticing a conversational tone in the story.  The narrator involves the reader in her story by the use of the pronoun "you."  For example, when Kathy is describing one of the centres she has worked at, she describes it as if you were there experiencing it.  She could have easily described the centre from her perspective, but she instead involved the reader.  I think this is done intentionally by Ishiguro to get the reader more involved in Kathy's story.  The conversational tone allows the reader to be more emotionally attached.  The tone makes it seem as if you are there and she is pouring out her memories directly to you.  They call it "conversational" for a reason; Ishiguro has created a one-way conversation, between Kathy in the reader, that is the medium through which the story is delivered.