Never Let Me Go 9

"The point is, they claim they saw this. . . person. Working there in this open-plan office. And, well, you know. They reckon this person's a possible. For me." pg. 139

Through this synecdoche, we learn that the students are in fact scientifically created. The idea of possibles come from the cloning process. A possible is a person that a particular student may have been created from. I'm really curious how the people being cloned are chosen. If it were me, I wouldn't want some replica of myself somewhere out in the world, especially if I knew there sole purpose in life would be to donate their organs. Maybe this process is controlled by the government, and people don't have a say in the matter. Also, if I were a clone like Kathy or Ruth, I don't think I would want to find the person I was created from. I would just see a life I could never have. I think that would be too difficult to deal with. I really sympathize with Kathy and the rest of the clones, because they fantasize about a normal life, knowing very well that it will never happen. Perhaps its a coping mechanism they use in order accept their fate. Maybe thinking about there possibles helps keep their minds off of donations all together.