Pattern 3: Lonely Hearts

"Can someone make my simple wish come true?" line 1

This poem seems to be very fitting with its title. These are a series of want adds or advertisements. In each one, it is clear to see the persons dilemma in finding the type of person they're seeking. It is very hard for people in the gay community to find love for many reasons. They may be ridiculed or disrespected for the way they are. Also, the single mother may have trouble meeting people since she is always taking care of her child. Each one poses a rhetorical question that inspires a sense of hope. The first question says that these advertisements are "Personals." I find this to be very ironic because each one appears to be anonymous. If it were truly personal, it would reveal much more than a single line description.

Never Let Me Go 1

"And anyway, if I'd never started choosing, how would I ever have got close to Ruth and Tommy after all those years." pg. 4

Well, I'm on to book number two. The first major difference I noticed in the book was the point of view. It's first person as compared to third in Brave New World. I think this will provide the readers with more insight to the main character, Kathy H. Ishiguro implements rhetorical questions that lead to the use of flashbacks.  The flashbacks seem to have a nostalgic feel to them; however, I think that certain aspects of them may contain a dark mystery. I don't know why, but I feel like there is something that is being purposely omitted from Kathy's memory of Hailsham. I don't think Hailsham is as perfect as she claims to remember. I was also a little confused by the terminology of "carers" and "donors." Hopefully this will be explained soon. I just hope that this novel isn't as out there as Brave New World was.

Brave New World 5

"What the two men shared was the knowledge that they were individuals." pg. 67

Throughout this chapter, Bernard Marx came to realize how different he truly was from everyone. However, he also realized he was not alone. He had a friend, Helmholtz Watson, who was also unlike the rest of the robotic humans. During a meeting together, Watson pondered a series of rhetorical questions such as, "What is there more important to say?" and "Can you say something about nothing?" I think that these rhetorical questions were asked in seeking to find the meaning to why they are different. These questions show how differently their mind's work in comparison to the others. Bernard and Watson represent a deeper intuition to knowledge and curiosity.  They understand that they have been set apart from the other people, yet they do not understand why. These two characters seem to have more complexity to them and also reflect a nature of care and concern, where as the rest of the society does not. Watson hopes that Bernard may have an answer to why they are different, but he is wondering the same thing. I think that being outcasts will form a union between these characters and that their curiosity will cause conflict with the head of their society, resulting in a major turn of events.