"'There might be something not quite right with me, down there. Because sometimes I just really, really need to do it.'"
-page 128
This quote is an example of an internal conflict that Kathy is having with herself. She admits to Ruth that sometimes she really wants to/has to have sex, almost like it is uncontrollable. I have a feeling that this conflict will come up again, but it is not what I want to focus on with this blog.
The more I read of Never Let Me Go, the more I find similarities between it and Brave New World. Especially after chapter eleven, I have realized how much sex in these two stories is different from sex in our world. I don't mean the action is different, but the way people percieve the act is much different. In BNW, the characters were actually suggested to have sex with many different people and often. And in NLMG, the characters have sex quite often, before marriage, and with pretty much anyone they please. However, in NLMG, relationships do exist, unlike in BNW. I realize that there are people in our world who disrespect the gift of sex and see it differently from say a Catholic teenager, but in the novels, sex is almost a game. I'm assuming that the authors both are giving their suggestions of how sex would change if people could not have children or if our lives were set out for us. I'm not sure if I agree with the author's ideas, because I think even if children weren't tied to sex, our emotions and relationships would still be. An interesting topic to think about, never the less.
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