Lily's IB English Blog

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I told myself I would use my freebie to celebrate if the Rams won. I am disappointed to say the least. All four covers immediately present me with the themes of innocence, loneliness, and simplicity. Both the first and fourth covers show a young girl, who I have decided is meant to represent Kathy. In both of these covers, the girl looks innocent and isolated. In the first cover, she seems pensive and a little upset, staring deep into the grass as though she were in a dramatic movie. We see her face, which I believe is important, as it is portraying her as an average girl (and not a clone created for organ harvesting). I believe that this cover is more focused on Never Let Me Go  as a bildungsroman. In the fourth cover, Kathy seems to be fading away. This ties in very well the the words on the cover, as it appears as though she is a figure in a memory that we are letting go of. She looks as though she is being erased and forgotten. This too focuses on the bildungsroman aspect ...