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  • Essay / Normalize what is unpacked - 1632

    Society tends to turn a blind eye to activities that are essentially inhumane. One such neglected activity is organ trafficking. The fictional novel Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro covers the lives of children who were cloned specifically to donate their organs to non-clones. The article “Not Properly Human: Literary and Cinematic Narratives on the Harvesting of Human Beings” by Henriette Roos explores the reality of human organ trafficking and how people who want these organs believe that this act is normal and acceptable . No matter how inhumane each circumstance is, those in the outside world who use the organs attempt to validate the victimization through word choice, everyday behavior, and stereotypical acceptances. Examples of bored realities are found throughout Ishiguro's book as well as Roos' article. These normalizations are found in Ishiguro's book when Miss Lucy explains why children must remain healthy (Ishiguro 68) and when a "special" way of verbalization is used to describe their plight (68-69). Two cases show that children normalize their own destiny: when Kathy dances to her favorite music, provoking an emotional reaction in a "normal" human (70-71 years old) and when Ruth fantasizes about her "real career" as if she had the choice. to acquire one (144). In the article "Not Properly Human", the act of normalization can be seen: when they host a game show that gives people human organs from cancer patients (Roos 3), when they say that the Organ trafficking must take place because the waiting list is too long. for a long time (3), and when prisoners are forced to donate their organs because they “deserve it” (4). In both situations, society attempts to normalize this exhausting activity in various ways. Normalization significantly translates into healthy lifestyles, positive word choice and a steady pace of development in children. In Never Let Me Go, Miss Lucy, who is a guardian