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Originally Posted by gmw
<snip> I find it curious that a rebellion or escape might be thought to make the story more credible. How can that be? Whether any attempted rebellion or escape was successful or not, it in no way changes the credibility of the starting situation, it only changes how you feel about it. Don't you find that a bit interesting?
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Well, I do, but then you and I are among the few who liked the book,
gmw! I really didn't worry about the hows and whys of the situation but only whether I believed Kathy's voice and how much she revealed about her life and the society which had created her and her fellow clones. And it worked for me, if not for others.
Another thing to consider which says a lot about the society: who is her audience? It is clear from the beginning that she is writing the story for other clones. In Chapter 1 on about the second page, she writes:
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If you are one of them ...
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- them being carers.
In Chapter 2 she writes in talking about Hailsham:
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I don't know how it was where you were...
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when talking about having a medical check every week.
For me, this shows again the total isolation of the clones from the "normal" human society. It doesn't occur to her that a non-clone might read her book.
And so going back to earlier comments, I don't think there would be any question of a relationship between a clone and a member of the society they served. There might of course be sexual abuse of the children by the people who were supposed to be their guardians. Sadly, we know only too well these days how that could be the case. But a consenting relationship between adults? No, I don't think so.