The students desperately represent their individuality through small collections. Kathy explains at one place 'Exchanges we had at Hailsham four times a year spring, summer autumn, winter, we had a kind of big exhibition cum sale of all the things we'd been creating in three months since the last exchanges' (NLMG, 15) and when all the creative work finished “The guardians decided how many yours particular masterpiece merited and then on the day of the exchange you went along with your tokens and bought the stuff you liked” (NLMG, 16).Īll the students at Hailsham treasure their collections so much is the each collection hints at their identity and therefore their own identity. In Hailsham students were identified with their artwork creativity and personal collections. Being a Hailsham student Kathy feels proud 'I am a Hailsham student which is enough by itself sometimes to get people's backs up' ( Never Let Me Go, 3). These three students-among-others are considered advantaged because they are fortunate enough to be raised at Hailsham under the guidance of Hailsham's guardians and allowed certain privileges. Kathy Tommy and Ruth are the main characters, all of whom are clones. These Hailsham students are socially accepted donors for the real people. Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go is a novel about the human clones who have no identity of their own. He is the author of six novels: A Pale view of Hills, An Artist of the floating world, The Remains of the Day, The Unconsoled, When We Were Orphans, Never Let Me Go, and Nocturnes. Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki Japan, in 1954 and came to Britain at the age of five. They often seem to have no idea who they are, what they are, where they belong or where they want to go. This sort of unresolved crisis leaves individuals struggling to 'Find themselves'. Sometimes individuals face obstacles that may prevent the development of a strong identity. A self image is formed by the adolescents and endeavors the task of resolving the crises of their basic ego identity.

During this stage adolescents are faced with physical growth, sexual maturity, and integrating ideas of themselves and about what others think of them.

The term was coined by German psychologist Erik Erikson. In psychology identity crises is the failure to achieve ego identity during adolescence.

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro