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Donors demonstrate cruelty or unkindness to each other
This is part b) of Question 2 on Never Let Me Go. Candidates answer on another moment from the studied text rather than on the printed extracts.
Explore another moment in Never Let Me Go where the donors demonstrate cruelty or unkindness to each other.
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Marking points
- 1 Chooses a relevant moment elsewhere in Never Let Me Go.
- 2 Explains how donors demonstrate cruelty or unkindness.
- 3 Analyses Ishiguro's methods with textual evidence.
Full-mark answer
A high-level response might focus on the injured-arm teasing of Tommy, Ruth's secret guard or Kathy's probing about the pencil case. It would explain how cruelty grows from insecurity and group pressure, then analyse details such as laughter, yelling, fog and rain, or contrasts between kindness and emotional harm.
Why this answer loses marks
The donors are cruel to Tommy because they laugh at him.
This begins to select a moment but needs a clearer focus on how cruelty operates and how Ishiguro’s writing presents it.