In 'Never Let Me Go', what is the relationship between the clones and normality?

You can approach this question about the dystopian novel from multiple perspectives. You could consider the reader’s viewpoint on the clones. Kazuo Ishiguro slowly unveils the fact that the students at Hailsham are not normal, but are clones whose sole purpose is to donate their vital organs. The reader learns this fact as the students in the story learn it explicitly, from Miss Lucy. When the book begins, the reader does not know that Kathy is caring for these clones. Again, this fact is later revealed as Ishiguro’s novel progresses.From the clones’ perspective, they are brought up with a semblance of normality. Hailsham is called a school rather than a cloning factory, and its educators are ‘guardians’ and so in this way fulfil both the roles of parent and teacher in the children’s lives. The clones try to maintain normality. At The Cottages, the young adults copy behaviour and mannerisms of characters in TV shows. Ruth's rebuke of Tommy when he commits a social faux pas, 'glaring at him as if he had delivered the wrong line', which features stage imagery, emphasises the performative nature of the characters' existences, trying to act like they are normal. On the other hand, from the guardians’ perspective, they are looking for signs of creativity and individuality in the students’ artwork, rather than conformity, which would indicate that the clones have a soul and are therefore normal like real humans. Nevertheless, in ‘Never Let Me Go’, the clones are ultimately seen by the rest of society as falling outside of normal, as ‘shadowy objects in test tubes’.