One important motif that can be found in Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go is water. An example of this is when Tommy imagines two people stuck in a forceful, raging river, in which Tommy says:
"I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart. That’s how it is with us. It’s a shame, because we’ve loved each other all our lives. But in the end, we can’t stay together forever."
As in the novel's title, the two people caught in this turbulent water threshold want to "never let go," but the water, an intrinsic, inescapable part of nature, forces the two apart. Tommy, Kathy, and Ruth are trying desperately to hold onto one another and to life, but are unable to due to the nature of their very existence (as human donors). Essentially, the donors (such as Tommy, Kathy, and Ruth) have no control over their lives, and they are ultimately unable to change or escape their fate.
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