Two types of secrets exist in the world: those that are kept and those that are shared. In Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, the secrets of the Hailsham students begin with those that are kept. Isolated from the real world, these students exist only to one day become organ donors. The narrator and main character, Kathy H., uncovers these secrets and discovers her purpose. Ishiguro explores the theme of secrets through the setting, the guardians and the clones. Through the return of friends from the past, Kathy makes connections that open up an entirely new insight into our modern world. Nothing would be the same if it happened in a different place. The same thing applies in novels. The first setting Kathy remembers is Hailsham. The arrival of the students is never mentioned, but it is implied that they are there from their birth until the later years of their adolescence. Hailsham exists in the countryside of an English town, but the only description is given by Kathy when she remembers while driving. She says, “I might pass a corner of a misty field or see part of a large house in the distance as I descend the side of a valley” (Ishiguro 6). In Hailsham, Kathy and her friends attend classes, but they are not classes that students would take at a normal school. Students learn art and poetry rather than math and science. Readers may find this rather strange and one wonders if they will be ready for the real world. As the novel progresses, Ishiguro reveals the goal. The classes taught at Hailsham are used to help the “students” be more human (Whitehead 56). At the start of their time at Hailsham, many students wonder why they are there. This uncertainty adds to the theme of secrecy. Throughout their...... middle of paper...... more human than most (Whitehead 68). Throughout their lives, clones only learn what to do and how to live. They work for those they don't know. Each unidentified person adds to the secret of the novel. Clones never ask questions and never get a chance to prove themselves. In Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, a whole new world becomes fiction. The science of cloning and organ harvesting, hidden by the secrets of those responsible, brings to light an interesting idea. Although the idea of ​​breeding clones to become donors is unacceptable in our current society, it gives way to the thought of what our government could decide to do without hiding from the public. Could the reaction today be different than it would have been 20 years ago? Secrets can do a lot of damage, but in this case they may be more protective..