What similarities and differences can be drawn between Never Let Me Go and The Stranger?

The main
similarity that can be drawn between these two works ofis that they both have the central theme
of alienation. Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy in and Meursault in The
Stranger experience a profound separation between their understanding of their
identities and the way the rest of society lives. There are notable differences, however, in the
way that alienation came about and in where it leads. In s novel, the characters have almost no
choice about their social functions, and are physically as well as emotionally alienated. They
are isolated from the rest of society because of their identity as clones, which was chosen for
them before they came into being. In addition, they will die at the hands of society. In Albert
Camuss novella, Meursault is a human being with free will, but his actions sometimes seem to
happen without him making conscious decisions. A clear distinction between Meursault and the
clones in Ishigurus novel is that he kills another man; nevertheless, a similarity is that they
all die at the ends of the respective works.