Margaret Atwood says that in Never Let me Go, Ishiguro picks "a difficult subject; ourselves seen through a glass darkly." How far do you agree that...

Atwood
applies an interestingto her understanding of this novel. The reader does indeed look
"through a glass darkly" to see a version of humanity that is disturbing, but the word
glass can also be understood as a mirror rather than just something transparent, like a window.
In this glass, Atwood observes a reflection that is true in its darkness, which makes the
novel's themes all the more chilling.

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