“人生而不平等”的极致演绎——《千万别弃我而去》的物种身份问题探究

The Virtuoso Presentation of Born Unequally-Species Identity in Never Let Me Go

在克隆技术日趋成熟的时代,克隆人是一个敏感而饱受争议的话题。假设克隆人真的得以存在,人类社会的身份划分将会延伸到人与克隆人之间。石黑一雄在《千万别弃我而去》中构建了一个存在着克隆人的反乌托邦,展示了一幅令人忧思的黑色画卷。其中人类将克隆人视为"非人类",无视他们的情感,对他们从身体上进行利用与剥夺。克隆人是否具有人性,是否应该受到这样的对待,书中通过对主人公悲剧命运的感人描写做出了回答。

Human cloning is a sensitive and highly disputed subject in this era when cloning technology is increasingly mature. Suppose human cloning is really allowed to exist, the identity demarcation between humans would then be extended to that between humans and human clones. Kazuo Ishiguro constructed a dystopia.where there exist human clones and depicted it gloomily in Never Let Me Go. Therein humans treat human clones as ＂non human＂, neglecting their feelings and exploiting and usurping their bodies. As to whether human clones possess humanity and whether they deserve to be treated like this, the fiction answers through the empathetie account of the heroine＇s destined life.