NLMG Context

Question 1

Cloud Atlas

Answer 1

Ishiguro was perhaps influenced by another dystopian text by David Mitchell written in 2004

Question 2

Ishiguro’s interview

Answer 2

Unline many other dystopian texts, he was not interested in the plight of the brave slave, but rather how easily people accept their fate and do not try to escape.

Question 3

Dolly the Sheep

Answer 3

the first mammal to have been succesfully clone from an adult cell is born in 1997.

Question 4

Organ donors

Answer 4

There was a shortage of organ donors in the early 21st century, NLMG was published in 2005.

Question 5

Ban on human cloning

Answer 5

In 2005, the UN called for a ban on human cloning, calling it “contary to human dignity.”

Question 6

Richard Seed

Answer 6

In 1988, an American physicist states his intentions to clone a human before any laws can be passed.

Question 7

WWII Japan

Answer 7

Ishiguro’s parents lived in WWII Japan, living in a society that went along with fascist after the country allied itself with Nazis.

Question 8

Social Worker

Answer 8

Before becoming a writer, Ishiguro worked for a homeless charity, as well as being a social worker.

Question 9

Dual Identity

Answer 9

Ishiguro moved to England from Japan at the age of 5. He talked on a number of occasions about the isolating experience of attending a school where he was the only non-white person.