Maddie Labott

Mrs. Gardner

English 10H/ 6th Period

20 October 2016

Annotated Bibliographies

Gaydosik, Victoria. "Ishiguro, Kazuo." Facts On File Companion to the British Novel: 20th

Century, vol. 2. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2006.

Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Japan and moved to England at the age of six. In 1978 he

received a degree in English and Philosophy from the University of Kent. He worked as a social

worker, before joining a writing program and working on his masters degree, which he received

in 1980. Kazuo first book, A View of Pale Hills, was the first of many that receive awards.

This article gave clear and direct information on the life and background of author Kazuo

Ishiguro. It used a very formal diction and objective language. It is useful to know about the

authors past so that the reader can understand connections made throughout reading the book,

Never Let Me Go.

Stade, George, and Karen Karbiener. "Ishiguro, Kazuo." Encyclopedia of British Writers, 1800

to

the Present, Second Edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2009.
 George Stade gives reader a more indepth look into the intriguing background and history

of famous japanese writer, Kazuo Ishiguro. Stade describes the young home life of Ishiguro and

explains his young dreams of someday becoming a musician but then his change in career plans

when he chose writing in his mid twenties. Stade describes the writing style as, subtle and

understated, superficially clear but with troubled depths, as remarkable for what it does not say

as for what it does.

In the article, Stade highlights the deeply planned characters and the powerful themes,

that are portrayed throughout Ishiguros novels. In a formal tone, the author helps the reader get

a deeper look into the background of the author, along with putting in his personal opinions

subjectively.

Sayers, Valerie. "Spare Parts." Commonweal in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jeffrey W.

Hunter. Vol. 219. Detroit: Gale, 2006. Literature Resource Center. Web. 22 Oct. 2016.

Valerie Sayers writes a long article under the filter of literary criticism. She goes on to

summarize the novel Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro. It gives the life story of the main

character, Kathy H, and highlights all of the significant points in the book.

This article was not helpful as a reader seeking literary criticism. Anyone reading this

article would either have the ending spoiled to them or be bored by the plot that they had already
read. Despite Sayers Formal and subjective dition, the article was not useful or

thought-provoking.

Sayers, Valerie. "Spare Parts." Contemporary Literary Criticism, Gale, 2006. Literature

Resource Center, Accessed 30 Oct. 2016.Web. 15 July 2005, pp. 27-28.

This criticism article by Valerie Sayers, summarizes a lot of the book, Never Let Me Go,

along with highlighting some of the main pivotal points and making subjective comments.

Sayers says that the book ...employs a style more matter-of-fact than in his other novels, the

language flatter and more workaday. she finished the article by saying that the book is indeed

compelling and intelligent.

Sayers Criticism article on Never Let Me Go does its job by giving person opinions on the

writing style and content of the book. The article was helpful and direct. The subjective and

formal language helped to understand Sayers opinions without changing the tone of the article

into something informal. The article was insightful with very few clich phrases.

Veale, Jeffrey. "Give a Kidney, Get a Kidney." Wall Street Journal. 04 Aug. 2016: A.11.

Issues Researcher. Web. 05 Nov. 2016.

Jeffrey Veale addresses the new way that modern medicine may be attacking the kidney

transplant list. A program starting at UCLA medical center introduces the idea of donating a
kidney to later save the life of a loved one by putting them at the top of the transplant list. Instead

of directly donating a kidney to a loved one, people can now donate their kidney to a stranger in

exchange for a voucher that can be later turned in for a top spot on the transplant list.

Veale formally and objectively gives the acts without any flare. It was a helpful and

informative article informing reader, simply on the up and coming medical advances. I found the

article fascinating and well organized.

"Apple Urges Organ Donation Via New iPhone Software." San Francisco Chronicle. 05 Jul.

2016: n/a. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 05 Nov. 2016.

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, has introduced a new feature to the newest update in the

iPhone. The build in application, Health, is now asking its users upon opening if they want to

sign up to become an organ donor. This idea has come from a personal experience: the tragic

death and sickness of company creator, Steve Jobs. Cook thinks that bringing the option into the

smartphone and making the process easy and efficient will appeal to a young audience and will

ultimately increase the number of organ donors around the world.

The San Francisco Chronicles article gave a detailed and thorough option of the plans

and thoughts that apple had when creating this. I found the article intriguing and credible. If this

idea were introduced in the novel, Never Let Me Go, everything would be different and they may
or may not have the same amount of security in knowing everyone that needed and organ had

one available to them.