"Your lives are set out for you. You'll become adults, then before you're old, before you're even middle-aged, you'll start to donate your vital organs. That's what each of you was created to do...You were brought into this world for a purpose, and your futures, all of them, have been decided" (81).
This passage helps the reader make sense of the author's theme by using societal implications. The theme of this passage is going against gods will. According to society, gods will for humans is to live their lives the way they want to live them, not to have a set destiny or certain set of rules. In this passage, the speaker is explaining to the students that they don't have choices in life, that their lives are set out for them. The children were created for one purpose and that was to donate their vital organs. This passage goes against everything that society has set out for the human race and against everything that society has implied as gods will. The children at Hailsham hear about life outside of the school they've spent their whole lives at and they all desire to do something out there. But since they were unlucky enough to be put in the lives they are in, they will never have a chance to do what they all dream to do. They do not have choices like the people they hear about and they all wonder why. All of the children have a rough idea about their destiny's, but none of them realize that they will never get exactly what they want in their lives, thus going against gods will.
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