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    Freedom, relating to choice, is a right associated with all human beings. Humanity's disregard for the clones as human beings causes discriminatory actions that confine and restrict their lives. The superstructure disenfranchises the clones, as Tommy, Kathy, and Ruth have no say in their involvement or stance regarding donations. Their freedom of choice is non-existent when Miss Lucy says: “Your life is all mapped out for you. You will become adults, and then before you are old, before you even reach fifty, you will start donating your vital organs… If you want to live a decent life, you have to know who you are and what. lies before you, each of you” (Ishiguro, 81 years old). The children are in Miss Lucy's class. As their attention is directed toward their life's purpose, their imaginations, and their dreams, Miss Lucy is overcome by guilt. Miss Lucy relieves his stress and breaks his guilt when she tells the truth and begins to break down. In the midst of her crisis, she explains to the students their position and purpose in life, saying "Your lives are mapped out for you", reassuring that they have no control over their lives and have no involvement in their future. . This is reinforced by Miss Lucy's assertive yet compassionate tone when she commands "you will become adults...before you even reach middle age, you will begin donating your viral organs." The combination of her demanding tone integrated with the remorseful aspect of her breakdown gives a sense of heroism to Miss Lucy and instills a sympathy that allows the reader to witness a character with relative authority who sides with the side of the clones. Thanks to discrimination theory, Miss Lucy's stereotype about clones is valid. Miss Lucy makes generalizations about clones based...... middle of paper...... Dec 2011. Internet. April 16, 2014. Seppala, Emma. “Discover the secrets of long-term love.” American Scientific World RSS. Scientific American, a division of Nature America, Inc., February 14, 2012. Web. April 10, 2014. “Social acceptance and rejection: the sweet and the bitter.” » Association for Psychological Sciences RSS. Association for Psychological Science, August 12, 2011. Web. April 10, 2014. .Zimbardo, Philip and Cindy X. Wang. “Why We Conform: The Power of Groups.” The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo. Np, and Web. April 9. 2014. .