Never Let Me Go/Fridge

Fridge Brilliance

 * The protagonist of Never Let Me Go at one point mentions that while she was growing up in Hailsham, she and her fellow students were never really sat down and told what was planned for their futures, but instead gradually allowed to hear bits and pieces of information a little at a time, or told about things when they were just slightly too young to understand, so that by the time they did understand it, the knowledge itself was nothing new. After finishing the book, I realised that Kazuo Ishiguro had used the exact same technique to tell the audience what would happen; there's never a Reveal, he just gradually allows us to guess, through scenes from Kathy's adult life, what's really happening. When it's finally spelled out for us, it doesn't come as a shock, despite how horrible it is. It's simply a confirmation of what we already pretty much knew - exactly as it was for the kids.

Fridge Horror

 * In this film, so heavy with issues of death, ethics and the nature of the soul, Religion Is Right and Religion Is Evil both file under Fridge Horror.
 * Religion Is Right:
 * Religion Is Evil:
 * Fridge Logic #1:
 * Rule of Symbolism: The story runs on a psychologigal level - is is not meant to be realistic on a socioeconomic level.


 * Fridge Logic #2:
 * It's probably an intentional wallbanger, designed to frustrate and enrage the audience. It's the oposite of Anvilicious, really...
 * They've been conditioned from birth to do as instructed and accept their fate. At Hailsham, they were fed the information without being explicitly told (as Miss Lucy says) so they would acclimatise themselves to their fate slowly enough that when it finally hits them, it's like something they've known all along and will accept. Also, escape is feared; that's what the stories at Hailsham about escaped children getting killed is about.
 * It's probably an intentional wallbanger, designed to frustrate and enrage the audience. It's the oposite of Anvilicious, really...
 * They've been conditioned from birth to do as instructed and accept their fate. At Hailsham, they were fed the information without being explicitly told (as Miss Lucy says) so they would acclimatise themselves to their fate slowly enough that when it finally hits them, it's like something they've known all along and will accept. Also, escape is feared; that's what the stories at Hailsham about escaped children getting killed is about.