"'It's one thing to create students, such as yourselves, for the donation programme. But a generation of created children who'd take their place in society? Children demonstrably superior to the rest of us? Oh no. That frightened people. They recoiled from that'" (264).
The feelings normal humans had towards clones surprised me, as did the purpose of the clones. Since our modern world has not been able to clone humans, the topic is not familiar to me. I did not really have any preconceived notions about how the world would receive clones, but this book offered some interesting outlooks. I never really considered that clones would be seen as repulsive anomalies, but I suppose that makes sense. We are frightened by things we do not understand, and clones could certainly fall under that category, at least for the average human. I myself would find clones to be strange, and I cannot imagine interacting with one as I would a normal human. Also, I never thought of clones having a defined purpose other than being a scientific breakthrough. The thought that they would be created just so we could have their organs saddened me, although being able to cure diseases like cancer would be amazing. Miss Emily also mentions genetic engineering while speaking about the Morningdale scandal, and she talks about the fear people felt at the prospect. Many people support genetic engineering, citing its potential benefits; I had never thought that people would fear the results. Even though they have never been accomplished with humans, cloning and genetic engineering are hotly debated topics in today's world, and now I can only imagine the problems that would arise from the success of these processes.
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