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Society tends to turn a blind eye to predominantly inhumane activities. One such activity that is overlooked is organ trafficking. The fictional novel Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro covers the lives of children who were cloned specifically to give their organs so that non-clones could live. The article “Not Quite Human”: Literary and Cinematic Narratives of Human Harvesting” by Henriette Roos explores the reality of human organ trafficking and how people who want the organs believe the act is normal and acceptable. As inhumane as any circumstance is, people in the outside world who use the organs seek to validate the victimization through their choice of words, daily lifestyle behavior, and acceptance of stereotypes. Examples of blurred realities are found in Ishiguro's book and Roos' article. These normalizations are found in Ishiguro's book when Miss Lucy explains why children need to stay healthy (Ishiguro 68) and when a “special” way of verbalization is used to describe their fate (68-69). Two examples that show that children normalize their fate are when Kathy dances to her favorite music causing an emotional reaction from a "normal" human being (70-71 years old) and when Ruth fantasizes about her "proper career" as if he had a choice. to acquire one (144). In the article “Not properly human” we see the act of normalization: when they host a television quiz show that gives away human organs taken from cancer patients (Roos 3), when they say that organ trafficking must take place because the waiting list is too long (3), and when prisoners are forced to donate their organs because “they deserve it” (4). In both situations, society attempts to normalize this exhausting activity in various ways. Normalization is significantly outlined through healthy lifestyles, positive word choice and smooth development pace in children. In Never Let Me Go, Miss Lucy, who is a guardian