> No volition to change the status quo. I interpreted that as proof that they weren't fully human. There was a constant discussion about whether they had a so

> No volition to change the status quo. I interpreted that as proof that they weren't fully human. There was a constant discussion about whether they had a soul, and fruitless efforts to prove it through art, expression, love. But in the end, they all lacked the will to survive. Most human beings, even those that are hardly extraordinary would have fought against those circumstances. But none of the Hailsham children did. They always, ultimately, accepted their fates, showing that they are more cattle than human. Maybe that is an even more dystopian reading of an already dystopian novel, but I've read the novel twice and watched the film, and I keep coming back to it.