Analysis of the Triplet by Ken Follet In the book The Triplet by Ken Follet a number of ethical questions arise during all the emotions and twists that occur. The main ethical issue that emerges in the novel is that of human cloning. In the book the female protagonist, Jean Ferrami, begins to unravel a series of mysteries in which a company known as "Genetico" had in vitro fertilized eight identical zygotes and inserted them into eight different mothers in a short period of time. This happened in the early 1970s and had been kept secret until now. To better understand the ethical issues of cloning it is necessary to examine the Catholic Church's point of view on the matter and the attitude that society in general has towards it. The Roman Catholic Church has officially stated that "any possible act of human cloning is intrinsically evil." They believe this based on several things. In the Bible it is written that man was created in the image of God and therefore if human beings create life in a different way then they are moving away from this idea of ​​man being made in the image of God. Furthermore, the Catholic Church believes that all human beings have a soul. They believe that this soul is unique to each person. Thus, if an individual was created in exactly the likeness of another individual, his or her soul may not be unique. They believe that it will never be possible to clone the human soul. World society as a whole does not support human cloning. There are several radical groups that fully support and research the ideas of cloning and claim to have cloned a human being, although there is no evidence of this. Public opinion does not support human cloning based on health and religious concerns. Health concerns are a primary concern for the public. In the Dolly sheep clone it was shown that the clone had accelerated aging side effects. Until the cloning process is proven safe and effective, people won't even begin to look into the issue. A recent poll found that less than half of the public supports animal cloning. Another poll was conducted on human cloning and the vast majority of Americans are against human cloning (four out of five people are against cloning). At this time cloning and human cloning are not supported by most of the public.