Summary: Chapter 23
When the notice for his fourth donation comes, Tommy tells Kathy that he wants a different carer. He points out that
Ruth wanted
“the other thing” for them, and would not have wanted Kathy to be his carer at the end. Kathy is angry at first, but acquiesces.
Do Kathy and Tommy get a deferral?
Tommy and Kathy begin their relationship in the limited period of time between donations.
The deferral again represents the possibility of more time
, but with far more urgency than it did at the Cottages. With his fourth donation on the horizon, Tommy has almost run out of time.
Why doesn’t Tommy want Kathy to be his carer at the end of his life?
Summary: Chapter 23
When the notice for his fourth donation comes, Tommy tells Kathy that he wants a different carer. He points out that
Ruth wanted
“the other thing” for them, and would not have wanted Kathy to be his carer at the end. Kathy is angry at first, but acquiesces.
Did Kathy love Tommy?
The triangle is a standard one:
Kathy is attracted to Tommy
; Tommy gets involved with Ruth, who is also Kathy’s best friend; Ruth knows that Tommy is really in love with Kathy; Kathy gets Tommy in the end, although they both realize that it is too late, and that they have missed their best years.
What does Miss Emily tell Kathy and Tommy?
Chapters 22 and 23
She tells Tommy and Kathy that
the point of Hailsham was to provide some clones or students with wonderful surroundings and to prove that given the right start
, clones could be capable of behaving in a moral way and be intelligent and artistic beings.
Why did Tommy have a bad temper as a child?
Tommy is Kathy’s close childhood friend, for whom she also harbors romantic feelings. At Hailsham, Tommy becomes an outcast among his peers because, unlike them, he lacks artistic ability. He develops a violent temper, often
throwing tantrums in response to teasing from his peers
.
Why is Miss Lucy fired?
She disagreed with how things were done at Hailsham… Miss Lucy left
because she ‘began to have these ideas’ abut
making the students more aware of who, or what they were.
Why does Madame cry when she sees Kathy?
But while Kathy and her friends are at Hailsham, they don’t yet know about Madame’s political roles. … She spends her life fighting for better treatment for clones like Kathy and her friends. She cries when she sees
Kathy dancing to “Never Let Me Go” and thinks of all the injustices done to that poor girl
.
Why does Hailsham closing concern Kathy so much?
Kathy’s reaction to the closure shows
how deeply her sense of identity is tied to the school
. She worries not about the current students, but about the former students scattered across the country. … Kathy reinforces this symbolism in comparing the clown’s balloons to Hailsham students.
Where do they finally see Ruth’s possible?
At Ruth’s insistence, they follow the possible
to an art gallery called The Portway Studio
. Inside the studio, they observe the possible talking with the gallery manager. When viewed up close, the woman begins to seem much less like Ruth than they had originally thought.
What happens to Kathy in Never Let Me Go?
After a few more tiffs,
Kathy decides that it’s time to leave the Cottages and become a carer
. Kathy spends over eleven years as a carer, traveling between donor centers. She really likes her job. After learning that Hailsham has closed down, Kathy decides to become Ruth’s carer.
For what reason has Tommy been drawing again in chapter 20?
For what reason has Tommy begun drawing again in chapter 20?
To have something to show Madame when he asks for a deferment
.
Who completed after his her second donation?
Ruth
completes after her second donation.
Where does Kathy go after Tommy completes?
Tommy knows that his next donation will end his life, and confronts Kathy about her work as a carer. Kathy resigns as Tommy’s carer but still visits him. The novel ends after Tommy’s “completion”, where Kathy
drives up to Norfolk
and briefly fantasizes about everything she remembers and everything she lost.
Who is Miss Emily in Never Let Me Go?
Never Let Me Go (2010) –
Charlotte Rampling
as Miss Emily – IMDb.
Why does Hailsham exist?
In fact, Hailsham exists
to raise cloned children who have been brought into the world for the sole purpose of providing organs to
other, “normal” people. They don’t have parents. They can’t have children.
