COTTAGES

Question 1

quotes to describe Keffer’s treatment of the clones

Answer 1

stare at you like you were mad / keffers was having none of it

Question 2

why does ishiguro choose to put the cottages right after hailsham?

Question 3

quotes on poor conditions in cottages

Answer 3

virtually falling down
mop up after the floods

Question 4

quotes on animalistic imagery cottages

Answer 4

barns, outhouses and stables
remains of a farm that had gone out of business

Question 5

analyse keffers was having none of it /stare at you like you were mad

Answer 5

represents wider society’s attitudes of marginalisation towards the clones - shared sense of apprehension (mirrors miss lucy/madame)

Question 6

analyse virtually falling down

Answer 6

reflects rushed nature of cloning programme - unstable and adverb emph its neglect

Question 7

analyse mop up after the floods /cold

Answer 7

inadequate ‘home’ - clones passively accept the substandard conditions since they do not know any better

Question 8

analyse the remains of an old farm that had gone out of business / barns, outhouses and stables

Answer 8

animalistic imagery emph the clones dehumanisations as being disposable and left with the margins/scraps of society

lack of care and neglect - ironically not ‘out of business’ since the clones are being reared and used as livestock/commodities