ENDING

Question 1

quotes on kathy leaving Tommy behind

Answer 1

I watched him in my rear-view

the square had gone from the mirror

just a quick kiss

Question 2

quote on Tommy’s fantasy

Answer 2

I’d always imagine myself splashing in water…splash splash splash

Question 3

quotes on Kathy in Norfolk

Answer 3

all along the fence, especially the lower line, all sorts of rubbish caught and tangled

fence stopping me from stepping into the field/ ploughed field

fantasy never went beyond- I didn’t let it

Question 4

quotes on kathy’s passive acceptance of fate

Answer 4

waited a bit, turned around to drive to wherever it was I was supposed to be

I’ve never tried to find it. I’m not really interested in seeing it, whatever way it is now

Question 5

AO3 ending

Answer 5

plight of the brave slave

Question 6

analyse I watched him in my rear view/ the square had gone from the mirror

Answer 6

gradually disappearing

monosyllabic words = emph brief goodbye

mirror reflects her own fate

Question 7

analyse a small kiss

Answer 7

anti-climatic ending - unromanticised = lack of significance and passivety

subversion of archetypal ending

Question 8

analyse I’d always imagine splashing in the water…splash,splash,splash

Answer 8

pointless and childish anecdote emphasises the anti climatic nature of the ending - meaningless nature of their lives

Question 9

analyse all along the fence, especially the lower line, all sorts of rubbish caught and tangled

Answer 9

image reflects the disposable nature of the clones - low value and disposable view (reminiscent of Ruth’s outburst)

fence= marginalised and separation

Question 10

analyse fence stopping me from stepping into the field

Answer 10

boundaries keeping her out of freedom (repeated image of nature restrictions)

Question 11

analyse fantasy never went beyond that…I didn’t let it

Answer 11

kathy’s maturation reflects how she now dispells her own hopes - acknowledges its childish nature

Question 12

analyse waited a bit, turned around to drive to wherever it was I was supposed to be

Answer 12

lack of agency and control over fate -actions seems automatic - has conformed and accepted her fate

Question 13

analyse I’ve never tried to find it. I’m not really interested in seeing it, whatever way it is now

Answer 13

disinterest in Hailshame juxtaposes previous hope in it - complete loss and accepts conformity

retrospective narrative - more sentimental and nostalgic