Humanity NLMGO Flashcards
Quote about humanity from outside world
There would always be a barrier against the world seeing you as properly human
Symbols of humanity separating clones from human
Fences around hailsham
What does theme of human make us think as readers
What does it mean to be human
How different are they to us
How does miss emily describe the students as
Lucky pawns
- inconsequential- normally used in chess as a sacrifice for the advance of the board
How does the theme of humanity in novel link to animalistic imagery
Reader will question if it’s ethical- e.g. As non meat eaters do, people view animals purpose as here for the use and benefit of humans, most people can’t make the link between the dead animal on their plate and the murder of an animal- is this the same with clones? Is this why they are shut away
Eg- Miss emily- poor creatures
Eg- she was afraid of us as people would be scared of spiders
Eg- cottages- farm connotations
Eg- tommys animal drawings
Give the quotation said by miss emily “poor creatures…..”
What did we do to you? With all our schemes and plans
Use of pronouns (we are)
In past tense- doesn’t offer hope- no turning back - science has gone to far
How are our own fates not so different to theirs
Although we have a greater variety of choices in our lives we also must die. Our fear of death has resulted in postponing it through the use of clones their vital organs
Describe irony in Kathy’s loneliness when driving her car round the countryside
Her loneliness doesn’t come from her job like she states it does but through how society has decided to make them fundamentally different to them
How does theme of humanity link to deceit
Humans don’t like seeing or coming to terms with the bad in life
- hailsham fences separate
- animals
- death
How does Ruth represent a normal human in that society the most
She disguises her fear of completion by pretending or giving false hope- she doesn’t want to accept it
Humans don’t accept death - resulting in clones
Pretend horses of Ruth’s could portray the clones and her way of not accepting
