Miss Lucy, The Cottages and Ruth's Possible Flashcards
Prose Revision
‘She said we weren’t being __________ enough’ (page 29)
taught
Which character believes that the clones aren’t ‘being taught enough’ (page 29)
Miss Lucy
she looked like a crouching ___________ waiting to pounce’ (page 78)
animal
Who is described as ‘like a crouching ___________ waiting to pounce’ (page 78)
Miss Lucy - just before she speaks to the clones about how they have been ‘told and not told’ (page 79)
‘The problem, as I see it, is that you’ve been ________ and not ___________’ (page 78)
told
How does Ishiguro use pathetic fallacy during the part where Miss Lucy speaks to the clones?
He repeatedly refers to the ‘downpour’, as well as the ‘rainy sky’ and how ‘the rain kept going’ (page 78). This heavy rain perhaps symbolises the clones being suddenly exposed to a harsh and unignorable truth.
What technique is used here? ‘None of you will go to America, none of you will be film stars,. And none of you will be working in supermarkets’ (page 80)
anaphoric repetition
‘None of you will go to America, none of you will be film stars,. And none of you will be working in __________’ (page 80)
supermarkets
What event concludes part one of the novel?
Miss Lucy leaving Hailsham
Why does Ishiguro conclude part one of the novel with Miss Lucy leaving Hailsham?
It represents the literal and metaphorical end of a chapter.
‘Tommy’s eyes looked _________’ (page 109)
empty
At what point does Ishiguro describe that ‘Tommy’s eyes looked empty’?
When Miss Lucy leaves Hailsham at the end of part one. Miss Lucy is shown to have a close relationship with Tommy, as she reassures him, ‘if I didn’t want to be creative…that was perfectly alright’ (page 23)
Why does Ishiguro place the setting of The Cottages straight after Hailsham?
Ishiguro does this to juxtapose these two environments. Although Hailsham is perhaps not as idyllic as Kathy suggests, it is much more better than the bleak and inhospitable environment of The Cottages.
What is the caretaker at the cottages called?
Keffers
Who do the clones try to think of ‘as a sort of guardian’ although he is described as ‘having none of it’ (p115)
Keffers
‘the cottages were the remains of a __________ that had gone out of business’ (page 114)
farm
What is the significance of the cottages being described as ‘the remains of a farm’ (page 114)
It conveys how the clones are seen as other and inhuman. It also links to how the clones are ‘farmed’ for their organs.
‘the outlying ones, that were virtually _________ / ___________’ (page 114)
falling down
Which setting is being described here? ‘the outlying ones, that were virtually falling down ‘ (page 114)
The cottages
Why does Ishiguro describe that the cottages were ‘virtually falling down’ (page 114)
It conveys the lack of care given to the clones. The cottages, like Kingsfield, present that the cloning programme has been rushed without proper thought given to suitable facilities.
‘He didn’t like to ________ to us much’ (page 114)
talk
Who is being described here? ‘He didn’t like to talk to us much’ (page 114)
Keffers
What is the significance of Keffers’ dismissive attitude towards the clones?
Keffers is an embodiment of the way that wider society sees the clones.
Why does Ishiguro describe the cottages as being ‘chilly’ (page 115), ‘really cold’ (page 115) and ‘the rough ground frozen bone hard’? (page 116)
The repeated links to the cold convey how, at the cottages, the clones become exposed to the harshness of the real world for the first time, which juxtaposes Hailsham and part one.
