Moment 1

Question 1

7”My name is Kathy H. I’m thirty-one years old, and I’ve been a carer now for over eleven years”

Answer 1

. “I’ve been a carer” unfamiliar context, familiar language

. “My name is Kathy H” first person, unreliable, capable of bias, personal account

. monosyllabic language (emotionless, matter of fact)

Question 2

My donors have always tended to do much better than expected. Their recovery times have been impressive, and hardly any of them have been classified as ‘agitated’, even before fourth donation

Answer 2

“donors” unfamiliar context to known term and language, what is a donor? organs?

“agitated” almost veterinary terms in regards to a person? animal or human?

“fourth donation” clinical/scientific term contrasts for her role as a “carer”, depersonalised language.

Question 3

Anyway, I’m not making any big claims for myself

Answer 3

self deprecating character

Question 4

If you’re one of them, I can understand how you might get resentful - about my bedsit, my car, above all, the way I get to pick and choose who I look after

Answer 4

suggests empathy in an unemotional way through language

Question 5

But I’m not the first to be allowed to pick and choose, and I doubt if I’ll be the last.

Answer 5

self deprecating

sounds repeated from others

conditioned thinking

lack of individuality

Question 6

“And why shouldn’t they? Carers aren’t machines.”

Answer 6

introduces the underlining theme present throughout the book

“what does it mean to be human?”

“Carers aren’t machines” talks about self in the third person. lack of self/individuality

Question 7

“You don’t have unlimited patience and energy, so when you get a chance to choose, of course, you choose your own kind”

Answer 7

sudden change of town/theme

unnerving, what does she mean?

generalising statement

internalised conditioning, thinking differently of herself

Question 8

But these days, of course, there are fewer and fewer donors left who I remember, and so in practice, I haven’t been choosing that much. As I say, the work gets a lot harder when you don’t have that deeper link with the donor, and though I’ll miss being a carer, it feels just about right to be finishing at last come the end of the year

Answer 8

unemotional language (matter of fact) presenting emotional themes

death and personal relationships referred to practically