Never let me go Flashcards
Where and when was never let me go set
1990s Norfolk in England just after the war
Norfolk was the place where medical advances occurred
Give examples of where loss is seen in the novel
Loss of comfort and protection of hailsham when they move to the cottages
Whole life resembles loss of freedom
Loss of hope and opportunity
When Kathy loses Judy bridge water tape
When tommy finds the tape he gives freedom to Kathy because she goes on to become a carer whereas he doesn’t.
Give examples of when fear is Seen in the novel
Madames fear of the hail sham students
Ruth’s pretending eg imaginary horses at the start of the book and the leaflets for an office job. She pretends to hide the real meaning of her life and what her purpose is.
Speaking out about theories and ideas to the guardians
The forest- outside of hailsham
Give examples of when friendship is seen in the novel
They have nothing but friend ship
Kathy cares the most- she cares for tommy and wants the hailsham lot to stick together
Ruth at the end of the novel says how tommy and Kathy should get a deferral and apologises for keeping them apart- we see an insecure Ruth towards the end, this could show she’s reflecting and becoming weaker as she approaches completion
Give examples of euphemisms in the novel
“Completions” instead of dying
Give the quotation that symbolises the boat
Stranded in the marshes
Give the quotationS that refers to how Madame views the hailsham students
Poor creatures
She was afraid of us in the same way someone was scared of spiders
Give a quotation that states the song lyrics of never let me go
Love me tender love me sweet never let me go
Give a quotation that presents miss emily in the theme of secrecy
Wandering round hailsham in a dream
This portrays secrecy and that miss emily is constantly thinking about things and the effect hailsham has on her
Give a quotation that portrays Ruth’s imagination and disbelief of her fate
She always wanted to believe in things
Give a quotation that contrasts Ruth from Kathy and how Kathy shows her kindness through this
I accepted the invisible rain that she was holding out of me
Give quotation that talks about the forest around hailsham
A dark fringe of trees
How could you describe never let me go
An analogy of life
What could be a a symbol for animalistic views on doners from a clone
Tommys animal drawing show animals
Animals can be caged and their death is controlled by humans and they are here for us
She has a bedsit but we never see her in it, what could this symbolise
We always see her travelling and that her life is a journey that is set up for her, following her path of life
Why is friendship a prominent theme in never let me go
Without it they’d have nothing, they’d be completely isolated
Why are there hardly any male guardians
Women have maternal instincts to look after the children, hailsham tries their best to do this
How does kazuo ishiguro use fear to guide the plot
The fear the children are given and have guide them and make them stay on the certain path they have to take. The fear controls them.
How does kazuo Ishiguro represent the theme of fear from an outsiders perspective
Give quotation.
There would always be a barrier against the world seeing you as properly human
Give a quotation that shows Kathy to be an unreliable narrator
I don’t know how it was where you were, but at hailsham we had some sort of medical almost every week
How does Ishiguro present fear through setting
The dark fringe of trees
(Forest and fences surrounding hailsham)
The fences separate clones from the humans
Give a quotation that represents fear of not accepting
And this quotation is one of the first times as a read we feel that the characters are being honest with us
We all know it. We’re modelled from trash. Jinkies, prostitutes, winos, tramps.
SAID BY RUTH
In the quotation - We all know it. We’re modelled from trash. Jinkies, prostitutes, winos, tramps.
What device is used and how does it have an impact
Asyndeton
It is very to the point, avoiding the truth for so long and finally Ruth says it.
Spoken very venomously and ruthlessly which is ironic as Ruth spoke it
Give a quotation that portrays the fear of the future and theme of secrets
If you knew for sure you’d complete, it would be easier. But they never tell us for sure
What is asyndeton
No punctuation or conjunctions between parts of a sentence e.g. Lists without commas
