Never Let Me Go Themes Flashcards
Friendship
“Judy Bridgewater…….”
Judy Bridgewater. My old friend. Its like she’s never been away”
Friendship
“Those early months……”
“Those early months at the cottages had been a very strange time in our friendship. We were quarrelling over all kinds of little things, but at the same time we were confiding each other more than ever
Friendship
“I accepted….”
“I excepted the invisible rein she was holding out, then we were off, riding up and down fences “
Love
“If i waited…”
“If I waited long enough, a tiny figure would appear on the horizon, and gradually get larger until I see it was Tommy”
Love
“ we had…”
“We had loved each other all our lives”
Love
“we know you….”
“we know you must get tired of it, these couples coming to you claiming to be in love. Tommy and me, we never would have a come and bothered you if we weren’t really sure”
Loss
“I lost Ruth…”
“I lost Ruth, then I lost Tommy, but i wont lose my memories of them. I suppose I lost Hailsham too “
Loss
“I half closed…”
“I half closed my eyes and imagined this was the spot where everything I’d lost through my childhood had washed up..”
Loss
“A little girl…”
“A little girl, eyes tightly closed, holding to her breast the old kind world, one she knew in her heart could not remain”
Death
“Your lives are…”
“Your lives are set out for you. You’ll become adults, then before you are old, before you are even middle-aged, you’ll start to donate your vital organs. That’s what each of you was created to do “
Death
“If we are…”
Death
“If we are just going to give donations anyway, then die, why all those lessons? “
Death
I remember once…”
Death I remember once, she bought a life-size skeleton for the biology class demonstrate how it was done. We watched in complete astonishment as she put the skeleton through various contortions"
What is the name for symbols of death?
Memento mori
2 points to make about death
Denial of death
Is the novel about human attitudes to death?
2 points about friendship
Do kathys memories matter more to her than her friends?
How does hailsham bring friends together?
