NLMG - 11 key quotes Flashcards
I saw a new world coming rapidly. More scientific, efficient, yes. More cures for the old sickness. Very good. But a harsh, cruel world. pg.272 MISS EMILY
Context: Kathy and Tommy are discussing the scene where Madame saw Kathy listening to the song and her perception of it; Kathy and Tommy wanted a deferral in this scene.
The theme of miscommunication: the clones were naive and ignorant of the world around them. The humans understood the changing world and are still slight wary of the them and the new future.
I lost Ruth, then I lost Tommy, but I won’t lose my memories of them. (286) KATHY
This quote connects to the memory theme. Kathy has lost everything at the end of the book, Tommy, Ruth, her hope for happiness, and her dreams. All she has left are memories. This idea also connects to the dehumanization theme because, just as donors are one left with memories when they complete, normals are only left with memories when they die.
We took away your art because… we did it to prove you had souls at all. MISS EMILY (about MADAME)
Since all the kids from Halisham were clones, Madame would take their artwork to prove to other people that they were just as creative as humans and to prove they had souls. They were dehumanized because they were clones and they were created to help and save human lives. They had their life set out for them and people did not care because they were only created to save and for nothing else, otherwise they wouldn’t even exist.
things like pictures, poetry, all that kind of stuff, she (Miss Emily) said they revealed what you were like inside. She said they revealed your soul.
Represents the hope that art gives to Tommy and Kathy with the possibility of getting a deferral if their art can show they are truly in love; theme of deceit: Miss Emily continues to keep truths from the students causing them to theorize about their place in the world since they are oblivious to these truths; in the end Tommy and Kathy discover their art was actually used not to describe who they were but to show they have a soul and that they were actual people not just scientific experiments
I just waited a bit, then turned back to the car, to drive off to wherever it was I was supposed to be. (288) LAST LINE KATHY
This quote is at the very end of the book. Kathy has just lost Tommy and already lost Ruth. Hailsham is also gone. There is not much that is familiar to her anymore. The quote connects to the theme of othering because she does not know where she is going or where she truly belongs in the world.
We were always just too young to understand properly the latest piece of information. (82) KATHY
In order to give the Hailsham students information on what they will go through, the guardians tell them when they are too young to understand. This connects to the secrecy surrounding the donations.
But most of what became our group” had beds close together by then…” (33) KATHY
The clones are already being “othered” by society, but within their group they “other” each other by moving their beds close together, excluding part of the group.
We all know it. We’re modeled from trash… That’s what we come from. We all know it, so why don’t we say it? (Said by Ruth) (166)
This quote related to the theme of othering because Ruth actually acknowledges the issue that they are not like “normals”. She admits the harsh truth about their existence and the reason why they are othered
What I want is for you to put it right. Put right what I messed up for you RUTH
This quote connects to the theme of humanity through the use of buildingsroman to show the shift in Ruth’s character from a harsh and cruel clone to a compassionate friend with a desire to make her friends happy. Truly revealing her humanity and human like shift as she grew up.
you’ve been told and not told.- Miss Lucy (81)
This quote signifies the miscommunication directed toward the clones and the persistence of confusion. In a dystopian manner, information is continually withheld from the clones about who they are and their purpose, which fosters a lack of self-identity that feeds into dehumanization.
You’re lives are set out for you” (81) MISS LUCY
This relates to the meaningof the work as a whole because it shows the “students” have no control over their lives and it highlights the theme of dehumanization. This also shows how the “students” only worth for the “normals” Id their organs and that the rest of their lives mean nothing to them. By saying their lives are set out it adds to the theme of the struggle for hope and ordering because “normals” can have any life they want but “students” can’t.
