NLMG

Question 1

How does Ishiguro use minimalist language?

Answer 1

-‘pass the corner of a misty field’
-little white prefab buildings’
-row of windows naturally high up’

Question 2

Analyse Ishiguro’s use of minimalist language?

Answer 2

-Kathy’s unreliable and romanticised view of Hailsham

Question 3

Quotes from Tommy’s tantrum?

Answer 3

-‘flinging his limbs about, at the sky, at the wind, at the nearest fence post’
-‘like a dog doing a pee’
-like he was doing Shakespeare’
-‘he’s a layabout’

Question 4

Analysis of Tommy’s tantrum

Answer 4

-the lack of control over his emotions infantilises him
-undignified and vulnerable
-degraded due to his lack of creativity

Question 5

How could Tommy be linked to the monster and provide quotes

Answer 5

-‘anger returned, a rage of anger’
-‘danced with fury’
-‘burst all bounds of reason and reflection’

Question 6

Provide a quote referring to Ruth’s recovery centre that links to the monster’s workshop.

Answer 6

-‘pale shadowy movement all around you in the tiles’ - reflected of the control that wider society.

Question 7

analyse ‘I can’t help picturing a swimmer taking a dive off the top only to crash into cement’

Answer 7

-Emphatic of Kathy’s lack of empathy

Question 8

How might the setting of Kingsfield connect to the Arctic in Frankenstein?

Answer 8

• both described with natural imagery
  -both settings used to warn of rapid scientific advancement

Question 9

How can Kathy’s impulse to play the tape be linked to Frankenstein?

Answer 9

-‘paradise lost” excited ‘different and deeper’ emotions in the monster which is similar as Kathy discovered her maternal instincts through the tape.

Question 10

analysis of Miss Lucy saying ‘None of you will go to America, none of you will be film stars’

Answer 10

Anaphoric repetition of negators - clones defeated
monosyllabic language - blunt and harsh

Question 11

3 quotations suggesting the cottages were not fit for purpose

Answer 11

-‘leaking gutters’
-‘chilly’
-‘really cold