NLMG Flashcards
The clothes fear death yet the exist because….
The clones fear death yeh they exist because normals fear death to
Where do most happy memories happen
Pathetic fallacy is used- most happy memories happen in hailsham in summer
Describe importance of miss emily and her bed side cabinet and what chapter is it
Chapter 22
On the surface seems like a fussy digression, just as she once cosseted and protected the students she now insists the cabinet from hailsham is wrapped protectively. Protecting students from realities of their purpose- maternal instincts. (Wrapping It =keeps clones from threatening outside world) Different approach to cloning- others were described like battery farms whereas hailsham was “one of the privileged estates”.
“But I’ve insisted I’ll accompany it myself”
Give quotation that shows miss Emily’s sense of regret
“For students like you, I do feel regret”
When is the woods first introduced and give example
Chapter 5
“Dark fringe”
“Cast a shadow over the whole of hailsham”
What happened to a boy who ran past border and into woods
“There were all kinds of horrible stories about the woods”
Someone had ran off and his body had been found tied to a tree with his hands and feet chopped off- no damage to organs as they were vital, lack of hands and feet shows lack of freedom- no escape
What else were their rumours of
Ghosts
What is symbolic about the pond/water
The pond is away from the guardians and acts as a place of freedom and somewhere where they can talk eg- Tommy and miss Geraldine and tommy and Kathy
Movements of particles in water e.g.- freedom
How and when is this idea of freedom contrasted
Chapter 19 when Ruth, Tommy and Kathy visit the boat.
The sea represents confinement- traps them inland- low income countries often stuck in a poverty cycle are often inland countries- extended metaphor.
What does the boat represent and give quotations
Frames of the boat are described to be “crumbling away”- boat represents destroyed freedom as its run down and can’t take them anyway- symbolic of their futures “there’s no big conspiracy about it”- lack of imagination- no future goals or life- through controlled education
Describe cottages and guv quotation example
Farm like surroundings- animalistic, the clones are brought up like animals- for purpose of humans only- animal testing/cruelty.
Hailsham v battery farm like school- question if it’s right to say there’s a “humane way to kill”
“Remains of a farm that had gone out of business years before”
Finish quotation and what chapter
“Barns, outhouses, stables all converted for us to live in”
What other buildings are found in the cottages
“Outlying ones”
They are the outliers in society
What’s symbolic in the bus shelters
Buses are programmed to the same stops, the clones have the same chartered route of life- no choices just one destination which isn’t their own.
The bus shelter is broken down- no buses- lacks movement and progress of life- science may have moved forward but humanity went backwards
Give quotation describing bus shelters
“An old bus shelter”
“Buses had stopped coming ages ago”
And the “bus stop sign has been taken away”
What shows Kathy to be an unreliable narrator
“Or maybe I’m remembering it wrong”
In the cottages what do they lose themselves in
“Lost in conversation about our plans for the future”
=Uncomfortable parallel
What does Ishiguro never do
Answer questions, but leaves the, for readers to think- narrative hooks
“But what brought all this on wasn’t clear”
What link is there between Frankenstein and the ending
Creature from Frankenstein confronts his creator and asks for a female- Tommy and Kathy are asking for deferrals because they love eachother- both freaks of nature
What did critics not think the main point was
Didn’t think genetic engineering and cloning was the main point, scientific frame work bus also elements of a love story- steady erosion of hope to shine light on ordinary human life
Give quotation that shows how quick science can develop
“There wasn’t time to take stock, to ask sensible questions”
What does prolonging death do
Makes it more feared
How does health checks in hailsham create an uncomfortable parallel
Health checks in hailsham creates an uncomfortable parallel as we normally check our children out for care of them but now for the clones it’s out of care for ourselves - kathys bruise doesn’t matter but if it was a vital organ it would
Clones are infertile but still have what
Sexual urges- links to them not having opportunities but to have urges to- Ruth wanting job from advertisement
What is the writing
Prolectic- what could happen in future- not scientific view point but a philosophical one
What’s the cassate tape called
Songs after dark- gives them hope- and light - deferrals- are like their version of heaven (clones have no religion)
What do the lack which means they don’t run away
Knowledge- education controlled them
Give example of parallelism
Inside hailsham is a glorious haven, essential needs for a good & happy life.
Inside clones are what’s needed and looked after
What are Kathys real worries concealed behind
Recollection of trivia “tokens of controversy”
What does Kathy use
Idiomatic and slightly colloquial expressions “anyway the point is”
What is kathys voice
Unimaginative and repetitive- lack of knowledge she is to scared when he imagination will take he
Little sense of who within the novel is kathys intended readership
What happened to Ishiguro at a young age
Moved from Japan to England at 5 years old - reflects kathys child like worries- no family or guidance to help her
Where does Kathy live
In a bed sit but never see her in it - bedsits aren’t permanent homes tells us she buys a lamp- mundane
What does private direct conversation with reader do
Repeatedly assures reader and (herself)- nonsense small talk throughout because she’s scared she is happy to retire from her life as a carer at end of year
What is the novel split into
3 sections- both readers and clones have their knowledge developed throughout each stage of their lives - links to bus shelter
