Themes Flashcards
What are the three main themes in NLMG?
Identity, nostalgia and friendship
What does NLMG show?
What happens to a society that is allowed to use scientific experimentation freely and without considering the moral implications
What does Kathy recall about the trip to Norfolk and Ruth’s possible?
“The way I remember it, sightings of possibles tended to come in batches. Weeks would go by with no one mentioning the subject, then one reported sighting would trigger off a whole spate of them,”
What does Ruth say when she discovers the woman in the office wasn’t whom she was cloned from?
“A bit of fun for you maybe, Tommy,” Ruth said coldly, still gazing straight ahead of her. “You wouldn’t think so if it was your possible we’d been looking for.’”
What do the student’s ‘collections’ hint at?
Their individuality
How is the theme of identity shown in the novel?
The students’ keenness to find their possible
The importance of the Collections in the students’ lives
The need to have artistic talent as a way of projecting a unique identity
What does Kathy say about her memories?
“The memories I value most, I don’t see them ever fading. I lost Ruth, then I lost Tommy, but I won’t lose my memories of them.”
What structural device helps show the theme of Nostalgia
The non-linear plot and use of flashbacks
How is the theme of Nostalgia shown in the novel?
Kathy’s constant comments about her past
the comments
Kathy makes about the importance of allowing herself to reminisce
How is the theme of Friendship shown in the novel?
Kathy’s determination to be a carer for past
Hailsham students
the way Kathy, Ruth and Tommy are reunited near the end of the novel
How is Kathy’s determination to be a carer for past Hailsham students shown?
“… I started seeking out for my donors people from the past, and whenever I could, people from Hailsham.”
