What is it like having direct access to Kathy's mind and feelings? How would the novel be different if narrated from Tommy's point of view, or Ruth's, or Miss Emily's?Ħ. First person narration establishes a kind of intimacy between narrator and reader. Kathy's narration is the key to the novel's disquieting effect. What were Hailsham's administrators trying to achieve in attaching a high value tocreativity?ĥ. Kathy tells the reader, 'How you were regarded at Hailsham, how much you were liked and respected, had to do with how good you were at 'creating''. How does the irony of this designation grow as the novel goes on? What does Hailsham represent for Kathy, and why does she say at the end that Hailsham is 'something no one can take away' ?Ĥ. Why is it important for Kathy to seek out donors who are 'from the past,' 'people from Hailsham' ? She learns from a donor who'd grown up at an awful place in Dorset that she and her friends at Hailsham had been really 'lucky'. What does Kathy assume about anyone she might be addressing, and why?ģ. Kathy addresses us directly, with statements like 'I don't know how it was where you were, but at Hailsham we used to have some form of medical every week', and she thinks that we too might envy her having been at Hailsham. How long does it take for the meaning of such terms as 'donation,' 'carer,' and 'completed' to be fully revealed?Ģ. She prides herself on knowing how to keep her donors calm, 'even before fourth donation'. Kathy introduces herself as an experienced carer.

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