Never Let Me Go Madame Clone Scaring

Question 1

Chapter 3 - Spiders

suit of armour

Answer 1

‘Eventually she emerged from the car and came towards us, dressed in her usual grey suit, her briefcase held tightly to herself in both arms’
- ‘grey suit’, ‘held tighly to herself in both arms’ - connotations of coldness, afraid and nervous

start of the scene

Question 2

Chap 3 - Spiders

sauntered

Answer 2

‘At a signal from Ruth we all sauntered out, moving straight for her, but like we were all in a dream. Only when she came to a stiff halt did we each murmur: “Excuse me, Miss,” and separate.’
- contrast between stiff halt which is cold and formal and sauntered used to show the differences and effect of the clones and Madame

when they walk past

Question 3

Chap 3 - SPiders

instant

Answer 3

’ next instant. …she just froze and waited for us to pass by. She didn’t shriek, or even let out a gasp.’
- ‘next instant’ - shows how rapidly the situation changed
- ‘froze’ - theme of coldness
- ‘shriek, or even let out a gasp’ - holding her breath, like the clones are poisonous

madame’s reaction

Question 4

Chap 3 - Spiders

sun to shade

Answer 4

’ glanced quickly at her face—as did the others, I’m sure. And I can still see it now, the shudder she seemed to be suppressing, the real dread that one of us would accidentally brush against her. … we all felt it; it was like we’d walked from the sun right into chilly shade.’
- supressing - theme of trying to keep in her feelings
- ‘dread, shudder’ contrasted to ‘brush againt her’ - shows the terror madame feels as strong words and feelings are used to describe a commonplace act (also acts like clones are poisonous)
- ‘from the sun to the chilly shade’ - LNK to theme of cold

reaction to walking by

Question 5

Chapter 3 - Spiders

S P I D E R S

Answer 5

’ Ruth had been right: Madame was afraid of us. But she was afraid of us in the same way someone might be afraid of spiders. We hadn’t been ready for that. It had never occurred to us to wonder how we would feel, being seen like that, being the spiders.’
- simile of might be afraid of spiders to metaphor of being spiders shows the sinking in of the idea into their minds
- spiders has connotations of revulsion and disgust but at something below you, like a pest
- repetition of spiders emphasies this
- feel and spiders contrast as animal and human showing the misdirection between what the clones believe and what madame perceives

after the reaction

Question 6

chap 3 spiders

even ruth wallah

Answer 6

’ we were a very different group from the one that had stood about excitedly waiting for Madame to get out of her car. Hannah looked ready to burst into tears. Even Ruth looked really shaken.’
- ‘even Ruth’ - shows Kathy’s shock that Ruth, the dominant is shaken meaning this is a large matter

after the reaction

Question 7

tricolon of questions

Answer 7

‘“If she doesn’t like us, why does she want our work? Why doesn’t she just leave us alone? Who asks her to come here anyway?”’
- tricolon of questions indication clones instability in who they are after the reaction to them
- ‘us’, ‘our’ , ‘us’ - all the clones banded together as one, just as Madame did

after the reaction