Place - Never Let Me Go

Question 1

How is Hailsham presented?

Answer 1

Hailsham is presented as being a place where the clones are seen as human being but it is also known for hiding the horrors

Question 2

1) “__ house”
- what is this place? how is it looked at? what does this show about the clones?

Answer 2

1) large
- hailsham, easily overlooked at, they are marginalised and ignored

Question 3

2) “all we could see was a __ fringe of trees”
- what is being hidden? why is this place being hidden - 2 reason? who is hiding it?

Answer 3

2) dark
- hailsham, it’s being hidden to hide the true purpose of it + they want the clones to be separated from the rest of society, “they” are hiding it as they may know their actions are unethical

Question 4

How is the cottages presented?

Answer 4

This represents the transitional phase from childhood to adulthood.

Question 5

3) “the __ of a farm that has gone out of business”
- how are they being treated - technique?how are they being otherd? livestock?

Answer 5

3) remains
- like animals - animalistic imagery, as they are reduced to the status of an animal, animals are used for food, materials etc and the clones are being used for their organs

Question 6

4) “outlying ones that were __ falling down”
- how is society providing them? technique - what does it show?

Answer 6

4) virtually
- with inadequate care, metaphor - clones falling hopes and dreams

Question 7

How is Norfolk presented?

Answer 7

It’s the lost corner of England and a verstimillitude

Question 8

5) “where all the lost property in the __ ended up”
- describe the clones? what do they know about Norfolk? what do they believe they can find there?

Answer 8

5) country
- naive, they don’t know that much about norfolk which is why they repeat themselves, find answers and knowledge about their lives and this will comfort them

Question 9

How does Norfolk link to the end of the novel? 3 reasons

Answer 9

1) Tommy and Kathy end up finding the tape in Norfolk
2) there’s a loss of hope - no deferrals
3) Kathy imagines Tommy in Norfolk

Question 10

How is Ruth’s recovery centre presented as?

Answer 10

It’s peaceful and comfortable

Question 11

6) “like entering a __ of mirrors”
- technique? what is it? what’s it hiding? what does the room make us think?

Answer 11

6) hall
- simile, facade, the immoral things that are happening there, that’s it diverting our attention from the horrors that are happening there

Question 12

How is Kingsfield presented?

Answer 12

It’s presented as unpleasant and the name is ironic as the name kingsfield is like royalty and freedom and it’s the opposite of that.

Question 13

7) “big roads beyond the __”
- it contradicts the what? what does the fence give an appearance of? how would this make the donars feel like? what are they from society?

Answer 13

7) fence
- the tranquil expectation of a hospital, a prison, they will feel trapped and restricted, they are being segregated from the rest of society

Question 14

8) “six or seven __ figures underneath the roof”
- presented? hidden away from? what does shadow represent

Answer 14

8) shadowy
- secretive, society, it represents that something is hidden and they have a lack of identity and purpose

Question 15

9) “a swimmer taking a dive off the top only to crash into __”
- how is the water presented? how is cement presented? how can we see diminished hope? what’s their fate at the end?

Answer 15

9) cement
- the swimmer will be free in water as it’s pure and clean, the swimmer will be stuck in cement as its thick and dirty, in hailsham they had hopes and dreams, they will die at the end and are forced to be carers and donars

Question 16

How is the boat presented?

Answer 16

It’s a symbol of morality and it highlights the passage of time and the inevitability of loss

Question 17

10) “pale __” “weak__” “sitting __”
- symbolic of what? technique? lack of what? what are the clones here?

Answer 17

10) sky, sun, beached
- Ruth’s poor health, pathetic fallacy, future and hope, they are stranded

Question 18

11) “hollow and more __ than mine”
- the difference between who? what does hollow show?

Answer 18

11) emaciated
- Kathy and Ruth, their soul or maybe their bodies being emptied out

Question 19

How is Madame’s house presented?

Answer 19

It’s presented as a place that makes them see the reality of their fate and eradicates all their hope

Question 20

12) “everything got __” “pointing into the darkness of the __”
- foreshadowing? leading them deeper where? highlights what?

Answer 20

12) dark, passage
- their hope, into the realism of their fate, the restrictions the truth will face them with

Question 21

13) “fence keeping me from stepping into the __” “___ earth”
- what’s going on here? what does ploughed earth show? what does the fence do?

Answer 21

13) field, ploughed
- Kathy is running after Tommy, new life and fertility, it’s acting as a physical barrier as Kathy can’t have children