"The odd thing about our Norfolk trip was that once we got back we never talked about it. So much so that for a while all kinds of rumours went around about what we had been up to".
What happened on the Norfolk Trip?
They find a copy of Kathy's lost tape.
(Chapter 16)
Favorite song is Never Let Me Go by Judy Bridgewater
Kathy
What does Kathy decide to do at the end of Chapter 17?
Start training to become a carer.
Name one major event in chapter 15
Answer will be judged by Kali, Tucker, and Jacob.
Kazuo Ishiguro
"And then there was the way Ruth kept pretending to forget things about Hailsham. Okay, these were mostly trivial things, but I got more and more irritated with her. There was the time, for instance, we were sitting around the kitchen table after a long breakfast, Ruth, me and a few veterans."
Why does Ruth try to forget Hailsham?
Ruth is trying to move on in life.
(Chapter 16)
Has fallen in and out of love with Tommy, including having multiple relationships
Ruth
How does Kathy feel about Tommy's animals?
Kathy is amazed by Tommy's artwork.
What is the "Norfolk Effect"?
The silence and holding of secrets between the 5 who went on the Norfolk Trip
What do the clones donate?
Vital Organs
"But I didn’t say or do anything. It was partly, I suppose, that I was so floored by the fact that Ruth would come out with such a trick. I remember a huge tiredness coming over me, a kind of lethargy in the face of the tangled mess before me."
What did Ruth do to make Kathy feel this way?
She made fun of Tommy's artwork.
(Chapter 16)
Was told that they were not creative, but draws animals in the Goosehouse.
Tommy
Tommy's theory for why Kathy reads the pornographic magazines.
To see what she could have if she wasn't a clone.
How many of the new arrivals to the cottages were from Hailsham?
None
Who do you resonate with most in the story and why?
Answer will be judged by K/T/J
"Of course I felt bad about it all, especially about Tommy’s animals. But it wasn’t as simple any more as going to him and saying sorry and explaining how things really were. A few years earlier, even six months earlier, it might have worked out that way. Tommy and I would have talked it over and sorted it out."
What is Kathy's excuse for not talking to Tommy?
She is in a relationship with Lenny.
(Chapter 17)
A woman who is rumored to be a part of the decisions of deferrals, but is cold hearted to the people of Hailsham.
Madame
How does Ruth feel about Tommy's animals?
Ruth belligerently antagonizes Tommy by saying she had "A good laugh" about them.
What was another name for the barn on the fringes of the Cottages?
The Goosehouse
Name one theme for the book and explain why you think it is the most important
Answer judged by K/J/T
“If I ever learn to drive a car, I’d take us all on a trip to some wild place. _______, say. The three of us, maybe Laura and Hannah too. I’d love to see all the bogs and stuff.”
What place did Ruth name?
Dartmoor
(Chapter 17)
The couple of Veterans that become friends with Kathy
Rodney and Chrissie
Why does Ruth believe that Tommy would not have a relationship with Kathy?
Ruth says Tommy doesn't like girls who have slept with multiple other men.
Name Both of the first Hailsham students to leave the Cottages?
Alice F. or Gordon C.
What is the 23rd word on page 182
Didn't