![]() ![]() 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 to creativity?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. A tale of deceptive simplicity, Never Let Me Go slowly reveals an extraordinary emotional depth and resonance-and takes its place among Kazuo Ishiguro’s finest work. What is revealed, as Kathy’s reminiscences accumulate, is a life of preparation for a special role in a world that has begun to exploit the medical possibilities of genetic technology. Both are drawn to Tommy, a boy given to explosive fits of temper. Kathy’s friend Ruth is bossy and manipulative, while Kathy herself is gentle and self-contained. There are no parents in their world, only a handful of teachers, some of whom seem to be deeply troubled by their position at the school. She and her best friends, Ruth and Tommy, were encouraged by their teachers to create works of art from an early age, to collect cherished objects, and to take good care of their health. IntroductionĪ thirty-one-year-old woman named Kathy narrates this haunting tale, drawing the reader gradually into her recollections of her life at Hailsham, the idyllic boarding school where she grew up. Jake finds he cannot pretend it didn't happen and struggles with the right thing to do.NATIONAL BESTSELLERNational Book Critics Circle Award and Man Booker Prize Finalist“A page-turner and a heartbreaker, a tour de force of knotted tension and buried anguish.” - TimeThe introduction, discussion questions, suggested reading list, and author biography that follow are intended to enhance your group’s conversation about Never Let Me Go, a brilliantly achieved story of nostalgia for a lost childhood. Jake and Mickey leave the scene, trying to convince themselves they were not involved. ![]() When they challenge another driver to a street race, a disastrous chain reaction causes an accident. He and his friend Mickey take the car out and cruise the strip. Overdrive by Eric Walters Jake has finally got his driver's license, and tonight he has his brother's car as well. When the hot rod is stolen and Miles is the prime suspect, he realizes that he must confront his friends and stand up for himself. Seeing a chance to learn more about cars and pursue his dream of becoming a mechanic, Miles helps to restore the car. Placed on probation and sentenced to community service, Miles begins working for a man who after suffering a stroke and not being able to drive, has kept his beloved hot rod under wraps in the garage. When the dust clears, he is all alone and his friends have left, leaving him to take the blame―and the punishment―while maintaining his silence. Along with two friends, he stole a car and went joyriding. Arrives at your school or library ready to playīook details: Fastback Beach by Shirlee Smith Matheson Miles Derkach is in trouble.Two complete hi-lo novels from the Orca Soundings series. ![]()
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