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Significant Quotes

2. * “I could see Ruth was making a big effort to
present all of us, not just herself, but all of us, in
the right way.” - Kathy, Page 146
* Analysis:
* Although this may be Kathy’s approach to Ruth’s
strange reaction when she suggested that they change
seats in the car, we as readers might be puzzled over
it. If we look closely enough, we could see that
Ishiguro’s portrayal of Ruth as someone who had a
different idea in her mind and is trying to kill two birds
with one stone. She wanted to fit in with the
veterans, whilst preventing Tommy and Ruth from
becoming closer to each other.

3. * “I see the same thing so often these days
I don’t even register it, but back then I
hadn’t seen it before.” - Kathy, Page 147
* Analysis:
* Through this quote, Ishiguro highlighted the isolation of
their lives at Hailsham and Cottages and its
mundaneness. Getting so excited over something as
trivial as that indicated that they were a segregated
from the society, This relates back to what Kathy said in
Chapter 10 about how they’d “never been beyond the
grounds of Hailsham, and [they] were just bewildered.”
The mindset Hailsham has ingrained into them caused
them to become unfamiliar with the outside world.

4. * “We’re not supposed to visit carers.”
Chrissie, Page 148
* Analysis:
* Ishiguro portrayed a society that wished to
keep the clones in a dark about the realities of
donations and becoming a carer before they
were directly involved. Throughout the
book, the readers could see the importance of
this ignorance which is constantly highlighted
by Ishiguro.