Never Let Me Go Quotes

Never Let Me Go Quotes

1. Identity

   • Chapter 1, Page 1: 'My name is Kathy H. I'm thirty-one years old, and I've been a carer now for over 11 years.'
     • 'My name' - belongs to her, a possession - she said it first because it's what she owns
     • 'Kathy H' - no last name, lack of identity
     • 'Carer' - a job, something she has and she expects us to know what is
   • Chapter Two, Page 26: 'Everything—the walls, the floor—has been done in gleaming white tiles, which the centre keeps so clean when you first go in it's almost like entering a hall of mirrors. Of course, you don't exactly see yourself reflected back loads of times, but you almost think you do.'
     • 'White tiles' - impersonal, clinical, reflective of their identities
     • 'a hall of mirrors' - almost being forced to reflect upon themselves
     • 'you almost think you do' - directed at reader, assumes they understand and will end up there one day
   • 'So you're waiting, even if you don't quite know it, waiting for the moment when you realize that you really are different to them; that there are people out there, like Madame, who don't hate you or wish you any harm, but who nevertheless shudder at the very thought of you—of how you were brought into this world and why—and who dread the idea of your hand brushing against theirs'.