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Never Let Me Go -
Characters
- Kathy H
- Narrator
- Student at Hailsham
- Friend of Ruth and Tommy's
- Cassette tape called 'Songs
after dark' by Judy
Bridgewater
- Becomes a carer for Ruth
- Ends up caring for Tommy
whilst dating him
- Protagonist
- "The gallery Tommy and I were
discussing was something we'd all
of us grown up with. Everyone
talked about it as though it
existed, though in truth none of
us knew for sure that it did."
Chapter 3
- "We knew a few things about
ourselves - about who we were,
how we were different from our
guardians, from people utside."
Page 36
- Narrator
- Ruth
- One of Kathy's best friends
- Complex and difficult person
- Dates Tommy at Hailsham
- Gives Tommy information to find
Madame about deferrals
- "We all know it. We're
modelled from trash.
Junkies, prostitutes,
winos, tramps. Convicts,
maybe, just as long as
they aren't psychos.
That's what we come
from. We all know it, so
why dont we say it?"
Chapter 14
- "The main thing is, i
kept you and Tommy
apart. That was the
worst thing i did...What i
want is for you to put
it right. Put right what i
messed up for you"
Chapter 19
- One of Kathy's best friends
- Tommy
- Kathy and Ruth's friend
- Temper tantrums
- Lack of creative skills
- Dates Ruth but is in
love with Kathy
- Passes away on
fourth donation
- "The thing is, it might sound
strange. It did to me at first.
What she said was that if i
didn't want to be creative, if i
really didn't feel like it, that
was perfectly alright. Nothing
was wrong with it, she said."
Chapter 2
- Kathy and Ruth's friend
- Miss Lucy
- Guardian at Hailsham
- Tells students the truth
- Leaves Hailsham abruptly
- Believes the other
guardians hide the
realities of a clone's life
- Doesn't like the "abstract"
teaching methods at Hailsham
- "It's not good that i smoked. It
wasn't good for me so i
stopped it. But what you must
understand is that for you, all
of you, it's much, much worse
to smoke than it ever was for
me. You've been told about it.
You're students. You're...special."
Chapter 6
- "The problem, as i see it, is that you've been told
and not told. You've been told, but none of you
really understand, and i dare say, some people are
quite happy to leave it that way. But i'm not. If
you're going to have decent lives, then you've got to
know and know properly...Your lives are set out for
you. You'll become adults...and before you're even
middle-aged, you'll start to donate your vital organs.
Thats what each of you was created to do."
Chapter 7
- Guardian at Hailsham
- Miss Emily
- Head of Hailsham
- Feared by the students
- Strict but helpful
- Known for making long speeches
about keeping students healthy
- Later speaks to Tommy and Kathy
and reveals truths about Hailsham
- It was an "experiment" in reform,
conducted by those who felt clone
deserved "humane" treatment
- That Madame was co-founder of Hailsham
- Closed due to lack of funds
- It was an "experiment" in reform,
conducted by those who felt clone
deserved "humane" treatment
- "Your life must now run the
course that's been set for it"
Page 261
- Head of Hailsham
- Madame
- Thought to be Miss Emily's superior
and the "real" head of Hailsham
- Revealed to be co-founder
- Reveals to Tommy and
Kathy that she has long
cared about clone rights
- Believes in the new
world, in which clones
serve as "organ farms"
for "normal" people is a
"cruel" one.
- Believes in the new
world, in which clones
serve as "organ farms"
for "normal" people is a
"cruel" one.
- "Poor creatures. What did
we do to you? With all our
schemes and plans?"
Chapter 21
- Thought to be Miss Emily's superior
and the "real" head of Hailsham
- Miss Geraldine
- Kind guardian
- Noted for indulgence
of Tommy's art
- Ruth founds a "secret society" designed
to protect Miss Geraldine from
imaginary kidnapping
- Kind guardian
- Rodney & Crissie
- Boyfriend & Girlfriend
- Unable to get a deferral
- Go with Ruth, Kathy and
Tommy to Norfolk to find
Ruth's clone
- Befriend Ruth, Kathy
and Tommy at the
cottages
- Boyfriend & Girlfriend
- Keffers
- Maintenance
man at the
cottages
- Treats students with a
quiet kindness
- Maintenance
man at the
cottages
- Henry
- Kathy likes at Hailsham
- Seems suprised when Kathy
offers to have sex with him
- Kathy likes at Hailsham
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