Characterisation and relationships -Never let me go

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  • Characterisation and relationships-Never let me go
    • Kathy H
      • 31 years old
      • no surname
        • No identity
          • Collections
        • no family name
          • This was important as they had no family to care about them
      • narrator the reader sees events from her perspective
        • her memories
          • She wants to put her memories in order
          • Her memories are very important to her because she knows she is very fortunate to have them.
          • They are all she has left in the end.
            • She doesn't look to the future because she wont have one.
            • "I lost Ruth, then I lost Tommy, but I wont lose my memories of them. I suppose I lost Hailsham too". Pg. 280
      • closest friends
        • sand pit
      • been a carer for almost 12 years
        • she is a very good carer
          • Kathy suffering from 'survivors guilt'
            • Her competence at her job has extended her life
              • Kathy is afraid of becoming a donor as she knows better than most what it involves
                • she expresses her fears in a suppressed manner
                  • "maybe come the end of the year when I'm no longer a carer I'll be able to listen to it [her tape] more. Pg.64
            • She has watched dozens of people through "sleepless nights with the drugs and the pain and the exhaustion" Pg.5/Ch.1
          • 'agitated'.Ch.1
      • Forgiving
        • 'Pencil case'
      • caring, kind and loving
        • Some carers cant cope seeing their donors once they've donated their organs because it reminds them of their own futures
          • such as Kathy's old school friend Laura
            • Some of us learn pretty quick how to deal with it. But others-like Laura, say-they never do. Ch.18
          • “I don’t claim I’ve been immune to all of this, but I’ve learnt to live with it. Some carers, though, their whole attitude lets them down. A lot of them, you can tell, are just going through the motions, waiting for the day they’re told they can stop and become donors. Ch.18
            • Kathy doesn't like how some of their carers put their own feelings before those of the donors. She is more concerned with her patients needs.
        • Kathy gives so much even though she has lost so  much
          • "I lost Ruth, then I lost Tommy, but I wont lose my memories of them. I suppose I lost Hailsham too". Pg. 280
      • determined
        • She is single minded and determined when it comes to making decisions about important issues.
          • "it wasn't long after I made my decision, and once I'd made it, I never wavered. I just got up one morning and told Keffers I wanted to start my training to become a carer". Ch. 17
            • She had decided to leave because she had grown apart from Ruth and Tommy.
              • Ruth calling her names
                • "weird" when Kathy confides in her about her sexual urges
                • "Ruth's got big new friends and baby sister isn't getting played with so often".Pg.122
            • Her use of wavered shows she wont change her mind
      • remembers Hailsham particularly fondly
        • Finds it hard to leave her memories of Hailsham behind
          • "There have been times over the years when I've tried to leave Hailsham behind, when I've told myself I shouldn't look back so much". Ch.1
      • struggles to show much emotion about her life
        • tries to distance herself from her donors.
          • sense of physical and psychological confinement
    • Ruth
      • closest friends
        • sand pit
      • unkind and manipulative toward Kathy
        • Kathy H
          • 31 years old
          • no surname
            • No identity
              • Collections
            • no family name
              • This was important as they had no family to care about them
          • narrator the reader sees events from her perspective
            • her memories
              • She wants to put her memories in order
              • Her memories are very important to her because she knows she is very fortunate to have them.
              • They are all she has left in the end.
                • She doesn't look to the future because she wont have one.
                • "I lost Ruth, then I lost Tommy, but I wont lose my memories of them. I suppose I lost Hailsham too". Pg. 280
          • been a carer for almost 12 years
            • she is a very good carer
              • Kathy suffering from 'survivors guilt'
                • Her competence at her job has extended her life
                  • Kathy is afraid of becoming a donor as she knows better than most what it involves
                    • she expresses her fears in a suppressed manner
                      • "maybe come the end of the year when I'm no longer a carer I'll be able to listen to it [her tape] more. Pg.64
                • She has watched dozens of people through "sleepless nights with the drugs and the pain and the exhaustion" Pg.5/Ch.1
              • 'agitated'.Ch.1
          • Forgiving
            • 'Pencil case'
          • caring, kind and loving
            • Some carers cant cope seeing their donors once they've donated their organs because it reminds them of their own futures
              • such as Kathy's old school friend Laura
                • Some of us learn pretty quick how to deal with it. But others-like Laura, say-they never do. Ch.18
              • “I don’t claim I’ve been immune to all of this, but I’ve learnt to live with it. Some carers, though, their whole attitude lets them down. A lot of them, you can tell, are just going through the motions, waiting for the day they’re told they can stop and become donors. Ch.18
                • Kathy doesn't like how some of their carers put their own feelings before those of the donors. She is more concerned with her patients needs.
            • Kathy gives so much even though she has lost so  much
              • "I lost Ruth, then I lost Tommy, but I wont lose my memories of them. I suppose I lost Hailsham too". Pg. 280
          • determined
            • She is single minded and determined when it comes to making decisions about important issues.
              • "it wasn't long after I made my decision, and once I'd made it, I never wavered. I just got up one morning and told Keffers I wanted to start my training to become a carer". Ch. 17
                • She had decided to leave because she had grown apart from Ruth and Tommy.
                  • Ruth calling her names
                    • "weird" when Kathy confides in her about her sexual urges
                    • "Ruth's got big new friends and baby sister isn't getting played with so often".Pg.122
                • Her use of wavered shows she wont change her mind
          • remembers Hailsham particularly fondly
            • Finds it hard to leave her memories of Hailsham behind
              • "There have been times over the years when I've tried to leave Hailsham behind, when I've told myself I shouldn't look back so much". Ch.1
          • struggles to show much emotion about her life
            • tries to distance herself from her donors.
              • sense of physical and psychological confinement
        • Ruth tells Kathy that Tommy wouldn't want to be with her as she sleeps with more people.
        • "It’s not just me, sweety. Kathy here finds your animals a complete hoot."
          • . Ruth knows Kathy well enough to understand that Kathy will want to keep the peace between them. Therefore, when Ruth begins to mock Tommy’s drawings Kathy joins in with her laughter instead of admitting how good they are
      • regrets past actions
        • keeping Tommy and Kathy apart
          • "It should have been you two. I’m not pretending I didn’t always see that. Of course I did, as far back as I can remember. But I kept you apart"
        • she threw away her collection from Hailsham
          • "Jacke's giraffes" ch1
      • At Hailsham she has a strong personality and controlling over others
        • as she gets older its apparent she lacks confidence as  she is desperate to fit in at the cottages
          • "the manner she put on".Pg.122
          • "She set about changing how they did things in front of people"
            • Ruth tries to copy the blend in by imitating the other couples behaviour
              • "so many of oour mannerisms were copied from the television".
          • "so many of oour mannerisms were copied from the television".
        • As the novel progresses she loses confidence.
    • Tommy
      • struggles to control his temper
        • he has tantrums which also leads to
          • He was just raving, flinging his limbs about, at the sky, at the wind, at the nearest fence post. ch1
      • lacks artistic ability
        • other students tease him
          • he has tantrums which also leads to
            • He was just raving, flinging his limbs about, at the sky, at the wind, at the nearest fence post. ch1
        • tells Tommy he shouldn't care about his lack of artistic ability
          • which makes Tommy feel better
            • she then tells him she shouldn't have said this which makes Tommy depressed again
      • Kathy tries to help him control his emotions
        • "It came to me with a kind of chill that Tommy had been going through what he'd been going through not just for weeks or months but years". Pg.13/Ch.1
      • wants to avoid his fate perhaps more than the others
      • sociable with fellow donors
    • Miss Lucy
      • tells Tommy he shouldn't care about his lack of artistic ability
        • which makes Tommy feel better
          • she then tells him she shouldn't have said this which makes Tommy depressed again
      • "crouching tiger ready to pounce"
        • Shows how Miss Lucy is  waiting to strike them with the truth.
      • She doesn't think its right that they have such big dreams "some people are happy to leave it that waybut I am not"
        • She feels they have "been told and not told"

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