Friendship
- Created by: mimidollins
- Created on: 03-03-21 12:41
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- Friendship
- Ruth
- R&K
- Often awkward
- Realistic teen friendship
- K really cares about how R feels
- Guilt after pencil case
- Treasures tape from R
- "one of my most precious possessions"
- "We didn't do things like hug each other at Hailsham. But I squeezed one of her hands in both of mine when I thanked her"
- Does things to gain R's approval
- Often swept along with R's dominance
- R temperamentally difficult
- Often sneers at K
- "Oh look who's upset now. Poor Kathy. She never likes straight talking"
- K remains loyal as R is her oldest friend and in awe of her social dominance
- Her humiliation of K which causes her to leave Cs
- Often sneers at K
- Tumultuous
- K tries to catch R out then regrets it
- K really cares about how R feels
- Strength of friendship evident at end of novel
- Quickly reestablish previous relationship and R tries to right the wrongs of past
- Why is their relationship important to structure?
- R's apology only has emotional force as she has been bad friend to K and the fact it is too late for K and T gives dramatic power
- Jealous of K and T's relationship
- R admits this at EOL and asks for forgiveness
- "I kept you and Tommy apart... that was the worst thing I did... I'm not pretending I didn't always see that... of course I did"
- R admits this at EOL and asks for forgiveness
- R&T
- R matter-of-fact and cruel about T's outbursts
- "It's his own fault. If he learned to keep his cool, they'd leave him alone"
- R matter-of-fact and cruel about T's outbursts
- R not capable of unconditional love or friendship due to parent-free upbringing
- R&K
- Tommy
- K&T
- K only child who tries to support T when he has a tantrum
- Leads to development of trust and conversations where they confide in each other
- When K looks through pornographic magazines
- Norfolk
- Leads to development of trust and conversations where they confide in each other
- Friendship which matures into adult life and then a sexual relationship
- K only child who tries to support T when he has a tantrum
- K&T
- Miss Emily and Madame
- Drawn together by common purpose and views
- At end of novel, they could be a couple and M supports disabled Miss E
- Deals with men from decorating company
- Supervises the men who came to take the bedside cabinet
- Tolerant and relaxed
- Clones in general
- Intense, troubled friendships partly due to lack of families
- General friendly bonding bw K and Hailsham students e.g. Laura
- Reader understands that friendships can take different forms and that 3 way friendships are liable to be difficult under any circumstances
- Go through same developmental stages such as making and losing friends and vying for attention
- Why are childhood friendship so important to them?
- No other meaningful relationships
- Romantic relationships= transitory and experimental
- Guardians not permitted to become too firendly
- Donor relationships= short term and detached
- Won't have an opportunity to improve upon them in their short time as veterans and donors
- Time in cottages for sexual exploration, not friendship
- Being a carer isolates K from a social life (little energy and not authorised to make friends)
- No other meaningful relationships
- Transition to Cottages difficult as H students can't operate as an exclusive group and find it hard to make friends from an unprivileged bg
- A relationship of trust and respect between two people. Lacks physical element of romance. Friends care for and support each other
- Ruth
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