Guiding Questions:

-How does Kathys tone show the state of her mind in this passage?

Kathy is very calm in the passages, as she has shown that she has

reached a stage of acceptance. She loved Tommy, but now that he

is gone, her life seems gray. Imagery with words such as gray skies
and rubbish show how worn down Kathy is.

As fardin talked about the plain imagery from before, it really

emphasises the amount of nothingness surrounding Kathy
physically, but also in her life, as everything she has cared about is
now gone. These stylistic devices gives readers the tone of
hopelessness.

Even though there is so much nothingness, kathy is still clearly very

calm, which shows in the line at one stage i found myself on a road
id never been before (both figuratively and literally, because this is
the first time that everyone she has cared about is gone, and she
starts donations very soon) and for about half an hour i didnt know
where i was and I didnt care.

Kathy not caring about physically being lost is parallel to her not
caring about the emptiness and nothingness of her life and adds to
the tone indifference and hopelessness of her situation.

In addition, The use of word like ploughed, rubbish, debris, torn

plastic sheeting, carrier bags are all discarded items, and the
repeated use of these words shows how torn up and worn kathys
state of mind is.

The language used continues to be casual, and is something which

is used throughout the novel, as Kathy is speaking to us as if we are
another clone and she is trying to convey to us how lonely and
bleak her life now is, and there isn't much to live for .

Kathy being in Norfolk at the end of the book is significant because

it is as if Kathy has gone in a full Circle, from her childhood at

Hailsham to finally being in the magical place that Norfolk was
supposed to be . Its ironic because Norfolk is supposed to be the
place where lost things are found, but instead, Kathy is in Norfolk
and has now lost her purpose for living, as everything she cares for
is gone.

The inclusion of the line the fantasy never got beyond that, I didn't
let it shows how a part of kathy still hopes that tommy was alive,
and that she still has real feelings for him, but does not let herself

fantasize about him because she knows it will never become a

reality.

It is also very possible that kathy does not want to think about

tommy more than she has too, as it may lead her to act on irrational
actions that she should not being doing as a clone. Kathy does not
let herself get caught up in fantasy of Tommy. She comes to the
realization that her fate is determined.

The diction of specific words I just waited a bit, then turned back to
the car, to drive off to wherever I was supposed to be the word
supposed to shows that even though there isnt anyone to monitor
or tell them where they are supposed of go, even in Kathys last line
in the book she is still complacent and follows what they are taught.

The long sentences show us a more vivid description of Kaths

feeling of overwhelming emotions throughout the passage. The

additional use of commas puts many pauses in between sentences,
and is in places that most people would not use on a normal basis,
shows that the speech is slowed, and readers can assumed that
Kathy is tired after everything she has been through.

The tone of hopelessness is significant because it allows the reader

to connect on an emotional level to the characters and the situation,
and can feel her hopelessness. It is important that the audience is
able to relate to Kathys feeling of hopelessness because this way
Ishiguro can convey the fact that this situation is immoral, and .

causes us to reflect on our own lives.

About our guardians, about how
we each had our own collection chests under our beds, the football,
the
rounders, the little path that took you all round the outside of the
main
house, round all its nooks and crannies, the duck pond, the food, the
view
from the Art Room over the fields on a foggy morning. Sometimes
he'd make
me say things over and over; things I'd told him only the day before,
he'd ask
about like I'd never told him. Did you have a sports pavilion?
Which
guardian was your special favourite?