Never Let Me Go Theme (2) Mindmap
Freedom
Key Events
When they go to the cottages
When they go to Norfolk
When they go to Madame and Miss Lucy
Confinement
Key Events / Ideas
That they never left Hailsham until they went to the cottages.
Even though they could of left and ran away while they were at the cottages they didn't, even though they are going to die.
They were never taught much geography only some pictures of the different counties.
"Of course, in practice, especially during the first months, we rarely stepped beyond the confines of the Cottages. We didn't even walk about the surrounding countryside or wander into the nearby village."
Memory and the Past
Key Events / Ideas
Kathy talks about when she is driving along thinking she has spotted a art of Hailsham
Kathy can remember what clothes she was wearing many years ago, which suggests their life is quite boring so that that memory would stand out.
Quotes
"Driving around the country now, I still see things that will remind me of Hailsham. I might pass the corner of a misty field, or see part of a large house in the distance as I come down the side of a valley, even a particular arrangement of popular trees up on a hillside, and I'll think: "Maybe that's it! I've found it! This actually is Hailsham!"
Arts and Culture
Key Events / Ideas
They were forced to do art and everybody made it important.
The exchanges were when students traded their art.
Tommy keeps on drawing after Hailsham and believes that the deferrals relied on your quality of art.
The art was to prove that clones have souls
They kept reading at the college and made an informal competition on who could read the most books.
Quotes
"Listen, Tommy, your art, it is important. And not just because it's evidence. But for your own sake. You'll get a lot from it, just for yourself."
"Listen, Tommy, your art, it is important. And not just because it's evidence. But for your own sake. You'll get a lot from it, just for yourself."