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Character Development:
Kathy works as a carer and gets special perks like getting to pick which donor she "cares" after. Most of the donors she looks after are jealous of her because she went to Hailsham.
Tommy - Tommy doesn't seem very popular or liked by many.
Ruth- Kathy is reunited with Ruth and brings old memories of Hailsham to the surface.
Conflict:
- Tommy is picked last for football teams. He throws a tantrum because he was laughed at and when Kathy tries to help, he swings, hitting her in the face.
- No matter where Kathy looks, she cannot find Hailsham anywhere.
Quotes:
- "But in the end I managed it, and the instant I saw her again, at that recovery centre in Dover, all our differences—while they didn't exactly vanish—seemed not nearly as important as all the other things: like the fact that we'd grown up together at Hailsham, the fact that we knew and remembered things no one else did" - This quote is about Kathy seeing Ruth and feeling connected over the fact that they both experienced Hailsham.
Themes Present:
There seems to be a theme of reminiscing, friendship, and mystery throughout this chapter.

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Character Development:
- Tommy, Ruth, and Kathy all seems to be around 13 years old in the flashback and it shows Tommy having multiple tantrums and getting pranked.
- Ruth and Kathy bond over remembering the "Exchanges".
- Ruth is a donor and Kathy is her carer.
Conflict:
Tommy gets continuously pranked on by people. Ruth and Kathy say this is mostly because he doesn't have enough "creativity" to be at Hailsham.
But Miss Lucy tells Tommy it's okay not to be creative, and his tantrums stop. Kathy doesn't believe this story because she thinks you have to be creative. He asks her to meet by the pond to convince her.
Quotes:
"I can see now, too, how the Exchanges had a more subtle effect on us all. If you think about it, being dependent on each other to produce the stuff that might become your private treasures—that's bound to do things to your relationships." (Ishiguro)
Themes Present:
The themes in this chapter seem to be nostalgia, friendship, honesty, and creativity.

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Character Development:
- Kathy realizes that Madame was seriously scared of the kids from Hailsham and that must mean something about herself makes her different from other people.
Conflict:
- Madame was scared of the girls when confronted. Looking back, Kathy realizes all the kids were different from people outside Hailsham.
- Miss Lucy was was furious inside when telling Tommy he didn't have to be creative. She also discussed her anger at the fact that the kids weren't being taught enough about their future.
Quotes:
- "So you're waiting, even if you don't quite know it, waiting for the moment when you realize that you really are different to them; that there are people out there, like Madame, who don't hate you or wish you any harm, but who nevertheless shudder at the very thought of you" (Ishiguro)
Themes:
- There seems to be a theme of mystery, dishonesty, and being different.

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Character Development:
- Kathy is no longer going to be a carer by the end of the year.
- Ruth invited Kathy to be a part of Miss Geraldine's secret guards
Conflict:
- Miss Emily's lectures never made sense
- Miss Lucy is very vague about why Madame takes the kids art
-Ruth invited Kathy to be a part of Miss Geraldine's secret guards
Quotes:
- "I won't be a carer any more come the end of the year, and though I've got a lot out of it, I have to admit I'll welcome the chance to rest" (Ishiguro)
Themes:
The theme seems to be about difference, secrecy, nostalgia, and friendship.

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Character Development:
- Kathy is a part of "the guard" to save Miss Geraldine from being kidnapped.
- Kathy and Ruth "punished" someone because they embarrassed them
- Ruth claims to know the game chess, but she really doesn't.
- Ruth kicks Kathy out of the secret guard. Though, Kathy still defends it when another kid calls it childish.
Conflict:
- Ruth lies to Kathy and kicks her out of the secret guard.
- Marge K. is forced to look at the woods for punishment
- There are stories about the woods being evil and bad things happening in them
- Ruth lies about her pencil case being from Miss Geraldine.
Quotes:
"But at other times, I think that's wrong—that it was just to do with me and Ruth, and the sort of loyalty she inspired in me in those days."
"The woods were at the top of the hill that rose behind Hailsham House. All we could see really was a dark fringe of trees, but I certainly wasn't the only one of my age to feel their presence day and night. "
Themes: loyalty, honesty, darkness

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Character Development:
- Kathy feels bad for catching Ruth in a lie and tries to make up for it.
- Kathy develops a connection with her Judy Bridgewater tape.
Conflicts:
- Kathy believes the Bridgewater song is about a girl not being able to have a baby. She holds her pillow like a baby while listening to the song. Madame sees this and cries. The tape disappears two months later. The kids believe Madame was crying because the children cannot have kids.
- The students believe all the lost items in England go to the "lost corner" - Norfolk.
Quotes:
"Now, for much the same reasons I'd not been able to talk openly to Ruth about what I'd done to her over the Sales Register business, she of course wasn't able to thank me for the way I'd intervened with Midge. But it was obvious from her manner towards me, not just over the next few days, but over the weeks that followed, how pleased she was with me."
Themes:
Mystery. friendship, future, children

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Character Development:
- Kathy divides her time at Hailsham into two parts - the last era and everything before. She says the everything before era has a glow and happiness while the last era is more darker and serious.
- Kathy started to look into Miss Lucy a lot more.
- Miss Lucy finally spoke her truth.
- Tommy doesn't throw a tantrum when he is picked on.
- All the kids become serious about their future after hearing what Miss Lucy said.
Conflicts:
- Miss Lucy tells all the kids that they are to be donors in about a years time.
- Kathy started paying a lot of attention to Miss Lucy because she felt as if she was different from the other guardians.
- Kathy realizes the kids had been exposed to the donation concept for years, but the kids just never really noticed or looked into it. They were "told and not told".
- Tommy hurts his elbow and is teased about it "unzipping". Kathy goes along with the joke.
- All the kids stop making jokes about the donations and become serious about their future after Miss Lucy speaks to them.
Quotes:
- "Told and not told"
- "Tommy thought it possible the guardians had, throughout all our years at Hailsham, timed very carefully and deliberately everything they told us"
Themes:
- Honesty, Maturity, Future

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Character Development:
- Kathy decided she wanted to have sex with Harry.
- Tommy and Ruth split up.
- Everyone was talking about sex and trying to have sex.
Conflict:
- Kathy caught Miss Lucy blacking out handwriting on paper.
- Tommy's whole attitude changed during the summer (Kathy assumes it has to do with Miss Lucy and being creative)
- If you were gay, you were called an "umbrella" or had "umbrella sex"
Quotes:
- "Everything was going fine and according to plan, when Ruth and Tommy split up and it got all confused."
Themes:
- Sex, relationships, curiosity

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Character Development:
- Tommy seems lonesome since splitting with Ruth.
- Kathy decides not to have sex with Harry because of what Cynthia said.
- Miss Lucy goes back on her word about Tommy not having to be creative. And she called his art "negligible".
Conflicts:
- Cynthia calls Kathy the "natural successor" of Tommy since him and Ruth broke up.
- Kathy put off having sex with Harry for a few weeks until Ruth asked her to help get Tommy back.
- Tommy says Miss Lucy told him to forget what she said about not being creative and that he does need to be.
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."
Themes:
- Friendship, sadness, loyalty

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Character Development:
- Kathy went to the cottages and was to spend two years there.
- Ruth and Tommy are also at the Cottages. The new friends they meet are called "veterans".
-You're considered "settling in well" if you were getting a lot of reading done at the cottages.
Conflicts:
- There are no guardians at the Cottages, there are Keffers
- The Keffers imitate characters on TV.
- Ruth starts copying the veterans and this annoys Kathy. Ruth continues to annoy Kathy when she interrupts her to pretend to know about the book Danial Deronda.
- You're considered "settling in well" if you were getting a lot of reading done at the cottages.
- Kathy and Ruth get into a fight because Kathy tells Ruth that they way she is acting isn't how normal people act and it's dumb. Ruth calls her jealous and says some mean things that causes Kathy to storm off.
Quotes:
""Come to think of it, I suppose you haven't been that slow making friends with at least some of the veterans"
Themes:
- Jealousy, arrogance, fitting-in

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Character Development:
- Kathy starts to understand why Ruth said the remark she said.
- Kathy had a lot of "one-nighters" at the Cottages
- Ruth gave away her collection because she thought it was odd to have since the veterans didn't
Conflict:
- Ruth and Kathy had numerous spats throughout the day over dumb things. At night, they would be like it never happened.
- The veterans had an odd attitude to the students who recently left.
- One of the Keffers seriously "hates" porn and sex and gets really angry when he finds one of Steve's magazines.
- Kathy takes the porn magazines and looks through them very quickly for some reason.
Quotes:
- "You had a strange face. Like you were sad, maybe. And a bit scared"
Themes:
- Taboos, religion, secrets, freindship

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Character Development:
- Ruth began to get really fascinated with working in an office.
- Chrissie was really interested in the people from Hailsham and the rules they had to follow.
Conflict:
- Ruth hears about how there might be a "possible" of her.
- Ruth, Kathy, Tommy, Rodney, and Chrissie all went to see Ruth's possible.
Quotes:
- "Are you the dynamic, go-ahead type?"
Themes:
- Honesty, possibility, future

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Character Development:
- Martin is someone who used to live at the Cottages and is now a carer.
- Ruth starts to laugh at everything Rodney and Chrissie say, leaving out Kathy again.
Conflict:
- Chrissie and Rodney say the people at Hailsham were lucky because if you proved you were in love, your donations could be help back three years.
- Ruth goes along with Chrissie's theory, lying. Tommy says he doesn't remember such things, so Ruth points out how he was left out of everything and wouldn't know what they're talking about anyway.
Quotes:
- "A look had appeared in Tommy's eyes that made me catch my breath. It was one I hadn't seen for a long time and that belonged to the Tommy who'd had to be barricaded inside a classroom while he kicked over desks."
Themes:
- Betrayal, curiosity, love, future

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Character Development:
- The gang is super amazed at the office and what all the people are doing.
- Ruth isn't very excited about her possible. She admits she knew the lady wasn't anything like her and couldn't be her possible. She says if they want to find their originals, they need to look in the "gutters'.
- Tommy chooses to stay with Kathy.
Conflict:
- The gang goes to see Ruth's "possible"
- The gang follows the possible to see that she really isn't anything like Ruth.
Quotes:
- "when she was finishing her laugh with a shake of her head, had more than a hint of Ruth about it."
Themes:
- Future, realizations, loyalty

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Character Development:
- Tommy tells Kathy he tried to find the Judy Bridgewater tape. They eventually go on a mission to find it and Kathy finds the tape.
- Kathy was looking through the porn magazines to find her possible.
- Tommy tells Kathy he has been working on animal drawings to use for the deferrals to that the guards can see into his soul.
Conflict:
- Tommy talks to Kathy about deferrals. He says he wouldn't apply for it with Ruth. He explains his whole theory about deferrals and the gallery to Kathy.
Quotes:
- ""Judy Bridgewater. My old friend. It's like she's never been away."
Themes:
- Art, soul-searching, love, identity

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Character Development:
- Tommy shows Kathy his new animal drawings.
- Kathy doesn't defend herself when Ruth tells Tommy that she thinks his drawings are dumb.
Conflict:
- Kathy keeps getting annoyed at Ruth for pretending to not remember things at Hailsham.
- Ruth finds the Judy Bridegwater tape and seems a bit baffled.
- Ruth is angry that Tommy talked about his theories with Kathy and not her first.
Quotes:
- "Something in me just gave up"
Themes:
- Friendship, loyalty, honesty

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Character Development:
- Kathy realizes her chat with Tommy in the churchyard was actually really important.
- Ruth pretends to not know anything about things at Hailsham when Kathy asks.
Conflict:
- Ruth talks to Kathy about how Tommy will never like like her because shes "been around".
- Kathy decides to leave the cottages without resolving everything with Tommy and Ruth.
Quotes:
Themes:
- Jealousy, betrayal, friendship, maturity

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Character Development:
- Kathy talks about being a carer and how she is good at it. It is a hard job because you are lonely most of the time and have to watch your donors "complete".
- Kathy and Laura run into each other because they are both carers. They discuss how Ruth is struggling with her donations. Kathy soon becomes her carer.
Conflict:
- Hailsham closed.
- Ruth doesn't really trust Kathy.
- Ruth and Kathy decide to visit a boat on a shore because it'd be cool and Tommy is near there.
- Kathy learns Tommy and Ruth broke up because they were separated.
Quotes:
- "I thought about Hailsham closing, and how it was like someone coming along with a pair of shears and snipping the balloon strings just where they entwined above the man's fist. Once that happened, there'd be no real sense in which those balloons belonged with each other any more"
Themes:
- Nostalgia, trust, friendship, future

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Character Development:
- Tommy agrees with Kathy when she tells Ruth to not be so detailed. This makes Kathy believe their friendship is okay.
- The group are in awe of the stranded boat's beauty.
- Just as Kathy and Ruth's friendship begins to get better, Ruth completes. Kathy tells her she is going to be Tommy's carer and try for a deferral during her last minutes.
Conflict:
- Ruth confesses that she also had strong urges to have sex and says sorry for lying to Kathy about it.
- Ruth also confesses that she feels her greatest regret is keeping Tommy and Kathy apart. She just didn't want to be alone. To make up for this, she gives them Madame's address to try to gift them a deferral.
Quotes:
-  "It felt right. After all, it's what we're supposed to be doing, isn't it"
Themes:
- Forgiveness, hope, friendship

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Character Development:
- Kathy becomes Tommy's carer and they become close. He is still very strong after his donations.
- They past most of their time using sex.
- Tommy asks Kathy about what she thinks of his drawings.
Conflict:
- Kathy spies on Madame to see if she's the real deal.
- Kathy and Tommy plan to go to Madame's to ask about the deferrals.
Quotes:

Themes:
Curiosity, love, fear

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Character Development:
- Madame has a picture of Hailsham in her house.
- Madame keeps asking weird questions during Tommy's talk.
Conflict:
- Kathy and Tommy go to see Madame about the deferrals. Tommy explains his theory about the gallery to madame, but she seems confused.
- Eventually, Miss Emily comes rolling into the room.
Quotes:
"I don't know if she recognised us at that point; but without doubt, she saw and decided in a second what we were, because you could see her stiffen"
Themes:
- Future, love, hope

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Character Development:
- Deferrals don't exist.
- Miss Emily, Madame, etc were advocates for pro-clone rights.
- They admit they were scared and disgusted of the clone students at Hailsham.
- Madame remembers Kathy because of when she was singing the song "Never Let Me Go"
- Tommy has to get out of the car on the way home to scream and cry.
Conflict:
- Tommy and Kathy ask Miss Emily loads of questions.
- Miss Emily said clones were just a part of medical science at first. Then schools like Hailsham were created and everything was different.
- The artwork for the students was to prove that they WERE humans and didn't deserve the life they were given.
- People pretended clones weren't people and it made them feel better.
Themes:
- Hopelessness, sadness, grief
Quotes:
"You see, we were able to give you something, something which even now no one will ever take from you, and we were able to do that principally by sheltering you."
"at some level you always knew"

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Character Development:
- Tommy was worried about his fourth donation.
- Tommy doesn't want Kathy to see him at his lowest after the 4th donation.
- Tommy imagines his relationship with Kathy as:  They are trying to hold each other tight, but they can't because the rough current drives them part. There's nothing the couple can do, so their hold on one another fails.
- Kathy is to become a donor soon.
- Kathy finds an old field and she imagines that she's really in the lost-and-found bin of her whole life, that every person and thing that she's lost is right here in Norfolk. She pretends that Tommy appears on the horizon and waves to her.
Conflict:
- Tommy and Kathy have a bit of tension because he says he doesn't know how it feels to be a donor.
- Tommy wanted Kathy to not be his carer after his fourth donation.
- Tommy and Kathy say goodbye to each other and talk about that their sad Ruth didn't know what they learned about deferrals.
Themes:
- Future, longing for a loved one, nostalgia
Quotes:
"to drive off to wherever it was I was supposed to be"