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Important Quotes:
"Even when I said: 'Tommy, your nice shirt. You'll get it all messed up," there was no sign of him having heard of me. So I reached forward and put a hand on his arm.

Character Development:
Kathy began her school year as detached and making fun of the boys and watching them bully Rudy, but then she began to care and look out for him.

Conflict:
The boys are making fun of Rudy for his childishness, and it begins to bother Kathy.

Theme:
companionship

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- "'Shaking. With rage. I could see her. She was furious. But furious deep inside.'"
- "'I don't know,' Ruth said. 'I don't know, but I'm sure she is. I used to think she was just snooty, but it's something else, I'm sure of it now. Madame's scared of us.'"

Character Development:
- We see more into the character behind the famous "Gallery", Madame.

Conflict:
- Surprisingly, Madame is scared of the students, but they aren't sure why.
- Tommy had a mysterious conversation with Miss Lucy, and he and Kathy team up to try to demystify it.

Theme:
- coming of age
- individual vs. society

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Important Quotes:
- "All I can tell you today is that it's for a good reason. A very important reason. If I tried to explain it to you now, I don't think you'd understand."
Character Development:
-  We're given more insight into Miss Emily. The way Kathy describes her and her actions, makes her sound somewhat crazy, like her brain is a little mixed up.
Conflict:
- Kathy sees Miss Emily in a room by herself, seeming to be giving a speech to no one. They make eye contact for several seconds which frightens Kathy, but nothing ever comes of it.
Theme:
- Function in Society

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“Of course, officially, guardians weren’t supposed to show favoritism, but there were little displays of affection all the time.”

“There were all kinds of horrible stories about the woods”

Character Development:

We see more into the human sides of the girls when Kathy becomes jealous and Ruth gets her feelings hurt (during the confrontation about the case)

Conflict:

Kathy gets kicked out of the guard, and she offends Ruth intentionally as revenge.

Theme:

Fear of the woods

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“- but Madame hadn’t nearly come up to the threshold. She was out in the corridor, standing very still,  her head angled to one side to give her a view of what I was doing inside. And the odd thing was she was crying.”

Character Development:

We see more into the softer side of Madame, and we begin to infer more about the other characters’ fate, through her reaction to Kathy and the incident with the “baby.”

Conflict:

We learn that all of the students cannot have babies

Theme:

Fate and free will

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-  "In fact, the harder he tried, the more laughable his efforts turned out."
- "'Well... The thing is, it might sound strange. It did to me at first. What she said was that if I didn't want to be creative, if I really didn't feel like it, that was perfectly all right. Nothing wrong with it, she said."

Character Development:
We see more into Rudy and his backstory - telling the reason for the teasing he receives and his character as a result of it.

Conflict:
Rudy, no matter how hard he tries, is made fun of, so he begins to act like he doesn't care or try, to avoid the teasing. Sadly, despite this defense mechanism, he is still ridiculed.

Theme:
fear of failure

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“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.”

Character Development:

This chapter builds more on the relationship between Tommy and Kathy.

Conflict:

During his conversation with Miss Lucy, Tommy learn (in uncertain terms) that art work is directly related to the donations later in his life.

Theme:

Freedom and Confinement

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"There was, incidentally, something I noticed about these veteran couples at the Cottages - something Ruth, for all of her close study of them, failed to spot - and this was how so many of their mannerisms were copied from television."

Character Development:

We see more into the character of Ruth, and most of what we see is not nice.

Conflict:

Ruth calls out Kathy in a very nasty way, for being alone at the cottages, and not being able to find a friend.

Theme:

Ties of Friendship

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"When he took the calendar, there was still a smile on his features, but as he flicked through I could see something closing off inside him."

Character Development:

As the reader, I begin hoping for a relationship between Tommy and Kathy, to make both of their lives happier.

Conflict:

This chapter reopens the issue between Tommy and Miss Lucy. As the reader it becomes more obvious that Tommy's lack of artistic ability will give him even less of a chance of having a future.

Theme:

Fear of failure

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“It’s just as well the fences at Hailsham aren’t electrified. You get terrible accidents sometimes.”

"Your lives are set out for you. You'll become adults, then before you're old, before you're even middle aged, you'll start to donate your vital organs.

Character Development:

This chapter develops Miss Lucy, even more, showing just how much the conditions of the children’s lives bothers her. She knows they won’t have a full life, and it angers her - which she often lets on to the children.

Conflict:

The continued conflict that the children will basically have no future.

Theme:

Coming of age

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"The point is they claim they saw this... person. Working there in this open-plan office. And, well, you know. They reckon this person's a possible. For me."

"Since each of us was copied at some point from a normal person, there must be, for each of us, somewhere out there, a model getting on with his or her life."

Character Development:

There isn't much development of any specific characters in this chapter, besides maybe Chrissie and Rodney.

Conflict:

This chapter builds upon and confirms the idea that each of the children is actually a clone of another human.

Theme:

Hope

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She was struggling to become someone else, and she'd somehow taken on the responsibility for all of us.

She was struggling to become someone else, and she'd somehow taken on the responsibility for all of us.

Character Development:

Looking more into Kathy (as a reliable narrator) she is careful to tell the story exactly as is. She even calls herself out for being rude.

Conflict:

There is an understood hush when students leave, that no one is to mention what it is they're doing.

The conflict between Kathy and Ruth still continues, though now more subdued.

Theme:

Secrecy

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"Oh..." Rodney didn't seem nearly so interested in the possible now we were in the town and i could see anxiety cross Ruth's face."

"A look appeared in Tommy's eyes that made me catch my breath. It was one I hadn't sen for a long time and that belonged to the Tommy who'd had to be barricaded in a classroom while he kicked over desks."

Character Development:

Ruth is especially mean to both Kathy and Tommy in this chapter. She is on edge because she really wants to find her "possible."

Conflict:

The way that Ruth treats Tommy brings back a look in his eyes that Kathy hasn't seen since their younger years when he was bullied. This breaks her heart.

Theme:

Love despite pain

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"Ruth saw me and broke off... they were both looking at me angrily."

Character Development:

In this chapter it seems that Ruth is more lonely and self-conscious than she is outright mean. She seems to build up the rumor of deferrals to Chrissie just to seem like she's something special since she came from Hailsham.

Conflict:

The rumor of deferrals begins here, and Ruth, even though she has no idea about it, carries it on, implying that she knows all about it.

Theme:

Need to fit in

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"But he [Rodney] had a big smile on his face like he didn't expect for one moment to be blamed for anything."

Character Development:

I have a theory that Rodney and Chrissie used the "possible" story to drag Ruth, Tommy, and Kathy out of the cottages, so that Rodney and Chrissie could ask them about the rumor about deferrals. The woman may have looked similar to Ruth, and they used that similarity to their advantage.

Conflict:

Rodney take advantage of Ruth's gullibility.

Theme:

Hope and despair

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"The air of secrecy made it easier for me to keep from telling Ruth about Tommy buying me the Judy Bridge water tape."

Character Development:

Kathy and Tommy are in love and it seems like everyone but the two of them know it. Even Ruth.

Conflict:

Tommy and Kathy's growing love, despite Ruth being in the way.

Tommy thinks that the Gallery may be useful to see if a couple is truly in love.

Theme:

True love

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"It wasn't until a long time afterwards... that I realized just how significant our little encounter..."

Tommy doesn't see you like that"

Character Development:

Ruth is at an all time low, even for her

Conflict:

Ruth is being awful to Kathy.

Theme:

Friendship

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"I don't know if she recognized us at that point; but without a doubt she saw and decided in a second what we were, because you could see her stiffen - as if a pair of large spiders was set to crawl towards."

Character Development:

Madame is still afraid of the clones. Kathy makes the same reference to being a "spider" as when she was younger.

Conflict:

Why is Miss Emily with Madame?

Theme:

Life and Death

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"For students like you, I do feel regret"

Conflict:

Madame and Miss Emily are saddened by Tommy and Kathy's request.

But she's still with Hailsham.

Theme:

Cloning

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Important Quotes:

"We can't stay together forever"

Character Development:

Tommy knows its time for him to complete.

Conflict:

Kathy and Tommy's relationship was bound to end in sadness (because they are both to die so young).

Theme:

Acceptance of death