https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6 Initial impressions - what do you think it is about? en-us 2021-08-19 21:03:14 UTC 2021-08-19 22:56:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686808361 They are called donors. They donate their vital organs so that others (humans) can live longer.]]> 2021-08-19 22:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686808361 https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686809818 The donors (kids) are isolated from the external world ]]> 2021-08-19 22:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686809818 https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686810031 Dehumanisation can allow us to justify immorality and abuse of each other ]]> 2021-08-19 22:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686810031 davidmason5 https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686810154 Kathy realises that it was her relationships with others that made life important, not the system or State. Care, Empathy and compassion are the most important traits in life.]]> 2021-08-19 22:48:39 UTC https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686810154 https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686810428 individuality: collecting their artwork was used for the childrens own benefit, to expose that they were humans and had souls, whereas at Hailsham they were trying to take away their individuality. ]]> 2021-08-19 22:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686810428 https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686811368 At Hailsham none of the kids are given much information on their future, and as Kathy, Ruth and Tommy get older they start learning more and more about their lives that they didn't before, regarding donations ]]> 2021-08-19 22:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686811368 https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686811455 Donors are restricted from truly experiencing life 
The possessions they have are merely junk ]]> 2021-08-19 22:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686811455 davidmason5 https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686811586 Is there hope at the end of the novel? Does Kathy find purpose and therefore hope? Or is there hopelessness that nothing can be changed? ]]> 2021-08-19 22:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686811586 https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686811641 our memories of a better time will always be with us , allowing us to move forward even in the harshest of situations ]]> 2021-08-19 22:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686811641 https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686811802 Look for their 'possibles' as a way of filling them with some hope and escaping their world ]]> 2021-08-19 22:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686811802 https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686812696 They have art exchanges which help the children develop a sense of individuality, but some of them who are not artistically talented may feel that they are losing their chance to be a unique individual through this. Eg. Tommy.]]> 2021-08-19 22:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686812696 https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686812894 Kathy turns to her memories of the past, however they are seemingly incomplete or fragmented as she attempts to hold onto what she has lost. ]]> 2021-08-19 22:51:17 UTC https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686812894 https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686813349 In the end of the novel , Kathy accepts the life that has been set out for her , and will simply ‘ drive off to wherever it was i was supposed to be.’]]> 2021-08-19 22:51:57 UTC https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686813349 https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686813426 the people conform to the authority, even though they dont understand some of the stuff that goes on, like why their art is taken at the start of the novel. ]]> 2021-08-19 22:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686813426 https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686813691 `explores the depths of friendship and the abuse of power against the donors. Although the humans believe the way the donors are treated are justified, it is only for their own benefit.]]> 2021-08-19 22:52:26 UTC https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686813691 https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686816820 The time of doners to live in innocence/physically healthy is limited. This creates their urge to act immediately and make the most of their life.]]> 2021-08-19 22:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/davidmason5/1cudyyb7p1jrf3q6/wish/1686816820