Never Let Me Go by Nahi Nadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png Annotations en-us 2018-10-09 16:24:09 UTC 2018-10-29 16:52:25 UTC hello@padlet.com Things to Post About: nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/290853790 Character development
Important quotes
Conflict
What themes pop up]]> 2018-10-09 16:26:07 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/290853790 Chapter 1 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/291738281 -Kathy is the narrator (30 yrs old)
-She is a carer for 12 years.  She is one of the better carers.
-She gets to pick and choose her donors.
-Hailsham is a really nice place, patients ask her to describe it to her. (Theme of nostalgia.)
-Tommy throws tantrums.
-"Then everyone was talking at once, about how Tommy never tried to be creative, about how he hadn't even put anything in for the Spring Exchange." page 10(This quote helps the reader wonder why that is, and Chapter 2 answers this question.)
]]> 2018-10-11 14:11:08 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/291738281 Chapter 2 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/291738676 -Tommy apologizes to Kathy for hitting her.
-Students have an exchange and use tokens to buy people's works who are in their year.
-Teacher praised Tommy's art work which made students resentful.
-People are rude and make fun of him.
-Soon he learns to ignore them because Miss. Lucy said, "if you don't want to be creative than don't" and it was ok to do that.
-"In fact, the harder he tried, the more laughable his efforts turned out." page 20
]]> 2018-10-11 14:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/291738676 Chapter 3 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/292920214 -easy to eavesdrop at the pond
-Miss Lucy is described as having "bulldoggy figure"and "odd black hair" and being very strong and fit.  She is good at hockey and can keep up with the boys
-Miss Lucy told Tommy not to worry about what other people are saying
-Miss Lucy seems to be trying to convince Tommy (possibly brain wash him?) into thinking it "isn't his fault"
-He saw her "shake with rage"
-The talk helped, and he realized it wasn't his fault. 
-Miss Lucy foreshadows that the children "aren't taught enough" about the donations.
-What is the gallery? Why are the students' best art taken?
-unspoken rule about not mentioning the gallery to the guardians (Kathy believes they instilled this rule on themselves.)
-Madame is French or Belgian; tall narrow woman with short hair who always wore a grey suit
-"For years we though of her as 'snooty', but then one night, around when we were eight, Ruth came up with another theory. 'She's scare of us,' she declared.
-The kids tested this by swarming her in the parking lot, and Madame reacted as if the kids were spiders, and she had arachnophobia.
-"The first time you glimpse yourself through the eyes of a person like that, it's a cold moment.  It' like walking past a mirror you'be walked past every day of your life, and suddenly it shows you something else, something troubling and strange.

]]> 2018-10-15 16:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/292920214 Chapter 4 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/292920677 -Kathy won't be a carer anymore by the end of the year.
-She wants to get thing straight with Tommy and Ruth about what happened after they left Hailsham.
-Page 38 changes to second person "you" when describing collections
-Students thought they should get tokens to compensate for when Madame took things away.
-Miss Emily is the head guardian, and she carried herself straight to appear tall.  She had silvery hair that was tied back.
-only some tokens would be given
-Miss Lucy answers a student's question about why art is taken and says it is "for a good reason" and she hopes it will be explained to them one day.
-clothes and toys come from Sales
-White vans would have boxes of things and Sales would take place in the Dining Hall.
-Miss Emily is very smart.
-Kathy made eye contact with Miss Emily when she was practicing lecturing.
-Ruth asks Kathy if she wants to ride horses. (How they became friends.)
-secret guard?
]]> 2018-10-15 16:27:28 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/292920677 Chapter 5 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/293835893 They liked Miss Geraldine and not Miss Eileen
Horror stories to scare the kids from leaving
Ruth and Kathy "guarded" miss Geraldine from people who didn't like her
Ruth and Kathy would play chess
Kathy walked up to a group (while they were gossiping about her?)
Moria realizes it's not real
Ruth was given a pencil case from Miss Geraldine three years later
Kathy wants to expose Ruth for making up the favoritism
Kathy feels bad for checking the registers because it upsets Ruth
"Didn't we all dream from time to time about one guardian or other bending the rules and doing something special for us?" page 60]]> 2018-10-17 13:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/293835893 Chapter 6 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/293836163 Kathy helps everyone believe that Ruth is Geraldine's favorite
Song After Dark tape by Judy Bridgewater went missing
Miss Emily wouldn't show pictures of Norfolk ("Lost Corner")
"Not long ago, when Tommy and I were reminiscing about all of this, he thought we'd never really believed in the notion, that it was a joke right from the start." page 66
mystique
Norfolk became a comfort and Tommy and Kathy found a copy of the tape there
Sherlock Holmes wasn't in the library because he smoked too much
Marge asked Miss Lucy if she'd smoked
"So keeping yourselves well, keeping yourselves very healthy inside, that's much more important for each of you than it is for me." (page 69 Kathy was nine or ten)
Track 3- Never Let Me Go
Madame saw her dancing and was crying!
The kids can't have babies
Tommy says Madame was crying because it was tragic they couldn't have babies 
Ruth helps Kathy look for the tape after it goes missing (to repay her about the Marge thing)
Ruth gave her Twenty Classic Dance Times to replace the one she lost
Ruth is gone?? (Died?)]]> 2018-10-17 13:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/293836163 Chapter 7 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/295421319 -“It’s just as well the fences at Hailsham aren’t electrified.  You get terrible accidents sometimes.” -Miss Lucy page 78 
-Peter mentions going to America to become an actor while they’re outside (age 15) and Miss. Lucy tells them the truth
-Donate vital organs- “created to do”
-They were told bits and pieces growing up, so it didn’t feel like that much of a shock.
-Taught about STDs but that “sex affects emotions in ways you’d never expect” by Miss Emily page 83
-People outside could have babies from sex, but not the students of Hailsham (age 13)
-When Tommy cut his elbow as a kids, the students made him think that his scar could “unzip”
-“Unzip” organs during donations
-No one thought about Miss Lucy’s feelings

]]> 2018-10-22 13:03:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/295421319 Chapter 8 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/295422346 -Kathy walks in on Miss Lucy scribbling
-Tommy starts to act moody again (dirt on back and calendar)
-Ruth and Tommy have been dating for six months
-Gay sex=”umbrella sex”
-Kathy chose Harry C. to have sex with

]]> 2018-10-22 13:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/295422346 Chapter 9 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/295422780 -Ruth and Tommy split up
-Kathy is the “natural successor”
-Harry is a donor later
-People shared walkmans during lunch
-Ruth asks Kathy to help her get back together with Tommy
-Miss Lucy apologizes to Tommy for the advice she gave in the past
-Refers to art as “evidence” and that he’ll get a lot from it for himself
-Miss Emily says Miss Lucy left Hailsham and isn’t returning
]]> 2018-10-22 13:05:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/295422780 Chapter 10 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/295423598 -Essays for cottages
-Farmhouse and old man
-Cynthia E. is at the cottages
-Harry went to Wales
-Discuss literature, philosophy, and art with the veterans
-Couples mimic the gestures of tv show characters
-Ruth starts tapping Tommy on the arm to say goodbye
-Ruth spoils Daniel Deronda
-Ruth thinks Kathy is jealous
-Kathy gets mad and walks away when Ruth says: "I suppose you haven't been that slow making friends with at least some of the veterans" page 125


]]> 2018-10-22 13:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/295423598 Chapter 11 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/295983208 -Ruth and Kathy confide to one another
-Kathy told Ruth she had had a few "one-nighters"
-Kathy can understand why Ruth would randomly snap and retaliate
-The kids were told to take a collection box with them.  However, the items are useless in the real word.
-"no shop he knew would want stuff like that" page 131
-"magazines" circled around the cottages; had belonged to Steve
-Kathy looks through the magazines and examines the models' faces... but why?

]]> 2018-10-23 14:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/295983208 Chapter 12 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/295993355 -Chrissie and Rodney see a possible for Ruth
-"copied from a normal person" page 139 CLONES
-Chrissie is tall and beautiful, long skirt and little glasses
-Rodney had long hair in a ponytail
-Kathy thinks they're lying about seeing a possible; her first instinct about Chrissie was to assume she was up to something
-Ruth's dream future is to work in an office
-They find a magazine with an office in it and Ruth remarks, "Now that would be a proper place to work." page 144
-Ruth starts describing her dream office
.-People in the cottages always seemed at awe with people from Hailsham.
-Chrissie, Rodney, Ruth, Tommy, and Kathy all go to Norfolk.]]> 2018-10-23 14:58:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/295993355 Chapter 13 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/296002773 -Ruth had acted as if the trip didn't matter, but when it was almost canceled, she was very upset.
-Ruth would only talk to the Veterans during the car ride.
-Kathy is extremely empathetic and understand why Ruth is so worried about how she looks in front of the veterans.
-Kathy and Ruth share a sense of wonder while at the cafe.
-Chrissie and Rodney talk about Martin (a carer).
-Ruth and Kathy probably made up stories about people from Hailsham working in the real world.
-Chrissie mentions hearing about a deferral for those who are in love.  (Donations are pushed back 3-4 years.)
-Tommy refuses to lie about the deferrals.]]> 2018-10-23 15:11:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/296002773 Chapter 14 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/296012408 -They see Ruth's "possible"
-They follow the woman
-"The Portway Studios" filled with paintings
-Ruth is upset and Kathy tries to comfort her
-Tommy stays with Kathy as the others go to meet Martin]]> 2018-10-23 15:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/296012408 Chapter 15 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/296528672 -Tommy tried to look for Ruth's missing tape in Woolworth's
-"The moment when we decided to go searching for my lost tape, it was like suddenly every cloud had blown away, and we had nothing but fun and laughter before us." page 171
-Tommy used to wonder what it would be like if he found the tape for Kathy.
-tape is nostalgia and helps bring back memories (she loves Tommy)
-"revealed what you were like inside.. they revealed your soul" page 175
-art match=soul mate?
-Tommy is drawing animals
-try and find Madame
-Kathy thinks her possible could be in the magazine bc she likes sex sm
-Ruth explains the jokes- feels bad about making a scene earlier
-Kathy felt that the three of them were close again]]> 2018-10-24 15:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/296528672 Chapter 16 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/297129839 -Kathy doesn't tell Ruth about the tape; Ruth finds it later
-people start leaving for assignments
-been at cottages for a year
-Ruth is purposely "forgetting" things about Hailsham
-Tommy tells Ruth about his theory- she mocks him
-Kathy leaves]]> 2018-10-25 18:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/297129839 Chapter 17 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/298134584 -Kathy has noticed that Tommy is angry and brings it up to Ruth, who agrees
-Ruth tells Kathy Tommy only sees her as a friend and doesn't like girls who've slept around
-Kathy talks to Keffers and becomes a Carer-leaves cottages]]> 2018-10-29 16:48:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/298134584 Chapter 18 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/298134914 -Kathy enjoys being a carer
-runs into Laura who says Ruth grew even more bossy after Kathy left
-rumor that Ruth had a really bad first donation
-Hailsham closed
-Kathy visits Ruth's recovery center in Dover
-Ruth doesn't trust Kathy
-want to see the boat and Tommy]]> 2018-10-29 16:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/298134914 Chapter 19 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/298135509 -They pick up Tommy and Kathy and him hug
-Ruth struggles to keep up
-Chrissie completed after second donation
-Tommy was a bad carer
-Kathy and Tommy reflect on Ruth wanting to work on an office-she's bitter
-Kathy brings up Madame and Ruth apologizes for being awful
-Ruth cheated on Tommy 3 times!!
-Ruth says she kept Tommy and Kathy apart
-Ruth wants them to get a deferral
-Ruth gives Tommy Madame's address]]> 2018-10-29 16:49:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/298135509 Chapter 20 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/298135851 -Kathy became Tommy's carer almost exactly a year after that trip (after his 3rd donation)
-They're "dating"
-Kathy sees Madame entering her home ("detective work")
-They decide they want to talk to her and bring the animals drawings]]> 2018-10-29 16:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/298135851 Chapter 21 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/298136144 -They are invited inside by Madame
-see picture of Hailsham
-"Poor creatures. What did we do to you?" page 254]]> 2018-10-29 16:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/298136144 Chapter 22 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/298136579 -Miss Emily tells them the rumor about deferrals isn't true
-"We took away your art because we though it would reveal your souls.  Or to put it more finely, we did it to prove you had souls at all." page 260
-Hailsham was part of a movement to prove that clones were people too and deserved good lives.
-Morningdale scandal- doctor wanted to offer people the opportunity to have kids with enhanced characteristics 
- "But a generation of created children who'd take their place in society?  Children demonstrably superior to the rest of us?  Oh no.  That frightened people.  They recoiled from that." page 264
- climate change---back to shadows
- Lucy Wainright, (Miss Lucy), Marie Claude (Madame)
- Emily believed in sheltering the students and Lucy didn't
- "We're all afraid of you." page 269
- Kathy asks Madame why she was crying
- "And I saw a little girl, her eyes tightly closed, holding to her breast the old kind world, one that she knew in her heart could not remain, and she was holding it and pleading, never to let her go." page 272 (Kathy was imagining a woman having a baby who'd been told she couldn't.)
- Tommy thinks Lucy was correct and gets out of the car to scream
- Kathy remarks that maybe Tommy always "knew" and that's why he'd throw fits]]> 2018-10-29 16:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/298136579 Chapter 23 nnadra https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/298136863 -Tommy hangs out with donors more
-speculation about 4th donations
-Tommy wants a new carer
-compares their relationship to a river's current
-Tommy tells her about how he scored in football
-looks for Tommy at the hill]]> 2018-10-29 16:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/nnadra/j2yqbk946png/wish/298136863