Ishiguro makes a really good comparison of Hailsham closing to letting balloons go. When you let a group of balloons go, they all separate and go different ways, just like Hailsham students will grow apart because their connections to the school have been broken since it has closed. I want to know why Hailsham closed. Ishiguro does not really make it clear as to why the school closed. Was it the guardians? the students? Did they realize that forcing organ donation upon people was cruel? Maybe it's not important.
At the end of chapter eighteen, Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth all plan a get together. This should be interesting, since the three of them have not been together since their Cottage days. I'm sure things have changed between the three of them. No matter what, they are all still linked by Hailsham, even if it has closed.
Closing Time- Semisonic
It relates
No comments:
Post a Comment