I don't know how it was where you were, but at Hailsham we had to have some form of medical almost every week . . .It seems very strange to me that they have to have a physical examination almost every week. I'm beginning to think I wasn't so wrong in my idea about them being organ donors, but then again, this could be coincidental.
Ishiguro has been directly and indirectly characterizing certain characters throughout chapters one and two. For example, in chapter one he characterizes Tommy as uncreative. This may not seem like that big of a deal, but because of the way the girls spoke of him, an extremely negative connotation is given to the word. He seems to be the black sheep of the Hailsham family, so to speak. Kathy is portrayed as the perceptive one of the group, quietly observing the world around her through a mature mindset. She seems to be kind and inviting by nature, but her desire to please everyone makes her fall into peer pressure far too easily (for instance, not showing as much concern for Tommy as she felt inside because the other girls were watching). Ruth is characterized as a leader, the one everyone looks to when something happens that they don't know how to interpret. Also, Laura is characterized indirectly as a wise-cracker and a bit of an attention hound. Since none of the other girls in the group are given any sort of distinguishing characteristics, I'm assuming Laura will show up again later in the story, though not as a main character.
Until Next Time,
Alysse
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