Q.1.
"I tried to run to him, but the mud sucked my feet down. The mud was impeding him too, because one time, when he kicked out, he slipped and fell out of view into the blackness." Which language choices build a sense of despair in these lines?
Q.2.
What is implied by the use of the word "donor" for the clones?
Q.3.
To what do the donors refer when they use the word "possible" as a noun (i.e. "the possible")?
Q.4.
What is implied by the use of the word "guardian" for those who work at Hailsham?
Q.5.
The last words Madame says to Kathy and Tommy are, "You poor creatures". What is significant about her choice of language?
Q.6.
What makes the use of the word "possible" poignant?
Q.7.
Why are the Exchanges capitalized?
Q.8.
Which word do the Hailsham students employ when they first begin to joke about the donation process?
Q.9.
"Then that feeling would come right to the fore and I'd have to put my hand over his mouth, whenever he said things like that, just so we could go on lying there in peace. I'm sure Tommy felt it too, because we'd always hold each other very tight after times like that, as though that way we'd manage to keep the feeling away." What is significant about the use of the word "feeling" here?
Q.10.
In the novel, the word "complete" is used to describe the end of donation, or the death of the donor. This use of the word is an example of which of the following?