Ch?) Jay 1, 2019 No He! 7 Ifyou could be told when you're dying and how, would you want to know? At Hailsham, Never Let Me Go A, ofthe students had to face the reality of coming oan end quicker than an average healthy SL human, Each main character dealt with their lives differently. Tommy dealt with his life in a om 7 form of frustration, Kathy with acceptance, and Ruth tried to make the best of it, They all lived ee eee their lives to the fullest. Despite the arguments and disagreements they'd go through, they all cared for each other in different ways. Although Ruth was bossy, there were still hints that she had cared for Kathy and Tommy a lot. Kathy wouldn't leave their friendship no matter how bad Ruth would get towards her, while Tommy was always an ear out for the others. They would never let go of each other, till death do them part. ‘Tommy, ever since he was a kid, had a very bad temper and didn’t take any news or , very Well. He would shout and fuss while having his tantrums because information sent to that’s the best way he could handle a situation, Tommy dealt with life at Hailsham by confiding in Kathy about his personal feelings. In return Kathy would comfort him and assure him that everything would be alright. For example towards the end of the story Tommy again throws another tantrum, and Kathy was there to calm him down, “....1 was able to reach him just as he ‘was getting to his feet again. I caught a glimpse of his face in the moonlight, caked in mud and distorted with fury, then | reached for his flailing arms and held on tight. He tried to shake me wt wo off, but I kept holding on, until he stopped shouting and I felt the fight go out of him. Then 1 realised he too had his arms around me.” This shows how much Kathy woe cargor Tommy @)Cow ‘and how much he appreciated Kathy and her existence. Tommy, later, starts to express himself through his paintings, which is a more relaxed type of way to handle a rough situation, He used art to express how he was feeling about the students at Hailsham and Hailsham itself: Art was an exit in his life, as it brought him relief. Kathy was FR the equalizer of the tri” ghe dealt with her life because she constantly at’ ‘wanting to gain acceptance from her two friends, Tommy and Ruth. “I won't be a carer any more g& | come the end of the year, and though I've got a lot out oN Thave to admit Ill welcome the 5 (a7 ; pk chance to rest—to stop and think and remember.SySiys Kathy. She is finally ready because she ‘knows she has made the best out of her life and will ‘complet’ on a good note and not something she wish she cquld have done differently. Even though Ruth and Kathy had their ups one tert and downs growing up, when they got older and Yaying atthe cottages, Kathy relied on Ruth for advice or someone to just talk about how she felya She was more laid back and constantly sad about dying but accepted it and became a carer for the donors. At the end, she becomes the person to take care of both her childhood friends, Ruth and Tommy, as they start to face the end of thei lives. After they complete their donations, she is ready to start hers. Becoming a carer WA Gack Crey> created meaning in her 1ifQ/ts the only thing that gave her a sense of purpose. Ruth, on the other hand, did not want to accept what she was destined to do. She tried to live her life to the fullest and fit in with everyone else from the Cottages. She threw away all of her collection asa form of copying the people atthe Cottages. In chapter ten of the story, Kathy sates, “Anyway, my point is, it wasn't long before Ruth realized the way she'd been carrying «| 2 with Tommy was all wrong for the Cottages, and she set about changing how they did things in front of people. And there was in particular this one gesture Ruth picked up from the veterans. se) Ruth was almost ignoring the fact that she was a donor and that the next minute she could be G sirerttonlly, et 20 Wer Rody Auas Pee eekly, ex you CAN argue i Eire ea Ae Poe Opimistegone. She persists to keep her life lasting longer, so she tries to get the deferrals between her and Tommy, but in reality she’s being selfish, The deferrals to her are not so much about having a real and meaningful relationship with Tommy like Kathy would like to have. She completely tumed her life around once she became a donor. Ruth had felt bad for how she treated Kathy and ‘Tommy. She knew that she had kept them apart far too long, so she decides to give them her IHRE deferrals so they could live anoth Spears, knowing they were realy in love with each other. It ‘was not expected from Ruth, but she hfPcompleted’ her life with or and comfort that she did good for her closest friends. P85 QAR td San e Wlopetion ‘Tommy, Kathy, and Ruth all had their ups and downs but atthe end of their story, they all finished off in the same way. At Hailsham, all ofthe students had to §€e the reality of ‘coming to an end quicker than an average human, just as the three didThey all valued life in Enon a ape AT ee (ces tng oreeted ‘rere ing ited S| Pinte wit correct grammar and ned waney of sent “Tinsedvaceefeentence | © | usage that contribute to darity and ‘structures structures | BE | sie 4 Matar arecoely “equ ede tend evr 75 FE | Penge tte rma Sicyinondrt mains 1 Caton ae cont frmatid