Themes (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
📚Flashcards
Practise the cards
13 cards from this deck
ShowHide
Practise the cards
13 cards from this deck
What Kathy, Ruth & Tommy are
What Kathy, Ruth & Tommy are
Clones
'Possibles' definition
'Possibles' definition
People the students were cloned from
Purpose of collections at Hailsham
Purpose of collections at Hailsham
Create sense of individuality
How Kathy views her Hailsham past
How Kathy views her Hailsham past
With longing & nostalgia
Why friendships are so important
Why friendships are so important
Clones have no families
Kathy's adult role
Kathy's adult role
Carer for former Hailsham students
Who controls life at Hailsham
Who controls life at Hailsham
The guardians
The clones' inevitable fate
The clones' inevitable fate
Become organ donors
Tommy's reaction to donor fate
Tommy's reaction to donor fate
Anger & frustration at inescapability
What maturing involves for characters
What maturing involves for characters
Moving from childhood innocence to adult reality as donors
Ruth's individual aspirations
Ruth's individual aspirations
Normal life/office work (conflicts with donor role)
Norfolk's symbolic meaning
Norfolk's symbolic meaning
Place where lost things are found
What's lost through growing up
What's lost through growing up
Innocence, hope & sense of self