The story revolves around a group of friends who grow up in an unusual school called Hailsham, where they are treated with privilege and their artworks are closely monitored by a mysterious figure known as Madame.
They want to go to Madame to apply
for a deferral with Tommy's new drawings
Kathy becomes Tommy's carer
Then they have sex and are happy again
Ruth must be going crazy
because not she is
APOLOGIZING
for holding Kathy's
sexual urges against her
Then Ruth just all of a sudden starts dying
They take Tommy to the boat
They share stories about dreams etc
Ruth gets pissed at Kathy (surprise surprise)
because she talks about how Rodney feels and
Ruth pops off on her and says she doesn't understand
Ruth has a bad first donation
Kathy goes to visit
her and she is still
weak
Next Kathy and Ruth agree to go see Tommy
Ruth acts weird when they get their...
very shy and not normal ruth
Hailsham Closed
Kathy says that she and Ruth did not part on good terms
Caring is a hard and time
consuming job
Never Let Me Go Settings, Plot and Characters
Main topic
Subtopic
Kathy files for carer training
Ruth and Tommy
They are growing apart
and Kathy confronts Ruth
about how her words some-
times hurt Tommy
And suggest they would
start dating but it would
not be romantic because
he does not like dating
girls who slept with other
guys
Tommy starts drawing again
Ruth and Kathy say they look funny
and tells him not to embarrass
himself
Draws tiny, fantastic, detailed imaginary
animals
Continue to Search for The Lost Tape
They find a copy at a store and Tommy buys it
for her
Chrissie, Rodney, Kathy, Tommy and Ruth
Go to the office where they thought they saw Ruth's
possible
They think it could be her but then when she
walks out they realize that it is not her
After realizing it is not Ruth's possible
they decide to visit a friend but
Kathy and Tommy stay behind
The Cottages
Hosts the veterans, Kathy
Ruth and Tommy
Chrissie and Rodney
Rodney says she sees Ruth's
possible at Norfolk
Veteran couple
Kathy (later chapters)
Still a reliable source
Stays pretty consistent
Gossips a lot with Ruth maybe
more than before
Relationships
Kathy is still talking to Tommy and
things seem to get serious on and
offoffngs
Kathy and Ruth start to partake in lots of "one-nighters"
with all of the veterans
But Kathy never really feels
emotionally attached to any
of them
They like to gossip about it
Norfolk
A place where "all lost things go"
A couple of the people at the camp decide to go
to Norfolk and they rent a car (which fails at first
but eventually works out) and go there
Ruth (Later chapters)
Annoyed by Kathy and Tommy often
Starts to become more of a brat but is still
"friends" with katy"
They gossip almost every night and seem like friends but during the day while all the other people are around Ruth becomes mean and annoying and deceptive
Says her dream job is to work in an
office but everyone tells her that she
is crazy and will never be able to
Possibles
These are the people that are cloned
Hailsham donors are clones of possibles is another way of saying it
Hailsham
School for special kids
Privileged
Madame
She is different from the people at Hailsham
Girls preform experiment on her
Find out she is afraid of them like they're "spiders"
Comes and chooses the best artworks
Ruth
Kathy's friend
Kathy
Likes Tommy
Narrator
Gets to choose her donors
Lucky
Was a carer for 12 years
Main character/protagonist
Tommy
Doesn't fit in and has anger problems therefore gets bullied