Analysis Of Miss Emily's 'Hailsham'

Miss Lucy decided to tell the students at Hailsham what they needed to hear which was kept a secret by the other guardians. Miss Lucy made it clear that the students were born for the sole purpose of donating their vital organs. Although the students had an idea prior to this, they did not fully understand the situation until she told them. From Miss Lucy’s dialogue, the reader is able to understand the sense of shock that the students felt as they realized that their future was nothing more than donating vital organs followed by “completing.”

Miss Emily taught the students about the different counties of England. Miss Emily told them that Norfolk was a lost corner. This is significant because towards the end of the book, Tommy, Ruth, Kathy,
While they were there, Rodney claimed that he saw Ruth’s “possible.” Since each of them was copied from a normal person, there was a normal person living their life, and in this case they thought they found Ruth’s. One reason why it was such a big deal was because “possibles” were thought to give one a glimpse into their future. This was important because it was rare that they came across “possibles.” It was discovered that the woman was not Ruth’s “possible”, but at that moment in time they thought they had achieved something that was considered
The three had absolutely no idea what they were talking about, but it led Kathy and Tommy to seek out Madame to find out if they could possibly get a deferral since they were in love.

Ruth asked Kathy when she was her carer if they could go see a boat in the marshes. Ruth asked if it would be possible to invite Tommy to join since he lived near where the boat was located. This was important because Ruth had extremely poor health and this trip to the boat was the last chance for all three of them to spend time together before they were too ill or “completed.”

During their time at Hailsham, Tommy was not the best artist and was teased due to his lack of artistic ability. Kathy walked in on Tommy drawing animals while she was his carer. Kathy wondered what Madame would have thought about the drawings after their time at Hailsham. Tommy developed a big Gallery theory where he hypothesized that the work Madame collected at Hailsham was to distinguish if couples were in love back in the future. Later in the novel, when Tommy and Kathy visited Madame, he brought the drawings with him so she could see them when they asked her about the deferrals since he was not a great artist during his