"I can recall now, as fresh as anything, Tommy's own face, the anger receding for a moment, being replaced by an expression almost of wonder, like I was a rare butterfly he'd come across on a fencepost."
(pg. 195)
This was yet another one of Ruth and Kathys' fights. This time, Ruth dragged Tommy into it as well. I don't see why the characters, mainly Kathy and Ruth, always act this way. They just get mad and no one walks away happy. It's like a game for them and now, this time, they pulled Tommy into it with them and ended up hurting him the most. Ishiguro frequently includes all these fights in almost every chapter. They really don't seem to have a purpose except for the characters to get mad at each other and then make up for it a few pages later. In this fight, Ruth tells Tommy how she and Kathy had been making fun of his drawings which were very important to him. Even though this wasn't entirely true, Kathy didn't say anything. Unlike the previous arguements before that I neglected to include, this fight was actually important though in the way it had really driven Kathy and Tommy apart. Also, it seems have significantly changed the direction of the plot.
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