“Everything- the walls, the floor- has been done in gleaming white tiles, which the centre keeps so clean when you first go in it’s almost like entering a hall of mirrors.”
(pg. 17)
I have noticed already that Ishiguro uses excellent imagery throughout this book. This simile above comparing the centre Ruth is staying in to a hall of mirrors really lets me picture as well as imagine what this centre really looks like. Kathy, being the carer of Ruth, is visiting the center Ruth is in. I’m still unsure what this job entails but I’m sure Ishiguro will further elaborate as the story progresses. However, this visit between Ruth and Kathy gives the narrator an opportunity to depict the events that they shared back at Hailsham. Kathy begins an anecdote explaining one of the first times she talked to her good friend Tommy she mentioned earlier in the story. As they reminisce on their memories back at Hailsham, I can’t help but notice similarities between this book and “Brave New World,” especially in the manner in which knowledge of the outside world seems to be kept from them. Guardians at their school seem to be teachers but also “know” things the students don’t; it is quite evident they don’t want the children to know these certain things. The tone of the novel in how the students regard the guardians is fearful but also very respectful at the same time. I’m interested to see how this outlook on the guardians further develops.
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