Never Let Me Go - Fourteen

"And then there was the way Ruth kept pretending to forget things about Hailsham" (page 189).

This is an indirect characterization of Ruth.  Kathy is really showing us that Ruth has moved on past her childhood years and is trying to strive towards the future.  This also could be an indirect characterization of Kathy, though.  Since the story is in Kathy's first person point of view, Kathy is actually the one who is deciding what is important to the plot line (in a sense).  As I said in my last post (I think?), Kathy really reminisces in her childhood and uses it as a way to learn about her future.

So now we have what I call "the Mr. North question," because I told you the "no duh," but not the "Why does it matter?" -  That sentence makes no sense.

Anyways, I finally realized that Ruth and Kathy seem to be foil characters.

• Kathy embraces her past, while Ruth tries to move on.
• Kathy is sympathetic to others, while Ruth is brutally honest.
• Kathy values friendship, while Ruth is always looking for an upgrade.
• Kathy thinks, while Ruth lives in the moment.
• Kathy has an experimental mind, while Ruth is a go-getter.
• Kathy goes through with plans, while Ruth is a theorizer. (No Mozilla, I did not mean terrorist!)

That cannot be all of them, but that would be a long list.