Discussion Questions on Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, chs. 15-18

1. Why is Tommy slightly sad that Kathy H. is the one who finds the Judy Bridgewater cassette in Cromer?

2. What is the theory of "deferrals" that they discuss in Cromer?

3. Why, according to Tommy, does Kathy H. look through pornographic magazines in the Cottages?

4. What does Ruth tell Kathy H. in the ruined bus shelter?

5. What does the clown carrying balloons represent to Kathy H.?

6. How do Kathy H. and Laura feel about the closing of Hailsham when they talk in a parking lot seven years after Kathy H. leaves the Cottages?