- The clown carrying balloons - "the balloons had faces and shaped ears" - the balloons are representative of the students at Hailsham, they have been moulded, manufactured, shaped.
- The balloons are all held by a firm grip, just as the students are held together by their history of Hailsham.
- When one of the balloons flies free - soul going to heaven, death of a donar.
- "they looked like a little tribe" - image of war
- Clown - image of childhood, yet haunting. A little like their twisted childhoods at Hailsham.
- Kathy identifies the centre were Ruth was at specifically, as if the reader will know it. Engages the reader and enhances reality.
- Elements of humanity - Kathy gets "the sense of something not being right" and "i suppose we all feel a bit vulnerrable after a shower"
Monday, 17 November 2008
Chapter 18
Things to note fron chapter 18
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The "tribe" - exotic, not part of english society. Emphasises how outcast and institutionalised they are.
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