![]() ![]() ![]() This means that Kathy has not only lost her connection to some of her Hailsham friends she has lost the physical reality of the school itself. But public favor has turned against these institutions, and so Hailsham loses its funding. ![]() Kathy later learns, from her friend Laura, that Hailsham is closing, and Madame and Miss Emily inform Tommy and Kathy at the end of the novel that Hailsham was a social experiment in more humane conditions for clones. Once they reach the Cottages, the Hailsham students already begin to realize that their bond is dissolving, even as others, who didn’t go to Hailsham (like Chrissie and Rodney) view a Hailsham education as a sign of special privilege among clones. But as Kathy and the others grow older, they realize that Hailsham is simply a well-groomed way-station for them-a place where they are protected (so they will be healthy organ-donors) and gently nurtured to be predisposed toward accepting their organ-donor purpose. The school where Kathy, Ruth, Tommy are educated-and where they learn slowly of their status as clones and their coming jobs as carers and donors-Hailsham is, at first, a paradise and refuge for the students. ![]()
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