'Then that feeling would come right to the fore and I'd have to put my hand over his mouth, whenever he said things like that, just so we could go on lying there in peace. I'm sure Tommy felt it too, because we'd always hold each other very tight after times like that, as though that way we'd manage to keep the feeling away.' What is significant about the use of the word 'feeling' here?

MCQs to test your language skills in Never Let Me Go, which is narrated in the first person. Kathy’s voice is consistent throughout. Most of the language in this text fits her idiom, which means her own personal way of speaking. We have a very clear sense of Kathy’s character through her manner of speaking. She also reports the dialog of others and because she is a fairly reliable narrator, the reader can easily distinguish the voice of other characters.  The reader can almost hear the condescension when Ruth speaks, although it is important to remember that this is filtered through Kathy’s... Show more

MCQs to test your language skills in Never Let Me Go, which is narrated in the first person.

Kathy’s voice is consistent throughout. Most of the language in this text fits her idiom, which means her own personal way of speaking. We have a very clear sense of Kathy’s character through her manner of speaking. She also reports the dialog of others and because she is a fairly reliable narrator, the reader can easily distinguish the voice of other characters.  The reader can almost hear the condescension when Ruth speaks, although it is important to remember that this is filtered through Kathy’s memory and her own idea of Ruth.

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