Right now I find the idea of souls really interesting, kind of like what we were talking about in class, but also similar to what Sophia was saying about how others view them. I also thought Ruth's outburst (being created from trash) and the idea of deferrals was really interesting. I also find the idea of possibles very interesting, mostly because they think they would be completed in someway or their lives would have an answer/meaning if they knew who they were, but they aren't their possibles and aren't like them. They wouldn't get any real answers about themselves from meeting one.
Quotes:
"this notion of theirs that there were all kinds of possibilities open to us Hailsham students that weren't open to them" (165)
"'I think I would,' Tommy said. 'I don't see how it matters. Even if you found your possible, the actual model they got you from. Even then, I don't see what difference it makes to anything.' Thank you for that profound contribution, Tommy,' said Ruth" (165)
"It's daft to assume you'll have some sort of life as your model" (165)
"We all know it. We're modelled from trash. Junkies, prostitutes, winos, tramps. Convicts, maybe, just so long as they aren't psychos. That's what we come from...you look in rubbish bins. Look down the toilet, thats where you'll fine where we all came from" (166)
"'Because you'll already be with me, stupid,' Ruth said. 'I'm keeping you'" (152)
"if you were a boy and a girl, and you were in love with each other, really, properly in love, and if you could show it, then people who run Hailsham, they sorted it out for you" (153)
Questions:
How do you measure a soul?
Who decides if someone has a soul? What does it mean to have a soul?
What impact does being created from "trash" have on someone?
What classifies someone as human?
Forgot to include this quote, but it is really important: "Do you think she'd have talked to us like that if she'd known what we really were?[...] She'd have thrown us out" (166)
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