Setting

Question 1

Explore Hailsham as a setting

Answer 1

• Illusion, meant to replicate & twist reality, unsettling
• isolation,
• Institution, surrounded by guardians, always under watch

Question 2

Explore Norfolk as a setting

Answer 2

-Motifs, page 65, “Peaceful corner of England, rather nice. But its also something of a lost corner”,
loss is inevitable, but what is lost can be found again.
-loss physical, mental, material, Human

Question 3

Explore The Cottages as a setting

Answer 3

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Question 4

List all the (important) settings

Answer 4

• Hailsham
• Cottages
• Norfolk
• Dover Recovery centre
• Kingsfield Recovery centre
• Madame/Miss Emily’s home

Question 5

Explore Madame/Miss Emily’s home as a setting

Answer 5

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Question 6

Explore the Recovery centres as settings

Answer 6

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Question 7

Why is the Novel set in contemporary England

Answer 7

Not interested in creating a futuristic setting as is typical in science fiction, Ishiguro reinforces the realism in his novel by giving it a setting with which he is familiar.