"Ruth had been right: Madame was afraid of us. But she was afraid of us in the same way someone might be afraid of spiders. We hadn't been ready for that. It had never occurred to us to wonder how we would feel, being seen like that, being the spiders." (page 35)
After finishing this chapter and being introduced to Madame, I've figured out that there is something different about these students at Hailsham. I still have no idea what exactly it is, but I do know that there is something different. Ishiguro uses a metaphor here to compare the students to spiders. He notes that just as people are afraid of spiders, Madame is afraid of the Hailsham kids in this same way. However, this metaphor is different because Kathy, the narrator, is expressing how she never thought that she would be in the situation where she was the spider and someone is afraid of her. I wonder if the students at Hailsham are just as oblivious to their differences. From all of the clues that the author has presented to the reader thus far, I can assume that there are definitely some differences between people like Madame and people like Kathy. Effectively, Ishiguro uses this metaphor to show how Madame is reacting to these kids. By comparing hear reaction to that of seeing a spider, it creates a pretty vivid picture in ones mind. It also allows for the reader to start to speculate about the life at Hailsham and who these kids really are. I know that I'm starting to get really curious.
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