“'What they were saying was that some Hailsham students in the past, in special circumstances, had managed to get a deferral. That this was something you could do if you were a Hailsham student. You could ask for your donations to be put back by three, even four years. It wasn't easy, but just sometimes they'd let you do it. So long as you could convince them. So long as you qualified.'” (pg. 153)
The idea of a deferral immediately intrigued me. Apparently, the applicants had to prove they were truly in love, but nobody knows the specifics. Ruth says she knows what Chrissie is talking about, but I bet she's just making it up. I think the author is foreshadowing that two characters, Ruth and Tommy, are going to try to get a deferral. Whether or not they'll succeed, I have no clue. This idea that only Hailsham students can defer reiterates that Hailsham was different than all the other schools.
Ruth's outburst after the woman was not her possible, was really intriguing. I think she may have a point. Most successful people in life wouldn't want a clone of themselves running around. Chances are that people were in need of money, so they let themselves be cloned, much like college kids are paid to test out medicines or give blood.
Last note for this section is that Ruth is really starting to tick me off. She just keeps being awful to Tommy and Kathy, but they just take it. Hopefully, one of them will step up and stop letting Ruth treat them like that.
I"m starting to notice that in some of your entries, you briefly skim over two or three topics, rather than focusing on analysis of the excerpt. This method often turns into plot summary, which isn't the goal of the blogs. Stick to analyzing one idea with more depth.
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