"What she said was that if I didn't want to be creative, if I really didn't feel like it, that was perfectly all right. Nothing wrong with it, she said." (pg. 23)
The story is being told from Kathy's point of view. She is speculating and reflecting on things that happened in the past. It seems that the whole story will be told from this perspective. While we get Kathy's take on things, we don't get to see how the other characters are affected by the events at Hailsham.
One thing that struck me in this chapter was how important creativity is to everyone. The guardians and the students seem to place it very high, if not highest, in a list of desirable attributes. We know that not everyone is creative, but in the story, the kids and guardians shun Tommy mostly just because he isn't creative. If creativity wasn't so important, it wouldn't have been such a big deal that Miss Lucy told Tommy he didn't have to be creative. What's the big deal if a kid isn't creative? Why does that matter so much?
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