"Yes, why Hailsham at all?" Ms. Emily Pg 260
One of the key elements of this novel is the suspense. From beginning to end, it constantly provides more questions than answers, and always leaves you wanting more. Even though we kind of start at the end with Kath as an adult we still start off not knowing much about her life at all. In fact Kath doesn't even know as much about her life as she thinks she does. Of course we don't know that at the beginning either. There is a lot we don't know.... Then as the novel continues though some of our questions are answered, but even more arise. Then as the novel comes to a close all the questions are answered in a very surprising manner. Though this novel is suspenseful it's not suspenseful in the big action sequence kind of way but it still grips my attention the whole way through. After all the most intriguing things are weapons or fight scenes, but rather human interaction itself. The use of the constant questions and guessing gives the novel depth and a human quality.
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