Chapter 1, Page
1: 'My name is
Kathy H. I'm
thirty-one years
old, and I've been
a carer now for
over 11 years.'
'My name' - belongs
to her, a possession -
she said it first
because it's what she
owns
'Kathy H' - no
last name, lack
of identity
'Carer' - a job,
something she has and
she expects us to know
what is
Chapter Two, Page 26:
'Everything—the walls, the
floor—has been done in
gleaming white tiles, which
the centre keeps so clean
when you first go in it's
almost like entering a hall
of mirrors. Of course, you
don't exactly see yourself
reflected back loads of
times, but you almost think
you do.'
'White tiles' - impersonal,
clinical, reflective of their
identities
'a hall of mirrors' - almost
being forced to reflect upon
themselves
'you almost think you do' -
directed at reader, assumes
they understand and will end
up there one day
'So you're waiting, even if you
don't quite know it, waiting for
the moment when you realize
that you really are different to
them; that there are people out
there, like Madame, who don't
hate you or wish you any harm,
but who nevertheless shudder at
the very thought of you—of how
you were brought into this world
and why—and who dread the
idea of your hand brushing
against theirs'.