Hailsham is a boarding school where children go, they do not know right away but their purpose in life is to donate organs.
Ruth: We go to Hailsham, sort of like a boarding school
Kathy: These are the main characters for the majority of the book
Tommy: I do not exactly fit in but later in the book Ruth claims me so I guess that helps.
Kathy: I have always liked tommy, even when we were at Hailsham. I have always had a connection.
Ruth is power hungry and will do anything to keep power. Ruth is very self serving. Kathy does not stand up to her much. Ruth is very immature and mean.
Ruth:When I was younger at Hailsham I made fun of tommy, but as we got older I claimed him as my boyfriend to keep him from Kathy
Artwork is very hyped up at Hailsham. it is very important that the students are creative. Tommy is not creative which makes him a target for bullying.
Kathy: Why does she always take our artwork away?
Ruth: I think she takes it away to sell it
Tommy: I can not draw and create well but someone said I did not have to create
The Cottages is basically the same idea as College for the Hailsham kids. Way less supervision. Many veterans sleep with Kathy. Ruth becomes very claiming of Tommy.
Ruth: You know tommy does not like people who sleep around, just thought you show know
Kathy: I told you that in confidence. I can not help my urges
Ruth ends up being an organ donor and Kathy ends up being a carer. Kathy cares for Ruth. Ruth is in a very nice recovery room that is clean.
Tommy also ends up being an organ donor. His recovery room on the other hand seems very sketchy, unclean and overall trashy.
