Chapter 22 - An Answer Long Awaited

"'We took away your art because we thought it would reveal your souls.  Or to put it more finely, we did it to prove you had souls at all.... Most importantly, we demonstrated to the world that if students were reared in humane, cultivated environments, it was possible for them to grow to be as sensitive and intelligent as any ordinary human being.'"  (pgs. 260-261)

It all makes sense now.  The purpose of Hailsham was to isolate the students from the outside world and prove that they could be like any human being.  I think that Hailsham did a great job at that, and Tommy and Kathy are great examples of this.  I believe the above quote is the theme of the book.  The whole book describe Kathy's life and her experiences all to find out that her life was part of studies to show that clones made for medical reasons like her can behave just like any normal human being.  It was then told that the main reason that Hailsham and places like it were shut down because the regular people were afraid of what the clones could and would eventually do.  I think that this theory was a pretty good observation, and it probably would have happened if the isolation schools continued.  Tommy and Kathy also found out that the deferral rumor was not true, and there's no way to escape the donations.  They just have to live their lives until their someone needs part of their body, and they have to give it to the person in need.  Kathy found out that the reason Madame was crying after seeing her dance to "Never Let Me Go" was that Madame saw Kathy holding the old world, where there were no people specifically for donations, and pleading and telling it to never let her go.  Although this was the longest chapter in the book (yes I did count the pages of every chapter), this was my favorite because the reader finally gets to figure everything out.