"On that journey home, with the darkness setting in over those long empty roads, it felt like the three of us were close again and I didn't want anything to come along and break that mood."
-page 183
The literary term stream of consciousness is used throughout this entire novel. The inner workings of Kathy's mind are displayed many times. This quote is just one example of what she was thinking. In fact, Kathy's mind is the whole basis and director of the entire story. Tommy and Kath are left alone for awhile in Norfolk, and during this time they search for Kathy's old lost tape. This was Tommy's idea, and when she actually found it, she realized how good of a friend Tommy was. Then, they started to talk about a more serious topic. Tommy believes that Madame's Gallery, from Hailsham, is used to determine if a couple is truly in love, so that they can delay their donations be a couple of years. Kathy admits that this idea is completely plausible. I find this idea to be somewhat ridiculous. I am unaware how someone could determine if two people were in love by the artwork they created in grade school. Maybe that's why I don't get paid the big bucks, or maybe there is something more to it than that.
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