Possible (Never Let Me Go: 11)

"They were kind in their way and were trying to cheer Ruth up. At the same time, though, I remember feeling... a sort of resentment towards them of Ruth's behalf."
-page 165

I found this quote on page 165 to be a paradox. Kathy contradicts herself, but yet it still makes sense. She says that Chrissie and Rodney were being nice and sympathetic, but she felt it was out of selfishness and did not truly have concerrn for Ruth. The group had gone on this roadtrip to see one of Ruth's potential "possibles." At first I was very confused of what a possible was. The only thing I knew was that it was someone else in the world who was very similar to them. I thought it could've been a sibling, a parent, or something to do with science. I came to find out that all of the students at Hailsham and donation kids were actually clones of real people. The possibles were people that could possibly be the model to create the clone that ended up creating them. In a sense, finding a possible is like an adopted child finding their birth parents. Except, the possible was exactly you, even though they admit that what the person does as a living does not mean that's how their life would be.