Ruth starts to do whatever all the Veterans are doing, especially when it comes down to interacting with Tommy. Another thing Ruth started to do what pretend as if she knew everything about every book. Everyone of the Hailsham students were trying to fit in and the only way they thought to do this was by reading books. I'm not sure if this had any real significance but they sure thought it did. Ruth also was trying to fit in, but she always takes everything like this to the next level. It seems as if she doesn't know when to stop. By her trying too hard to fit in, she is really drawing more attention to herself. Ruth comes across as a follower of whoever she feels she will benefit from the most. She wants to be the center of attention and just wants to feel important. I agree with Kathy's description of Ruth when she says that "there were two quite separate Ruths. There was one that was always trying to impress the veterans, who wouldn't hesitate to ignore me, Tommy, any of the others, is she thought we's cramp her style.." (Ishiguro, 129).
Since Kathy is the narrator as tells memories and stories with an older perspective, we can see her views change from where she was in the story and how she is now telling the story. We see that she views the way Ruth was differently as she got older. "I never appreciated in those days the sheer effort Ruth was making to move on, to grow up and leave Hailsham behind" (Ishiguro, 130). She even expresses that Ruth was acting this way to represent the her friends and the Hailsham students as a whole. What really stood out to me was when Kathy said, "we were all of us struggling to adjust to our new life" (Ishiguro, 131). They were all trying to fit in, and this was the only way Ruth knew how to do it.
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