Never Let Me Go Section 2

Section 2 of Never Let Me Go delves further into the development of the relationship between Kathy and Ruth.  Kathy acknowledges the multiple personalities of Ruth and characterizes the two different versions of her.  There exists one Ruth with whom Kathy trusts and enjoys spending time with.  The other, however, is self-centered.  This Ruth tires to stand out by trying her hardest to fit in with the older group.  In doing this, she often neglects her relationship with both Kathy and Tommy.  "There was one Ruth who was always trying to impress the veterans, who wouldn't hesitate to ignore me, Tommy, any of the others, if she thought we'd cramp her style" (Ishiguro, 129).  Ruth also displayed this type of attitude earlier causing Hannah to claim she knew Rut hand Tommy's relationship wouldn't last.  She, then, proceeds to refer to Kathy as Ruth's "natural successor", further characterizing Ruth as the leader. however, there appears to be a sense of foreshadowing here in regards to an imminent relationship between Kathy and Tommy.  Kathy has never respected the way Ruth treats Tommy.  Once they move into the Cottages, the reader even sees Ruth use Tommy as a means of fitting in with her strange way of nudging his elbow strengthening the argument that she is person who desperately wants to fit in with a crowd more mature than she.