"It never occurred to me that our lives, until then so closely interwoven, could unravel and separate over a thing like that."
~ Never Let Me Go, page 197
Chapter seventeen is the last chapter in Part Two, so we know that Kathy's Cottage experience will soon be ending. This is also the chapter that concerns her falling out with Ruth and Tommy. The implied metaphor is about their relationships suddenly fading away. Metaphors give the readers an image to replace an idea. In this implied metaphor, although Kathy doesn't say that each of their lives are like a string of fabric, readers can imagine these strings or stitches unwinding from the whole fabric. This helps them understand how Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy's lives eventually separate from each other. Ruth's insulting Tommy's animals ultimately led to the destruction of the relationships, although there were other factors. The relationship was already worn, but that last incident really just doomed it.
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