"She was probably embarrassed about it and so the whole thing had shrunk in her memory" (page 49).
Kazuo Ishiguro incorporates many figurative language techniques in his writing of the novel Never Let Me Go. Perhaps he does this to show the reader a childish side. Children, often times, exaggerate in order to express themselves. The children of the story living in the boarding school are still very confused about what will happen in their future, although they do not want to admit it. Kazuo speaks of his terms usually in a figurative sense rather than literal because he wants us, I believe, to relate even more to the child-like features of the characters in the story. These figurative terms are cleverly woven throughout the novel, not only to share a technique in Kazuo's writing, but also to enhance the qualities of Kathy's role. Kathy continues to grow throughout the novel, even though she cannot remember the storyline exactly. The figurative language gives depth to her story to make the memories of her past more vivid to the reader and, perhaps, also to Kathy herself.
I chose this quote because we cannot measure the amount of space a thought has in our memory. How do we know if something has literally "shrunk" in our memories? What if we just forget? I think that the author meant this quote figuratively speaking, not literally.
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