"I'd meant us, all the students who'd grown up with me and were now spread across the country, carers and donors, all separated now but still somehow linked by the place we'd come from." pg 212
From the beginning, Kazuo Ishiguro has made a point to link every event to Hailsham. Every room, every field, everything teacher, every aspect of Hailsham is vividly described. Finally, an explanation for the discriptions is given. The local color was placed on Hailsham because Kathy saw it as the one and only thing that brought everyone together. It's fitting that Hailsham is closing as the last bit of Kathy's Hailsham life is coming to an end. Kathy and her classmates are no longer linked because her life as a carer, is entirely different than their life as donors. Just as her friends are beginning to donate and complete, Hailsham too is completing and Kathy can't do anything but watch and reminisce. It's disheartening to see everything Kathy treasured come to an end.
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