Rodney’s girlfriend, Chrissie did not go to Hailsham but feels that Hailsham students are “preferred” by the government, and that they might be granted deferrals of up to three years (before they become carers and donors) in order to live with loved ones. Chrissie and Rodney befriend Ruth, Tommy, and Kathy at the Cottages and drive with them to Norfolk, to try to find Ruth’s “clone parent.”
Chrissie Quotes in Never Let Me Go
The Never Let Me Go quotes below are all either spoken by Chrissie or refer to Chrissie. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 12
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The point about Chrissie—and this applied to a lot of the veterans—was that for all her slightly patronizing manner towards us when we’d first arrived, she was awestruck about our being from Hailsham. It took me a long time to realize this.
Chapter 13
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You know, Ruth, we might be coming here in a few years’ time to visit you. Working in a nice office. I don’t see how anyone could stop us visiting you then.
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Chapter 14
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We all know it. We’re modeled from trash. Junkies, prostitutes, winos, tramps. Convicts, maybe, just so long as they aren’t psychos. That’s what we come from. We all know it, so why don’t we say it?
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Chrissie Character Timeline in Never Let Me Go
The timeline below shows where the character Chrissie appears in Never Let Me Go. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 10
...Tommy have only just restarted their relationship, the other “veteran” couples, including a pair named Chrissie and Rodney, welcome Ruth as “one of their own.” Ruth begins imitating some of the...
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...the older couples, and why Ruth occasionally ditches Tommy to hang out with veterans like Chrissie and Rodney. Ruth fires back, however, that Kathy need not try to maintain the old...
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Chapter 12
...of their time at the Cottages, Ruth pulls Kathy aside and tells her, excitedly, that Chrissie and Rodney might have spotted a “possible” for Ruth while the two of them were...
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Kathy is “skeptical” about this possible idea, however, because Chrissie and Rodney noted that they saw the possible in a glass-fronted office in the Norfolk...
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Nevertheless, Chrissie, Rodney, Ruth, Tommy, and Kathy decide to take a day-long fieldtrip to Norfolk in order...
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Chapter 13
...of them pile into a borrowed car and set off for Norfolk. Rodney drives, and Chrissie is seated up front, with Ruth in the middle of the back bench seat. Kathy...
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The group then finds a café in Norfolk for lunch. There, Chrissie and Rodney reveal what they have spent months talking about with each other—the possibility of...
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Chapter 14
...as the day in Norfolk went on. The group goes into a Woolworth’s so that Chrissie and Rodney can stock up on cheap birthday cards (they claim they’re always useful to...
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...whole thing—though she says that now, all along, she thought it was a stupid idea. Chrissie and Rodney try to “comfort” Ruth, and Kathy notices that the couple are “relieved” that...
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Rodney and Chrissie nevertheless try to cheer Ruth up by inviting her and the rest of the group...
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Chapter 19
Ruth, Tommy, and Kathy begin talking about people they knew. Chrissie has completed, or died, during her second donation, although Rodney seems to have taken the...
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