Never Let Me Go 3

"Madame was afraid of us. But she was afraid of us in the same way someone might be afraid of spiders." pg. 35

Ishiguro's use of this analogy made me understand how Madame reacted to the children. But i don't understand why she would be afraid of them. Throughout this chapter I picked up some inklings that these Hailsham students are different from ordinary people, but I'm not sure how. I feel like the students at Hailsham are being sheltered from some aspect of life. There is something that they are not being told or exposed to. That is what I think the Gallery is for. Maybe the art work that Madame selects isn't necessarily the best, but perhaps it reflects whatever is being hidden from the students. I feel like if Madame took the best art work, it would be put on display, not taken to some secret gallery that may or may not exist. To me, Hailsham seems to be a very mysterious place with many secrets that will soon unfold. I can't wait to discover what happens in the rest of the novel.