Completion

"'All this is something else. Kath, I don't want to be that way in front of you.'" Pg. 281

     Tommy's decision to send Kathy away for his fourth donation was probably the most courageous and loving gestures in this book. It was loving because Tommy had grown to love Kathy great enough to know the things of greatest value to Kathy were her memories; not some old tape. It was also unselfish. Giving up your significant other to save them the pain of secondhand suffering takes courage and understanding. Kathy had always admired the motherly imagine from her cassette because it was a representation of miraculous love. I suppose the same could be said for Ruth, Kathy, and Tommy. They were utility beings that were never supposed to have any expression of passion or love. Out of some miracle, these three ultimately found true love for each other during a life of miraculous privelege. Through all the confusion and bickering, they also found out what love was not. They lived more, thought more, and felt more than any persons of their kind. In the end they had their memories, which, like the pillow, they never had to let go.