Anecdote

"It was a morning of brilliant sunshine and we'd all just come down to the courtyard after a lesson in the main house, when I remembered something I'd left in the classroom..." PAGE 90

The narrator continues this to tell a short story about one of her experiences at Hailsham that relates to what she was saying about Miss Lucy. The narrator tells the brief anecdote to reveal what happened and then allows the reader to make the connection to what is going on. The story does not move on from there, however. As the first anecdote ends, the next one begins. The narrator intertwines her stories to portray the whole picture of the happenings at Hailsham. This story was followed by one about a calendar and Tommy's wierd reaction to it. They tie together because after that one, the author mentions how her relationship with Tommy is much different. She would have, in the past, shared with him what happened in Room 22 and he would have liked to see the calendar, but things were different. The weaving of the short anecdotes reveal situations, connections, and background information without the narrator blatantly saying exactly what happened and why it was significant. The reader remains engaged in the story because the short anecdotes are easy to follow and put the pieces together.