In The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro places Mr. Stevens' stay at the Taylors' home immediately after the abrupt dismissal of two Jewish staff members by of Lord Darlington, and uses different tones and the repetition of key phrases in the two episodes to contrast the generosity, respect and hospitality of the lower class with the racism, cruelty and emotional detachment of the upper class nobles. Ishiguro especially contrasts the way the two classes treat each other with the courtesy of the lower class and the apathy of the upper class. Ishiguro uses a generally cold and distant tone as Lord Darlington speaks to Stevens about the firing of the Jewish maids; however, he uses a warm and friendly tone when the Taylors and the rest of the villagers speak and are described. These contrasting tones exemplify the cold distance of Lord Darlington and the warm friendliness of the Taylors, and furthermore of the upper and lower classes. In a memoir of Darlington Hall, Mr. Stevens recounts a time when Lord Darlington heartlessly dismissed two Jewish maids without any help. notice, just because of their religion. Ishiguro asks Lord Darlington to use a very blasé tone during his conversation with Stevens to show his apathy while firing the two employees and also show the racism of the upper class and their indifference towards the rest of society. At the beginning of the conversation, Lord Darlington opens by saying: “'I have thought a lot, Stevens. A great deal of thoughts. And I have come to my conclusion. We can't have Jews on staff here at Darlington Hall'” (146). Lord Darlington almost casually begins talking about firing Jewish staff members, without any preamble, demonstrating the ease with which he can talk about... middle of paper... Throughout the novel, Ishiguro seems to subtly point out the flaws in Lord's life Darlington and generally within the upper class. These two passages show one of these flaws, specifically the indifference and detachment of the upper classes. The flaw would not be very obvious if only it were pointed out through the incident in which Lord Darlington fires the Jewish maids; however, when juxtaposed with the Taylors' hospitality, the flaw becomes extremely obvious. Ishiguro turns the firing of the two employees into a way to push people out of the house, and the Taylors' hospitality comes from the fact that they accept Stevens into their home. So, Ishiguro's broader point seems to be that the upper class tends to nonchalantly push the lower class out of their lives at will; however, the lower class graciously accepts the upper class into their lives whenever possible.