In The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro places Mr. Stevens' stay with the Taylors just after Lord Darlington's abrupt dismissal of two Jewish staff members, and he uses different tones and repetition of key phrases in both incidents to contrast the generosity, respect, and hospitality of the lower class with the racism, cruelty, and emotional detachment of the upper-class nobles. Ishiguro particularly contrasts how 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 while Lord Darlington speaks to Stevens about the firing of Jewish maids; however, he uses a warm, friendly tone when the Taylors and the rest of the villagers speak and are described. These contrasting tones illustrate the cold distance of Lord Darlington and the warm kindness of the Taylors, and even more so of the upper and lower classes. In a remembrance of Darlington Hall, Mr. Stevens recounts a time when Lord Darlington heartlessly dismissed two Jewish maids without any remark, just because of their religion. Ishiguro has Lord Darlington use a very blasé tone during his conversation with Stevens to show his apathy in firing the two employees and further show the racism of the upper class and their indifference towards the rest of society. At the beginning of the conversation, Lord Darlington begins by saying: “'I've been thinking a lot, Stevens. Lots of thinking. And I reached my conclusion. We can't have any Jews on staff here at Darlington Hall'” (146). Lord Darlington almost randomly begins talking about the dismissal of Jewish staff members, without any preamble, showing the ease with which he can talk about ...... middle of paper ...... throughout the novel, Ishiguro seems to subtly point out the flaws in the life of Lord Darlington and generally the upper class. These two passages show one of these faults, namely the indifference and detachment of the upper class. The flaw would not be very obvious if it were only pointed out through the incident in which Lord Darlington dismisses 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 means of pushing people out of the house and the Taylors' hospitality comes from them accepting Stevens into their home. So Ishiguro's larger point seems to be that the upper class has a tendency to nonchalantly push the lower class out of their lives as they please; however, the lower class kindly accepts the upper class into their lives whenever possible..