I did An Inspector Calls then Of Mice and Men.
I regret taking the passage based question for AiC, it wasn't awful and I think I made good points but it wasn't analytical enough. I said some things like Mrs Birling's replies are short and staccato like when trying to resist revealing the information she is hiding, which then changes later in the passage, but I didn't do enough of it, so expecting a B.
It was alright I guess.
I said stuff like Mrs Birling's condemning of her own grandchild and how she brings up 'responsibility' at the end of the passage, the Inspector's huge influence, especially over Sheila, the fact that the older generation seem more concerned with their image compared to the younger Sheila who is 'more impressionable' and how that relates to Priestely's left-wing views as it is a Morality Play.. They sound like they could make good points but I didn't write them well enough or analyse words/phrases enough.
Of Mice and Men was good though, it was a nice short passage and there was a lot to say. i.e. Curley wears high-heeled boots like his father to try and replicate the authority that his father commands, but doesn't quite convince us that he does, as Steinbeck repeats the fact that the man is 'young' and inexperienced. Then I repeated what it says in the York Notes about the fact that Steinbeck starts with vivid imagery when describing a character first and how his descriptions hold great meaning, similar to a play's stage directions which adds to the play-like structure of the novel or something.. Then I talked about the relationship between Lennie and George, the hint at homophobia 'so it's that way', and what life was like for minorities there, then I talked about foreshadowing what happens later in the novel. Plus some other stuff. I hope I did well :L