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WJEC 22nd may 2012 english literature gcse

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Reply 20

No brainer1

can u guys help me with the wjec unit 2 exam for a view from the bridge and a christmas carol

Reply 21

SparkleDust231

Original post by No brainer1

can u guys help me with the wjec unit 2 exam for a view from the bridge and a christmas carol

Use sparknotes :-)

Reply 22

Ingamo

Original post by lucy1996

i did the justice question for to kill a mockingbird, however couldnt think of that many examples - just Tom Robinson and a bit of Boo Radley? :s-smilie:

what else could there have been? and i didnt like the poetry question at all - a lot of people in my school were saying that the baby in poem one was dead? i didnt think so tho..

That's what I did in the TKAM bit, I only had 2 major points about justice but hopefully they were good enough :-) The poems were quite bad though, I've definitely seen better ones in past papers. Oh well!

Reply 23

No brainer1

Original post by SparkleDust231

Use sparknotes :-)

thanks

Reply 24

SparkleDust231

Original post by No brainer1

thanks

No problem,that website is amazing! =)
Good Luck

Reply 25

PinkPiglet

I did the OM&M question i didn't think it was too bad and did part c because you could write about all of the characters rather than just Lennie. However the poetry question i thought was harder some of my friends thought the first one was about a baby's life just starting but i thought it was about death and wrote about the baby dying and how not all babies survive, i did like the second poem though!

Reply 26

Charlesgreenough

What was question b in of mice and men?

Reply 27

urnie

iF i DID A question c, but accidentally wrote 'question b' on the front, will it stilll be marked!, because you could make a choice

Reply 28

liamjonadamson

So, for question a in TKAM, i wrote a page on this, explaining the metaphor of putting knife down ... plate to the side e.t.c.

Question b looked horrid, and my teacher said avoid it at all costs.

Question c was OK, but it was more injustice than justice! Here I mentioned:
Injustice of Tom Robison (all white jury + innocence)
Injustice of Dolphus Raymond (judged by society, like TR)
Injustice of Boo Radley (Similar point, mentioned 'never understand')
Justice that Calpurnia gets (Treated as an equal)

I have to say, I actually liked the poetry. I though they had a common theme of death maybe? I also described the children as innocent, and showed the children o be naturalistic. For a personal response, I thought it highlighted the post natal depression for mothers.

Judging from this, does anyone think I would possibly get an A with those points?

Reply 29

Charlesgreenough

**** i think i misread question b)
I thought it said 'How does John Steinbeck uses sympathy in Of Mice & Men'

Reply 30

Han96

yeh, I wasn't overly pleased with the essay question (extract was fine) but I think by choosing the protagonist, it's very difficult to be concise, would have preferred a more minor character because there's less to cover, ho hum. I went for Lennie too. :L

Poems went ok, ran out of time a bit too, would have liked to have been able to read through it all. Haha, yeh, damn babies :biggrin:

Reply 31

urnie

Original post by Charlesgreenough

**** i think i misread question b)
I thought it said 'How does John Steinbeck uses sympathy in Of Mice & Men'

iF i DID A question c, but accidentally wrote 'question b' on the front, will it stilll be marked!, because you could make a choice. I M NOT SURE IF i DID IT, BU T I WASN'T SURE.

Reply 32

Charlesgreenough

I'm guessing not as you can the marker can tell what he is marking.

WHAT WAS QUESTION B) ON OF MICE AND MEN?

Reply 33

Adam971

I thought the of mice and men questions were ok. I only spent about 45 minutes on the poetry. I'm rubbish at poetry so I probably failed that question.

Reply 34

PinkPiglet

Original post by Charlesgreenough

I'm guessing not as you can the marker can tell what he is marking.

WHAT WAS QUESTION B) ON OF MICE AND MEN?

something like how does steinbeck present strength and weakness in of mice and men?

Reply 35

Charlesgreenough

No the other one? Hahaha! I wrote about the sympathy in the whole book and not Lennie-____________-!!

Reply 36

PinkPiglet

Original post by Charlesgreenough

No the other one? Hahaha! I wrote about the sympathy in the whole book and not Lennie-____________-!!

there wasnt one about sympathy in the whole book? it was sympathy for Lennie or strength and weakness for the whole book

Reply 37

star10159

Any advice for the exam on thursday guys?

Heroes and inspector calls.

Reply 38

..scream.fan...

When I did this exam, we got Candy! It was so hard to write stuff on him! you're all lucky to have got Lennie tbh haha><

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Reply 39

star10159

Original post by ..scream.fan...

When I did this exam, we got Candy! It was so hard to write stuff on him! you're all lucky to have got Lennie tbh haha><

If you're talking about the january 2102 exam, I did that too
And let's be honest, we got a friendship themed question....
You cant really complain about that can you,