AQA English Literature B exam - 17/01/2011

I'm pretty curious to see what named poems they give and what section B questions there are will they have seen our prayers on the tsr for symbolism and answered them or thought let's really do them in and give them voices.

Whatever happens - there's always june

I'm pretty curious to see what named poems they give and what section B questions there are will they have seen our prayers on the tsr for symbolism and answered them or thought let's really do them in and give them voices.

Whatever happens - there's always june

Section B will be on Character, bet you.

Section B will be on Character, bet you.

LOADS of AO4 In Enduring Love
-A theme is religion v. science.
In modern society the overtly religious are regarded as 'pushy' and people are often sceptical due to extremism etc. leading to the reader being wary of Jed from the off. In comparison Joe has a scientific nature, often seen as the opposition to religion. Foreshadows the conflict they have. Society today is built upon and places alot of trust in Scientific research, brining the reader closer to Joe. However some readers may feel alienated by alot of the scientific jargon he uses, causing the opposite effect to occur.

-Homosexuality.
Whilst our opinion of homosexuals is rapidly changing many are still against them, or in the most case at least not IN favour of them. This creates a subliminal, dislike/mistrust of Jed as soon as he calls and says 'I love you'.
Joe again is the opposite - in a heterosexual relationship, thus gaining the support and sympathy of the majority.

-Relationship breakdown
In modern times divorces etc. are becoming more and more common. Most people have at least been affected by a break up in some way, thus will share some of Joe's pain when he goes through this. On the other hand Jed is causing the split, thus will be subjected to the readers dislike, as he is associated with bringing about a pain that the reader themselves knows in the real life.

Hope this helps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg6pjy4tpqg&feature=channel these videos are revision made lazy

What would you say the message of great gatsby is?

I know it, just can't think of a way to formulate it into words

i'm not sure if this is correct, but i think the novel revolves around Fitzgerald's disgust for the 1920's and corruption of the American Dream more than the charecters, in a way that Gatsby is arguably the central charecter in this novel, however does not appear properly til chapter 3 and even then we dont know much about him, and up to this point Fitzgerald expresses his feelings for the emptiness of th 1920s

So personally i think that rather than the novel being about the charecters and Gatsby, its always important to show how the charecters link to this era because that is Fitzgerald's initial message.

Right! Who's up for some last minute revision? =)

Im doing:

Section A
The Great Gatsby

Section B
Enduring Love
Browning Poems
Rime of the Ancient Mariner

message of Gatsby

to show how the American Dream is fallible and impossible to reach no matter how hard one tries to achieve it

you can also read a Marxist approach to it, no matter how one tries to break free of their socio-economic status it doesn't succeed, e.g. Daisy and Gatsby

Daisy especially succumbs to this as she remains with Tom Buchanan

Hence why the novel is considered a socio-political satire.

What can I write for AO4 in Browning?! AHH!

Wait... huh? Is that the actual question? 0_o