AQA GCSE English Literature Exams - 20th and 23rd May 2013 *OFFICAL THREAD*

Nothing special Just good at making stuff up . Besides, 36/40 is still an A*

Thats really good i talked about 'half shy half assertive'' priestley has split his personality its as if hes not a whole person hes insecure and not sure about himself

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33 is an A which is good, and I'm just really nervous as I've done bad in the exam

I can't believe I wanted to do Lit for A level... As soon as I got back my poetry result (C) I immediately called my sixth form offers to change Lit to economics.

Yeah, I'm so glad I made the mock questions. I thought I couldn't possibly have asked for better questions to be honest (for TWIB and OMAM). How about you?

By the way, there's a new thread for the poetry exam on thursday:
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2357669

In note form, my answers went like this:

a) "tall" - Other ranch hands look up to him literally and figuratively.

"long" and "black" hair - Same appearance as depictions of Jesus, makes Slim more important because he's compared to someone who is key to a lot of people's lives.

"combs" hair - Action only done by someone who has people look at them a lot. Tells us he is important because he is someone who must be looked at for reassurance and help.

"royalty" - Saying he is someone who has a closer link to God than the average person.

can drive "ten, sixteen, twenty mules" - The longer an observer looks or thinks about him the more positively they think of him. His importance can be seen doubling here in a short duration of time.

"gravity" - Comparison with fundamental force of nature or a star, essential for life.

"understanding beyond thought" - Comparison with an omniscient (all knowing) God.

b) Slim is giver of life or death: lets Carlson kill Curley's dog, kills 4 of dog's puppies so the others have better chance of life, tells George killing Lennie was the right thing to do. Steinbeck saying that there was hope, there were ideal men around in 1930s who weren't clouded emotionally and could be rational. OR Steinbeck saying there is no hope, even the ideal men are violent.

Slim is helper in the story: helps Curley up after fight with Lennie, helps George up after killing Lennie. Helped both villain (Curley) and hero (George), implies Steinbeck was telling us people weren't just one-sided in the 1930s, people were neutral too.

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You could have written about anything in part 'a' and, as long as you used PEE analysis, gotten a mark for it. In part 'b' there are so many things you can write about, as long as what you said sounds intelligent and answers the question you should be getting marks.

Good luck to you too, hope this helped!

Haha, yes thank you for that omam question! Yes, i liked the first question (inspector calls) and for the OMAM question I struggled for timing on part B but hopefully it went ok!
Ooo good luck for poetry! I actually did the poetry early last year

hey , I used some of these , this helped me SO much , thank you!

If you got 33/40 (83%) you were only 2 marks away from a* which is 35 and the cw is only 25% so as long as you get over the a* boundaries in the exam by a bit you'll be fine

Anyone do 'The Crucible' exam today? John and Elizabeth Proctor?

Hey, did anyone else involve other characters within the novella in part (b) of OMAM. Did you guys also talk about steinbecks intentions(i.e. why these people were considered less important - did u guys compare characters too to outline this?) and what these people represent?

Anyone do 'The Crucible' exam today? John and Elizabeth Proctor?

Will you lose marks for only talking about Slim & Crooks in OMAM?

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