Has anybody here read Journey's End by RC Sheriff and can provide some help?

For my English Literature exam my text is based on this play and i am wondering if anybody has read this play and can help me with some past questions.

I studied this at A-level for coursework.

What do you need with?

Well I am going to take the AQA English IGCSE English Literature exam and was wondering if anybody had any exemplar answers for a top band answer for the past paper questions. I have not done them but I am wondering if you have any advice on answering these questions. The past paper questions can be found when you type AQA IGCSE English Literature past papers.

I studied this at A-level for coursework.

What do you need with?

Basically for each question, try to include points relating to:
-Language
-Structure
-Themes associated with the excerpt such as heroism, fear, death etc
-Context / Question points which look at the play as a whole

These are what my English teacher has told me to focus on and it has been a great help when answering questions!

Any examples of this when referring to a past question?

How are ideas about social class presented in Journey’s End?
(From June 2015)

How I would answer it:

-I'd talk about Raleigh's enthusiasm & Sherriff's use of juxtapositions to show class. Also I'd refer to the irony of his enthusiasm on his arrival & contrast when he gets shot. (Language)

-Trotter's comedic side when he is turning the box over on the first meal. Use of visual or 'slapstick' comedy in the stage directions. Social class of him from a lower class and being (possibly) less intelectual than the others. Something to that effect anyway. (Structure)

-When Osborne is reading Alice's Adventures, social class portrayed through book and uses theme of domestic / escapism that the officers were no different to the men in terms of fear and wanting to be at home. (Theme)

-I'd also talk about order and the officers being of a higher class and they were also of a higher division (also from public schools). Evidence from Raleigh's arrival when he and Osborne talk about their rugger.

-Could also mention in the conclusion that the men are of a higher class than soldiers but still have the same emotions to the soldiers. (Or something relating back to the question)


Here's a great example of an essay about JE & the Horrors of War which may be good to revise from: http://www.essayjudge.com/document_detail.php?doc_id=980

Hope this helps!

How are ideas about social class presented in Journey’s End?
(From June 2015)

How I would answer it:

-I'd talk about Raleigh's enthusiasm & Sherriff's use of juxtapositions to show class. Also I'd refer to the irony of his enthusiasm on his arrival & contrast when he gets shot. (Language)

-Trotter's comedic side when he is turning the box over on the first meal. Use of visual or 'slapstick' comedy in the stage directions. Social class of him from a lower class and being (possibly) less intelectual than the others. Something to that effect anyway. (Structure)

-When Osborne is reading Alice's Adventures, social class portrayed through book and uses theme of domestic / escapism that the officers were no different to the men in terms of fear and wanting to be at home. (Theme)

-I'd also talk about order and the officers being of a higher class and they were also of a higher division (also from public schools). Evidence from Raleigh's arrival when he and Osborne talk about their rugger.

-Could also mention in the conclusion that the men are of a higher class than soldiers but still have the same emotions to the soldiers. (Or something relating back to the question)


Here's a great example of an essay about JE & the Horrors of War which may be good to revise from: http://www.essayjudge.com/document_detail.php?doc_id=980

Hope this helps!

BTW, are you doing this exam?