GCSE AQA English Literature - June 2016 *Official Thread*

I'm studying Of Mice an Men and An Inspector Calls and for poetry I'm doing the relationships cluster.
I heard that it is likely that To His Coy Mistress or In Paris With You or Sister Maude will come up for poetry.

I really need predictions for OMAM and AIC. I'm not confident in all of English lit but the poetry is a little better than the novel and play and I got an A* in my coursework so it shouldn't be too bad.

I'm doing OMAM for my book and AIC for my play, and conflict for my poetry, i'm pretty confident about OMAM and i think that Candy or the american dream will come up. For Candy, refer to the similarities between him and his dog, and how the sick and elderly are treated by the younger generation. Also, if that scene comes up, refer to how slim, even though he seems "godlike" and "kind" he can't change the fate of the dog.
Could someone please give me an idea of what will come up for AiC, and what to revise for it, because I always seem to fall down on that question

*edit i meant candy not curley, i know what i'm talking about i swear

So i was going through the papers for OMaM and AIC and from what i have seen i predict the characters that will come up will be:
OMaM: either Candy or Curley
AIC: Sheila, The Inspector or Gerald
as for themes that could come up i haven't got a clue i hope this helped

omam themes 2/2
i'm just posting these because i found that when i was trying to do research there was very little like detailed things on the themes/characters, especially on inspector calls so. Hope these can help someone

Anyone have any predictions on the Of mice and Men passage question?

Anyone have any predictions on the Of mice and Men passage question?

I think it might be the shooting of Candy's dog, do you think the question might be about Curley?

my teacher has a feeling it could be on the clearing, and the use of setting as part B, or Curley, and then masculinity or heirachy for part B

Ok, this is my Section B Part A for the June 2015 paper on TKAM (this essay got 29/30):

"Atticus is portrayed as a moral character in this passage. He tells Scout that it is a "sin to kill a mockingbird". A "mockingbird" symbolises innocence in the passage, as mockingbirds sing all day and don't harm anyone. Mockingbirds, as a type of bird, could be viewed as inferior to humans, yet Atticus instructs his children not to shoot them, reflecting his moral conscience as even though Jem and Scout have the power to kill them, he teaches that it is wrong to kill something innocent. The fact that Atticus says he would rather they didn't shoot at birds, and indeed refused to teach the children to shoot at all, reflects his aversion to violence and his preference for finding peaceful ways to solve conflict. Lee's use of the word "sin" to show Atticus' views on killing mockingbirds is important because we hear that he never called anything a sin before. It reflects how he thinks the worst thing a person can do is to harm someone innocent, that is not as fortunate as you, and once again conveys his morality - he thinks it is important to treat everyone equally and not take advantage of people's innocence or lower social standing, beliefs that set him apart from other characters in the novel.

The fact that Scout describes him as "feeble" also informs the reader about her attitudes. She thinks that because he is nearly 50, and a lawyer, he "didn't do anything". This reflects that Scout thinks people who are more physically capable are more important and impressive people. However, this is not the case - as shown by Atticus' moral character, the reader understands that even though Scout thinks he doesn't do anything admirable, he is playing an important part in the Civil Rights movement, reflecting her naivety. In addition, this extract may reflect Scout's need for approval of the others at her school: she says that she wishes he would remain "inconspicuous". This shows that she would rather her family stayed out of the limelight and went along with Maycomb's views that do something that drew attention to her in an arguably negative way. Irony is created here by the two layers of narration - the older, retrospective Scout clearly does not still think this, but conveys these ideas through the younger, naive narrator, to reflect the effect that Maycomb Society's prejudice has had on Scout, and what it therefore changed about her attitudes."

Hopefully this is helpful! There's probably a lot of points that I didn't include, but that was what I came up with in a mock in exam conditions. Remember to always try to talk about Scout's narration, as you can make a really sophisticated point if you mention the dual narrative voice (old Scout and young Scout). Good luck for Monday - if you need anything else let me know

Hi is anyone else really stuck on The crucible. I have no idea how to revise!! I am freaking out I need an A*!! Anyone have any tips?

I dont think the shooting of Candy's dog may come up, because that shooting passage came up on June 2013. And Yeah I've got a feeling Curley might come up and maybe the ending of when Lennie gets shot by George?

My teacher predicted this year will probably be hard and predicts these:
For Of Mice and Men a) A passage on either Curley, The Boss, Whit or Carlson
b) Symbolism/Setting, Bullying, Replacement or American Dream

For An Inspector Calls -
Theme question - Lies/Depict, Hypocrisy, Appearances (Pretences)

Any revision notes, thoughts on these?

Wow! Such incredible analysis, could I see what you wrote for part B? That's what I need the most work on.