GCSE AQA English Literature - June 2016 *Official Thread*

I did Candy and Curley's Wife too! For Curley's Wife I also talked about the vote but I didn't know when it was so I just said "women already had the vote, however bllah blah ..they were inferior still"

I said something like this for CW:
She is the only character in the book that does not possess a name of her own but is referred to always as ‘Curley’s wife’, underlining that she has no status and therefore no rights of her own. To the other men, calling her "Curley's wife" might be a way of reminding themselves she belongs to Curley. It could be their warning sign to stay away and give her no attention because it could cause threat to their personal American dream.
She is also presented wearing an “Ostrich feather” which, on the one hand, could infer she is purposefully drawing attention to her legs and wants the men to see her as a sex symbol. her shoes would have been extremely expensive in the times that Of mice and men was set; curley’s wife not only wears them on her feet but in the middle of the “dust bowl”. Women who performed on stage often wore exotic costumes and feathers so it could also hark back to her dream of performing. it was her dream to “be in the movies”. Steinbeck could also be symbolising her as being flightless and trapped with little choice within the boundaries of the ranch.

Then I talked about "heavily made up" and domestic violence. Also how she is presented in death. (her potential shines through)

For Candy I said something like:
Candy is presented to show enthusiasm for George and Lennie’s American Dream. This can be evidence when Candy offers money within a day of knowing George and Lennie, which reflects his desperate desire to leave the ranch before he “gets the can”. “excitedly” “grinning with delight” child-like image provides a glimpse of the young boy that Candy once was. However, Curley’s Wife’s death destroyed Candy’s American dream. The pathetic fallacy of “darkening gradually” after Curley's Wife's death is suggestive of Candy’s slow, painful end - no hope. Candy’s persona “softly and hopelessly" - the adverbs create a sense of defeat mixed with helplessness. Despite him being opposed to what they're doing, he doesn't use the same violence as the rest of them. This juxtaposition highlights Candy's main weakness, as he lacks the aggression and brutality which ranch workers needed in order to fulfil their own goals/American Dreams.
Please can someone tell me if this is alright? Thank you

I talked about George and Lennie for all of it. Apparently you had to choose other characters than George and Lennie. Dd you? because I think I've just failed.

Anyone do the Kindertransport section?
How did it go?
What question did you answer?

That's brilliant! Well done

For OMAM what did everyone say about the extract?

Lol I only done one long para on part a due to timing but I mentioned cyclical structure and how the dark setting (pathetic fallacy) helped to reflect the mood of George.

For OMAM what did everyone say about the extract?

As long as it was in detail. That is an amazing point

That's really amazing... I wish I could work so well within the time frame I'm in a pit of regret right now. Considering I misread the first question, probably got around 15marks. And then I only got through like half of section B with terrible SPaG (I cannot do ANYTHING in just 10 minutes) so maybe I got like 15 marks too.

Ughh..

I said some random thing loool:
I talked about the broken dialogue which is littered with ellipses and the use of George constantly at the beginning if sentences - the broken dialogue reflect s the broken relationship and dream while the use of George reminds the reader that he is going to be alone

Use of sounds - ever nearer sounds add tension to the novel and link to the initial chapter where the sound were distant. Reminds the reader destiny is inescapable

Physical appearance of the passage- beginnings as a paragraph and then transforms into single lines- again emphasizes the gradual destruction of the dream in combination with gradual end of Lennie's life

The shadow was blue- connotations with gloom and sadness while the shadow contrasts to the golden light in the first chapter- hope is personified as escaping the valley as Lennie's death brings darkness
Hopefully these are ok lool please tell me what u think !
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What was the exact question for part B of OMAM? I think I've done it wrong, I wrote about Curley's Wife and Candy then added 3 sentences about Crooks at the end!