Of mice and men controlled assessment

Hello, I am really worried about my controlled assessment that i have soon. It is the Of mice and men extended reading assessment. My teacher has told me my class will be focusing on the character Crooks, in my past 3 controlled assessments I have received a high grade B, I really want to receive a grade A. What can I do to push for a grade A?

If your teacher gives you an A or above, ask another teacher to check it, cos I did literature last year and my teacher said I got an A in the asessment. Turns out I got a C in it and she taught us how to do the exam wrong. Predicted an A but got a C, I HATE HER!

Ahh I did my controlled assessment of this exact character

Use the Internet to search for good points based on the character. There is lots of imagery for his room describing how things have been broken, use this to describe how he is and feels weak. The leap between an A and an A * is dependent on how sophisticated your points are try to use simplistic points and expand on them by saying 'an alternative representation is', also don't use, ' I think that' it sounds unsure and you're already setting yourself up on the examiner doubting you. Focus on what Steinbeck does and what the audience responses of this is. Here are some points to help you-

ONLY CROOKS HAS HIS OWN ROOM--
- Crook's room is small, basic and functional. But it is homely and full of his possessions.
-From his possessions (rubber boots, an alarm clock and a shotgun) we can tell he is practical and active. His books show that he reads and thinks, suggesting he has wisdom, and disproving racist stereotypes. It shows Crooks is a fully developed character with a personality and a background.
- People who enter his room receive a frosty reception. Privacy is one of the few rights he has.

CROOKS IS A VICTIM OF RACISM

-Crooks is the only black person in the book or on the ranch. He is excluded from the bunk house and the other workers say he smells. He's lonely and he misses the company of others- he says " A guy needs somebody- to be near him.'
- His loneliness makes him bitter and seems jealous of Lennie and George's relationship. In chapter 4 he tries to make Lennie feel as lonely by suggesting George may leave him.

THEMES

-PREJUDICE- Steinbeck is showing an accurate representation of how black people
were treated in America is 1920/1930's.

-LONLINESS- Crooks hides his lonliness by being proud and aloof. He tries to show the other on the ranch that it doesn't affect him, but Steinbeck shows the reader it in fact does.