English Language AQA GCSE paper 1 question 2 response

This is my response to the june 2017 aqa gcse paper 1 question 2. Feedback would be appreciated

The writer uses contrast to suggest that there is still some hope for Rosabel's bus journey home. This is shown through when the writer reveals that 'the light striking on the panes turned their dullness to opal and silver' The juxtoposition between the dullness of the streets and the 'fairy palaces' proves that the light is creating the illusion that the bus journey home could in fact be a positive one

The bus journey home is also potrayed as negative due to the 'sickening smell of warm humanity.' The sibilance shows that the hatred of the people on the bus is evoking feelings of disgust onto Rosabel. This is further emphasized by the verb 'oozing' which shows that the hatred of the people is spreading onto 'everybody' making the bus journey home miserable. Furthermore the repition of 'everybody' where it was 'oozing out of everybody,' and 'everybody had the same expression', shows that there is no escape for Rosabel as she is surrounded by negativity.

The bus journey home is also presented as suffocating and uneasy, where Rosabel, 'felt almost stiffled' The hyperbole shows how restrained Rosabel feels by the people on the bus, which makes her unable to act in a normal way, to the point where she cant even move or breathe.