A Level German Essay 2023

Does anyone know the essay questions for Der Vorleser and Goodbye Lenin from 2023 as I have a mock tomorrow and would love to plan these. Thank you so much I would really appreciate any help :smile:

Reply 1

average_human

Original post by bellerevision

Does anyone know the essay questions for Der Vorleser and Goodbye Lenin from 2023 as I have a mock tomorrow and would love to plan these. Thank you so much I would really appreciate any help :smile:

what exam board: I did eduqas so ill try to remember my best

goodbye lenin

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one was on the portrayal of post-reunification Germany/Berlin society

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one was on the symbol of letters [Briefe]

der vorleser

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im not too sure of the exact question, but I think it was how far can we have sympathy for Hanna

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and the other one was on the importance of nicknames to Hanna's and Michael's relationship

Reply 2

unknown36472

Original post by average_human

what exam board: I did eduqas so ill try to remember my best
goodbye lenin

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one was on the portrayal of post-reunification Germany/Berlin society

•

one was on the symbol of letters [Briefe]

der vorleser

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im not too sure of the exact question, but I think it was how far can we have sympathy for Hanna

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and the other one was on the importance of nicknames to Hanna's and Michael's relationship

Do u remember the ones for Das Leben Der Anderen by any chance !!

Reply 3

average_human

Original post by unknown36472

Do u remember the ones for Das Leben Der Anderen by any chance !!

No i wish

Reply 4

username6463098

Original post by average_human

what exam board: I did eduqas so ill try to remember my best
goodbye lenin

•

one was on the portrayal of post-reunification Germany/Berlin society

•

one was on the symbol of letters [Briefe]

der vorleser

•

im not too sure of the exact question, but I think it was how far can we have sympathy for Hanna

•

and the other one was on the importance of nicknames to Hanna's and Michael's relationship

Hi, just wanted to check if these were the exact questions from the eduquas exam board as i also have the same one. Could you please give me more details on the question (if you can remember 😁) and what question you went for and the stuff you wrote?

Reply 5

average_human

Original post by bluebearisme

The wording might not be 100%, but yes these were the questions

For goodbye lenin I did berlin society

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I wrote about how ariane quit uni, got a job at burger King (western influence) and got a western boyfriend

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How alex got a new job at the TV satellite place, and met a western friend (Denis)

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But how the older generation got left behind : one of Alex's neighbours lost his job and turned to alcoholics etc.

For der vorleser I did sympathy for hanna - can't really remember what I wrote

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She's illiterate so some people think that we can have sympathy because if that

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She never had close family - perhaps we can have sympathy because she was very lonely

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She literally groomed michael

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She was a Nazi and a concentration camp guard, responsible for sending people to their deaths

For context I only got 28 out of 40 but that was roughly what I wrote about

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username6463098

Original post by average_human

The wording might not be 100%, but yes these were the questions
For goodbye lenin I did berlin society

•

I wrote about how ariane quit uni, got a job at burger King (western influence) and got a western boyfriend

•

How alex got a new job at the TV satellite place, and met a western friend (Denis)

•

But how the older generation got left behind : one of Alex's neighbours lost his job and turned to alcoholics etc.

For der vorleser I did sympathy for hanna - can't really remember what I wrote

•

She's illiterate so some people think that we can have sympathy because if that

•

She never had close family - perhaps we can have sympathy because she was very lonely

•

She literally groomed michael

•

She was a Nazi and a concentration camp guard, responsible for sending people to their deaths

For context I only got 28 out of 40 but that was roughly what I wrote about

omg your such a lifesaver😭 thank you sm!!! and honestly you did so well, congrats!!

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average_human

Original post by bluebearisme

omg your such a lifesaver😭 thank you sm!!! and honestly you did so well, congrats!!

Thank youuu I did much better in french lol

My teacher was so delulu she thought hanna wasn't to blame for anything she did cause she was illiterate pls

The questions I did weren't too bad but I thought the one about nicknames was so random wtf

Reply 8

username6463098

Original post by average_human

Thank youuu I did much better in french lol
My teacher was so delulu she thought hanna wasn't to blame for anything she did cause she was illiterate pls
The questions I did weren't too bad but I thought the one about nicknames was so random wtf

fr tho i swear if i got that in my exam i lowkey could’ve flopped it lmao. i swear eduquas sometimes asks us the most random stuff ever

Reply 9

average_human

Original post by bluebearisme

fr tho i swear if i got that in my exam i lowkey could’ve flopped it lmao. i swear eduquas sometimes asks us the most random stuff ever

they honestly pray on our downfall, the questions for french were so much nicer though

are you in year 12 or 13? was curious to see how people's speaking went