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AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 (8702/2) - 20th May 2024 [Exam Chat]

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Reply 940

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by Aaywad123
i think its good enough

For me most of my context was focused on exposure beavuse its much better for context for Kamikaze i only really spoke about patrioitism and about cultural identity

Reply 941

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by Aaywad123
For me most of my context was focused on exposure beavuse its much better for context for Kamikaze i only really spoke about patrioitism and about cultural identity

Why did everyone do Exposure ?? Why

Reply 942

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by Laila66
Why did everyone do Exposure ?? Why

Internal and physical conflict with both using natural imagery and then we also have two charcaters who want to die for their country it was probably the best one to do alongside checking out me history and maybe even the other war poems

Reply 943

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by Laila66
It's a good one to use if you analysed golf as a symbol for riches and how the Inspector sees past them and doesn't see them as any better

Yeah I talked about that and how materialstic it is 🙂 Thanks btw

Reply 944

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by jotm
Did anyone compare neutral tones with winter swans? Everyone I know did when we two parted 😭😭

I did
Either way dw as long as you compared the poems well the examiners don't care what poem you compare it to

Reply 945

Paper wasn't too bad ig. Only revised themes for AIC so wasn't too happy to see two character questions ☹️ Did poetry first (Kamikaze and Remains) then did Mrs Birling and I think I might have made up quotes so lets hope the examiners don't notice. Liked the main unseen poem, easy to analyse. Didn't really read the second one much as I was too focused on trying to just pick up marks at the end. My actual quality of writing was much better than paper 1 imo.

Reply 946

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by Aaywad123
Internal and physical conflict with both using natural imagery and then we also have two charcaters who want to die for their country it was probably the best one to do alongside checking out me history and maybe even the other war poems

I strongly disagree. I don't thunk he wanted to die for his country. Exposure isn't really about the effects of war it's about war itself and how wrongky its portrayed by the military. Comparing it with Exposure is just making it too hard. You don't get marks for doing a harder poem

Reply 947

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by Laila66
I strongly disagree. I don't thunk he wanted to die for his country. Exposure isn't really about the effects of war it's about war itself and how wrongky its portrayed by the military. Comparing it with Exposure is just making it too hard. You don't get marks for doing a harder poem

Thats the point of english literature you are meant to do your perspective of it and how it works with the 2 poems

Reply 948

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by Laila66
I strongly disagree. I don't thunk he wanted to die for his country. Exposure isn't really about the effects of war it's about war itself and how wrongky its portrayed by the military. Comparing it with Exposure is just making it too hard. You don't get marks for doing a harder poem

I don't think he wanted to die for his country either, but could defo make it work for the effects of war. He is realising the futility of war and "love of god seems dying". Losing faith seems like an effect to me.

Reply 949

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by riley.luce
social responsibility or mr/mrs birling

on the spot

Reply 950

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by Laila66
I strongly disagree. I don't thunk he wanted to die for his country. Exposure isn't really about the effects of war it's about war itself and how wrongky its portrayed by the military. Comparing it with Exposure is just making it too hard. You don't get marks for doing a harder poem
That would be true if it said effects of war. But it said how people are affected by conflict so during war is perfectly reasonable. That's why most of my school did exposure or remains.

Reply 951

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by tukgtkulktu
I did
Either way dw as long as you compared the poems well the examiners don't care what poem you compare it to

yeah I mean I did porphyrias lover but I know people that did when we two parted, winter swans, loves philosophy and sonnet 29. all it said was how do the poets present strong feelings about love, they never specified that it had to be romantic love so technically people could have done any of the family ones too 🤣

Reply 952

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by Aaywad123
Thats the point of english literature you are meant to do your perspective of it and how it works with the 2 poems

Yeah but my point is that exposure doesn't really show the effects too much. You're opinion just saying I go by the question and it said effects of conflict

Reply 953

Neither did which is why Owen wrote 'dulce et decorum est'

Reply 954

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by Laila66
I strongly disagree. I don't thunk he wanted to die for his country. Exposure isn't really about the effects of war it's about war itself and how wrongky its portrayed by the military. Comparing it with Exposure is just making it too hard. You don't get marks for doing a harder poem


I agree with the fact her didn’t want to die, that’s why he returned in kamikaze! And in exposure it is about disillusionment of war and not knowing what war was going to be like fully! However obvs like with anything in lit if you back it up and explain you’ll be fine x

Reply 955

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by Aaywad123
Neither did which is why Owen wrote 'dulce et decorum est'

Kamikaze does definitely show the effects of conflict but exposure doesnt

Reply 956

Accidently mixed up Love's Philosphy with Sonnet 29 quotes for second poem comparison . Will i get marked down?

Reply 957

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by Nrrksssgucfb
I agree with the fact her didn’t want to die, that’s why he returned in kamikaze! And in exposure it is about disillusionment of war and not knowing what war was going to be like fully! However obvs like with anything in lit if you back it up and explain you’ll be fine x

I'm not the only perosn who wrote this btw many people in my school did the same and compared the internal conflict in bith while exposure also had the added phyuscial conflict from nature

Reply 958

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by Nrrksssgucfb
I agree with the fact her didn’t want to die, that’s why he returned in kamikaze! And in exposure it is about disillusionment of war and not knowing what war was going to be like fully! However obvs like with anything in lit if you back it up and explain you’ll be fine x

Yeah that's what I mean - exposur eksnt about the effects of war it's about the misconceptions and criticising upper-echelons of the military for wrongful propaganda.

Reply 959

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by Aaywad123
I'm not the only perosn who wrote this btw many people in my school did the same and compared the internal conflict in bith while exposure also had the added phyuscial conflict from nature

Yeah but physical conflict isn't the effects of conflict

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