AQA A Level French Paper 2 7652/2 - 19th June 2024 [Exam Chat]

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Reply 180

louisll_101

Original post by hannah.178

guys i’m revising no et moi rn and its just made me remember how much i hate the ending of this book😭😭😭

me tooo

Reply 181

erin11

Volunteer Team

Original post by amel.z0

well i know the basis, but i acc don't know what happened if they weren't condemned to death (i know that's concerning to ask i should have done it earlier), bc i know manech got amnesia but what acc happened, how did he get there?

the gist of the story:

the whole film is based on Mathilde's investigation to find manech when he disappears.
manech and Mathilde are childhood sweethearts. he gets drafted into WW1, him and 4 other soldiers self harm in order to try and escape the war. Manech self harms by waving his hand above the trenches while holding a lit cig and gets shot in the hand. all 5 soldiers are courtmartialed for self harm and sentenced to death - that's why they all get sent to the front line, as they're meant to get thrown over the top into no mans land. Manech gets injured and rescued by one of the other 4 and ends up as an amnesiac living with some lady whose actual son died in the war. eventually Mathilde tracks him down and they're reunited !

this is a really crap summary of the film sorry but there's so much to it ! I recommend going on YouTube or amazon prime to watch the film properly or even little snippets of scenes that you can find, also quizlet is good for key points about themes and characters and the plot too

Reply 182

tesss5

Original post by alexwhitfeld

I got so unlucky , i have further pure 1 tomorrow on the same day , its not looking good haha

SAME 😭😭

Reply 183

A.richardson

Original post by zode83

present?? like an English essay, eg "this shows that" but when describing the plot i'd use the past, for example, in the film La Haine, "the three boys lived in the suburbs" sorta thing

Ohh ok so I can switch between the two i guess

Reply 184

tesss5

Original post by hannah.178

guys i’m revising no et moi rn and its just made me remember how much i hate the ending of this book😭😭😭

its so weird fr 😭 my teacher said it was romantic 😭✋️

Reply 185

hannahmay2268

Original post by tesss5

its so weird fr 😭 my teacher said it was romantic 😭✋️

its so gross imo like first of all the age gap is a bit creepy and second its just so tone deaf, no is homeless again and the author just gives lou everything like now she has a happy family and boyfriend... what is the message of this book even meant to be😭

Reply 186

tesss5

Original post by hannahmay2268

EXACTLYYY its no et moi not lucas et moi 😭

Reply 187

hannah.178

Original post by tesss5

EXACTLYYY its no et moi not lucas et moi 😭

righttt like what happened to the girl power😔🙏🏼

Reply 188

tesss5

Original post by hannah.178

righttt like what happened to the girl power😔🙏🏼

if the question is 'evaluate lucas and lous relationship' or smth then my entire essay is gonna be slander

Reply 189

safffaya

Original post by A.richardson

Ohh ok so I can switch between the two i guess

you also want to use le passé simple
for example: (this is the beginning of my introduction for l’étranger)

L’étranger fut publié en 1942 par Albert Camus en pleine Deuxième Guerre Mondiale.

so “fut” is être in le passé simple. Basically Passé Simple is used in writing solely, and it’s really good to use it to show your “level”… essentially just a great way to impress the examiners - like genuinely even if you use it once

you can look up bescherelle.com and just see all the conjugations for like important verbs!

Obviously this is just advice my teachers have given us which seriously do help you get full marks :smile:

Reply 190

hannah.178

Original post by tesss5

if the question is 'evaluate lucas and lous relationship' or smth then my entire essay is gonna be slander

gonna air him out for the borderline ***** that he is, 17 and 13… yeah get him on a list

Reply 191

safffaya

Guys, does anyone have any essay plans for “l’étranger” or “au revoir les enfants” pretty please !!

Reply 192

charligyug

Original post by safffaya

you also want to use le passé simple
for example: (this is the beginning of my introduction for l’étranger)
L’étranger fut publié en 1942 par Albert Camus en pleine Deuxième Guerre Mondiale.
so “fut” is être in le passé simple. Basically Passé Simple is used in writing solely, and it’s really good to use it to show your “level”… essentially just a great way to impress the examiners - like genuinely even if you use it once
you can look up bescherelle.com and just see all the conjugations for like important verbs!
Obviously this is just advice my teachers have given us which seriously do help you get full marks :smile:

Hi, what would you say abt fact that it was published during war period, whats the significance of this?

Reply 193

safffaya

Original post by charligyug

Hi, what would you say abt fact that it was published during war period, whats the significance of this?

okay so i think it’s super important to add context to the beginning of any essay… my introduction is like so extra but this is what i normally write:

L'Etranger fut publié en 1942 par Albert Camus en pleine Deuxième Guerre Mondiale. L'absurde, thème central de « l'Étranger », résonnait particulièrement en ces temps de chaos et de destruction. Camus lui-même, bien que travaillant à Paris pendant une partie de la guerre, était profondément influencé par le climat d'oppression et d'incertitude. La publications de « l'Etranger » fut ainsi un acte courageux, présentant une réflexion sur l'indifférence de la nature et de l'univers face aux souffrances humaines, tout en offrant une critique implicite de la société et des valeurs qui y prévalaient. L'Étranger es clairement une œuvre emblématique de la littérature française. Ce roman explore les thèmes de l'absurdité de l'existence, le non-sens de la vie et l'aliénation. Dès les premières lignes du roman, « aujourd'hui, maman est morte ou peut-être hier, je ne sais pas. », le lecteur est immédiatement plongé dans l'univers détaché et indifférent de Meursault, le protagoniste. Camus utilise le personnage de Meursault pour illustrer la philosophie de l'absurde, montrant comment l'homme est confronté à un monde dénué de sens et de logique. À travers les événements qui mènent Meursault au meurtre et à son procès, l'auteur examine les notions de la culpabilité, de justice et l'absurdité de la condition humaine.
Dans cette dissertation, nous analyserons..., Et enfin....

Reply 194

tesss5

Original post by hannah.178

gonna air him out for the borderline ***** that he is, 17 and 13… yeah get him on a list

yup...i hate this book sm, and i hate the movie we are doing too (la haine, what are u doing), my french is fine but my analysis is rubbish, im gonna flop so bad 😭 whyyyy do they grade us on quality of analysis when its literally FRENCH a level

Reply 195

randomone2

Original post by safffaya

okay so i think it’s super important to add context to the beginning of any essay… my introduction is like so extra but this is what i normally write:
L'Etranger fut publié en 1942 par Albert Camus en pleine Deuxième Guerre Mondiale. L'absurde, thème central de « l'Étranger », résonnait particulièrement en ces temps de chaos et de destruction. Camus lui-même, bien que travaillant à Paris pendant une partie de la guerre, était profondément influencé par le climat d'oppression et d'incertitude. La publications de « l'Etranger » fut ainsi un acte courageux, présentant une réflexion sur l'indifférence de la nature et de l'univers face aux souffrances humaines, tout en offrant une critique implicite de la société et des valeurs qui y prévalaient. L'Étranger es clairement une œuvre emblématique de la littérature française. Ce roman explore les thèmes de l'absurdité de l'existence, le non-sens de la vie et l'aliénation. Dès les premières lignes du roman, « aujourd'hui, maman est morte ou peut-être hier, je ne sais pas. », le lecteur est immédiatement plongé dans l'univers détaché et indifférent de Meursault, le protagoniste. Camus utilise le personnage de Meursault pour illustrer la philosophie de l'absurde, montrant comment l'homme est confronté à un monde dénué de sens et de logique. À travers les événements qui mènent Meursault au meurtre et à son procès, l'auteur examine les notions de la culpabilité, de justice et l'absurdité de la condition humaine.
Dans cette dissertation, nous analyserons..., Et enfin....

Is that just your intro?! I am so done for

Reply 196

safffaya

Original post by randomone2

Is that just your intro?! I am so done for

one my teachers is a major perfectionist - to the point the way she’s taught us to write essays is like university level, i really wouldn’t stress

i was stressing out about it so another teacher literally told me that you could get away without even writing a conclusion - i really wouldn’t worry too much, by far this is my hardest exam out of all of them

Reply 197

hannah.178

Original post by tesss5

my analysis is okay i usually just end up waffling, i hope we get nice questions🙏🏼🙏🏼 and im doing au revoir les enfants for my film, its not that bad tbh

Reply 198

Vincent Carousel

Original post by amel.z0

last time i will ask cos i think more ppl r coming in the thread but is ANYONE doing un long dimanche de fiancailles??! any predictions for that? or even un secret?
my school picked the worst options like no one else does it and there's literally no resources

I am as well ): I have no idea for predictions cos I’ve looked at the past questions and they’re super random. I’m just going over vocab specific to the film and cinematographic techniques cos that’s the bit I know the least about