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UK GCSE 2010 : Higher Tier, English Literature Paper 1

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General Certificate of Secondary Education 2010 Paper 1 Higher Tier G3002 English Literature [G3002] FRIDAY 14 MAY, AFTERNOON TIME 2 hours 30 minutes. INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your Centre Number and Candidate Number on the Answer Booklet provided. Answer three questions. Answer one question from each section. Write your answer to Section A in the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet. Write your answer to Section B in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. Write your answer to Section C in the Purple (Poetry) Answer Booklet. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES The total mark for this paper is 105. All questions carry equal marks, i.e. 35 marks for each question. 5485 Page Index to Sections and Questions Question No. Section A Drama 1 Wilder: Our Town 2 Priestley: An Inspector Calls 3 Shaffer: The Royal Hunt of the Sun 4 Russell: Blood Brothers 5 Friel: Dancing at Lughnasa Page No. 3 4 5 6 7 6 7 8 9 10 11 Section B Prose Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men Orwell: Animal Farm Golding: Lord of the Flies Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird Johnston: How Many Miles To Babylon? Taylor: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 8 9 10 11 12 13 12 13 Section C Poetry Anthology One Anthology Two 14 15 5485 2 [Turn over Section A Drama Answer one question from this section. Wilder: Our Town 1 Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about Mr Webb. Look again at the extract on page 57 beginning with the stage direction Embarrassed silence and ending on page 59 with the stage direction He slowly dodges a puddle and disappears into his house. With reference to the ways Wilder presents Mr Webb in the extract and elsewhere in the play, show how far you would agree that he is caring and helpful. In your answer you should consider: what Mr Webb says and does in the extract; Wilder s use of language and dramatic techniques in the extract; Mr Webb s relationship with Emily elsewhere in the play; and anything else you think is relevant. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about small-town life. Look again at the extract on page 30 beginning with the stage direction Mrs Gibbs fills her apron with food for the chickens and comes down to the footlights and ending on page 32 with the stage direction The Stage Manager enters briskly from the right. With reference to the ways Wilder presents small-town life in the extract and elsewhere in Act One, show how far you would agree that there are advantages to living in a small town. In your answer you should consider: what Mrs Gibbs and Mrs Webb say in the extract; Wilder s use of language and dramatic techniques in the extract; daily life in Grover s Corners elsewhere in Act One. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet. 5485 3 [Turn over Priestley: An Inspector Calls 2 Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about Mr Birling. Look again at the extract in Act Three, beginning on page 68 with Eric s words, I don t see much nonsense about it when a girl goes and kills herself and ending on page 71 with Birling s words, Well, isn t it? We ve been had, that s all. With reference to the ways Priestley presents Mr Birling in the extract and elsewhere in the play, show that wealth and respectability are more important to him than doing what is right. What do you think of him? Give reasons for your opinions. In your answer you should consider: what Mr Birling says in the extract; Priestley s use of language and dramatic techniques in the extract; what Mr Birling says in the engagement scene in Act One (before the arrival of the Inspector); and anything else you think is relevant. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question) Remember to write your answer in the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about differing attitudes. Look again at the extract in Act One, beginning at the bottom of page 13 with Mr Birling s words, Look there s nothing mysterious or scandalous about this business and ending on page 16 with Eric s words, Well, we don t need to tell the Inspector all about that, do we? With reference to the ways Priestley presents differing attitudes in the extract and elsewhere in the play, show to what extent the younger Birlings have different attitudes from those of the older Birlings about how they lead their lives. In your answer you should consider: what Mr Birling and Eric say in the extract; Priestley s use of language and dramatic techniques in the extract; Sheila s and Mrs Birling s attitudes towards the death of Eva/Daisy elsewhere in the play; and anything else you think is relevant. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet. 5485 4 [Turn over Shaffer: The Royal Hunt of the Sun 3 Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about De Soto. Look again at the extract from Act 2 Scene III beginning on page 55 with the stage direction Enter PIZARRO and DE SOTO and ending on page 57 with the stage direction He goes off. With reference to the ways Shaffer presents De Soto in this scene and elsewhere in the play, show that De Soto gives good advice. What do you think of him? Give reasons for your opinions. In your answer you should consider: what De Soto says in the extract; Shaffer s use of language and dramatic techniques in the extract; De Soto s relationship with Pizarro elsewhere in the play; and anything else you think is relevant. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about religious faith. Look again at the extract from Act 2 Scene IV, beginning on page 59 with the stage direction VALVERDE comes in from another side and ending on page 61 with the stage direction A further music of bells and humming. With reference to the ways Shaffer presents Valverde and De Nizza in this scene and elsewhere in the play, show how far you would agree that they are differing kinds of priest. In your answer you should consider: what Valverde and De Nizza say in the extract; Shaffer s use of language and dramatic techniques in the extract; Valverde s attitudes towards Atahuallpa and the Indians elsewhere in the play; De Nizza s attitudes towards Atahuallpa and the Indians elsewhere in the play. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet. 5485 5 [Turn over Russell: Blood Brothers 4 Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about Edward. Look again at the extract from Act Two, beginning on page 77 with the stage direction We see Edward waiting by a street lamp and ending on page 80 with the stage direction Linda and Mickey, arms around each other, watch him go. With reference to the ways Russell presents Edward in the extract and elsewhere in the play, show how far you would agree that Edward is generous and considerate. In your answer you should consider: what Edward says and sings in the extract; Russell s use of language and dramatic techniques in the extract; Edward s relationships with Linda and Mickey elsewhere in the play; and anything else you think is relevant. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about escaping from reality. Look again at the extract beginning on page 1 with the stage direction Mrs Johnstone enters with her back to the audience and ending on page 4 with the stage direction During the dance she acquires a brush, dusters and a mop bucket. With reference to the ways Russell presents escaping from reality in the extract and elsewhere in the play, show that Mrs Johnstone and Mickey try to escape from the reality of their lives in differing ways. For which of the two do you feel more sympathy? Give reasons for your answer. In your answer you should consider: what Mrs Johnstone says and sings in the extract; Russell s use of language and dramatic techniques in the extract; Mickey s dependence on tablets elsewhere in the play; and anything else you think is relevant. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet. 5485 6 [Turn over Friel: Dancing at Lughnasa 5 Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about Kate Look again at the extract on page 22 beginning with Chris s words, Bloody useless set, that and ending on page 24 with Rose s words, Everybody calls you the Gander! With reference to the ways Friel presents Kate in the extract and elsewhere in the play, show how far you would agree that Kate controls the rest of the family. In your answer you should consider: what Kate says in the extract; Friel s use of language and dramatic techniques in the extract; Kate s relationships with the rest of the Mundy family elsewhere in the play. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about family life Look again at the extract on page 41 beginning with Michael s words Some of Aunt Kate s forebodings . . . and ending on page 42 at the end of Act 1. With reference to the ways Friel presents the Mundys family life in the extract and elsewhere in the play, show how far you would agree that family life breaks down. In your answer you should consider: what Michael says in the extract; Friel s use of language and dramatic techniques in the extract; the difficulties faced by the Mundy family elsewhere in the play; and anything else you think is relevant. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet. 5485 7 [Turn over Section B Prose Answer one question from this section Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men 6 Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about Slim. With reference to the ways Steinbeck presents Slim, show how far you would agree that he is a man to be admired. What do you think of him? Give reasons for your answer. In your answer you should consider: his life and work on the ranch; his relationships with George and Lennie; and anything else you think is relevant. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about people seeking friendship. With reference to the ways Steinbeck presents life on the ranch, show how far you would agree that the characters seek but fail to find friendship. In your answer you should consider: Candy; Curley s wife; Crooks; and anything else you think is relevant. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. 5485 8 [Turn over Orwell: Animal Farm 7 Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about Squealer. With reference to the ways Orwell presents Squealer, show how far you would agree that Squealer is responsible for keeping the pigs in power. In your answer you should consider: how Squealer tricks the other animals; Squealer s support for Napoleon; and anything else you think is relevant. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about life on the farm. With reference to the ways Orwell presents the lives of the animals, show how far you would agree that life on the farm does not improve under the control of the pigs. In your answer you should consider: what Old Major says; Jones s treatment of the animals; the pigs treatment of the animals; and anything else you think is relevant. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. 5485 9 [Turn over Golding: Lord of the Flies 8 Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about Piggy. With reference to the ways that Golding presents Piggy, show how far you would agree that Piggy is different from the other boys. What do you think of him? Give reasons for your opinions. In your answer you should consider: Piggy s physical appearance; Piggy s loyalty to Ralph; Piggy s attitude to Jack; and anything else you think is relevant. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about the Beast. Show that the boys have differing beliefs about the Beast. In your answer you should consider: the snake-thing; the dead parachutist; the pig s head on a stick; Simon s understanding of the Beast. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. 5485 10 [Turn over Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird 9 Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about Mayella. With reference to the ways Lee presents Mayella, show how far you would agree that Mayella deserves pity. In your answer you should consider: Mayella s homelife; what she says and does during the trial; what others say about her. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about racial prejudice. Show how far you would agree that the racial prejudices of the white community decrease during the course of the novel. In your answer you should consider: the incident outside the jail; why the jury took so long to reach a verdict; Aunt Alexandra; and anything else you think is relevant. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. 5485 11 [Turn over 10 Johnston: How Many Miles To Babylon? Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about Alicia. With reference to the ways Johnston presents Alicia, show that she is often unfeeling. What do you think of her? Give reasons for your opinions. In your answer you should consider: her relationship with Frederick; her relationship with Alexander; and anything else you think is relevant. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about escape. With reference to the ways Johnston presents Alexander and Jerry, show how far you would agree they both joined the Army to escape from their lives at home. In your answer you should consider: Alexander s life in Ireland Jerry s life in Ireland. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. 5485 12 [Turn over Taylor: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 11 Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about Mama Logan. With reference to the ways Taylor presents Mama Logan, show that she sets a good example to the younger Logans. What do you think of her? Give reasons for your opinions. In your answer you should consider: Mama Logan as a mother; Mama Logan as a teacher; what Mama Logan does for the black community. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about the lives of black children. With reference to the ways Taylor presents the lives of black children, show how far you would agree that life for black children is difficult. In your answer you should consider: life at school for black children; the incident at Strawberry; what happens to T.J. at the end of the novel; and anything else you think is relevant. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. 5485 13 [Turn over Section C Answer one question from this section Anthology One 12 Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Purple (Poetry) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about feelings for a loved one. Look again at A Parental Ode to my Son by Thomas Hood, and at either Upon my Son Samuel his going for England by Ann Bradstreet or Remember by Christina Rossetti. With close reference to the ways the two poems are written, compare and contrast how the speakers convey their feelings for a loved one. Explain which of the poems appeals to you more. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Purple (Poetry) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about attitudes to death. Look again at On the Tombs in Westminster Abbey by Francis Beaumont in which the speaker conveys his attitude to death. Choose another poem from Anthology One in which the speaker conveys his or her attitude to death. With close reference to the ways the two poems are written, compare and contrast how the speakers convey their attitudes to death. Show which speaker makes you appreciate his or her attitude more. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Purple (Poetry) Answer Booklet. 5485 14 [Turn over Anthology Two 13 Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Purple (Poetry) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about strong emotions. Look again at On Hearing That his Friend was Coming Back from the War by WangChien and at either Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister by Robert Browning or Pied Beauty by Gerard Manley Hopkins. With close reference to the ways the two poems are written, compare and contrast how the speakers convey their strong emotions. Explain which of the poems appeals to you more. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Purple (Poetry) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about feeling excluded. Look again at Tommy by Rudyard Kipling, in which the speaker conveys his feelings about being excluded. Choose another poem from Anthology Two in which the speaker conveys feelings about being excluded. With close reference to the ways the two poems are written, compare and contrast how the speakers convey their feelings about being excluded. Show which speaker makes you appreciate his or her feelings more. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Purple (Poetry) Answer Booklet. 5485 15 Permission to reproduce all copyright material has been applied for. In some cases, efforts to contact copyright holders may have been unsuccessful and CCEA will be happy to rectify any omissions of acknowledgement in future if notified. 5485 [Turn over

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