Journey by Patricia Grace
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level
LITERATURE IN ENGLISH Paper 3 Poetry and Prose Additional Materials:
*8973287783*
9695/31
October/November 2009 2 hours
Answer Booklet/Paper
READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Answer two questions, one from Section A and one from Section B. You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. All questions in this paper carry equal marks.
This document consists of 10 printed pages and 2 blank pages.
DC (SFJ4812) 19771/5 R © UCLES 2009
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2 Section A: Poetry
SUJATA BHATT: Point No Point 1 Either (a) ‘I want to return to her moment of birth.’ Discuss ways in which Bhatt presents motherhood in her poetry, referring to two or three poems you have studied. Or (b) Comment closely on the following poem, paying particular attention to ways in which it explores the relationship between art and history. 3 November 1984 I won’t buy The New York Times today. I can’t. I’m sorry. But when I walk into the bookstore I can’t help reading the front page and I stare at the photographs of dead men and women I know I’ve seen alive. Today I don’t want to think of Hindus cutting open Sikhs – and Sikhs cutting open Hindus – and Hindus cutting open Today I don’t want to think of Amrit and Arun and Gunwant Singh, nor of Falguni and Kalyan. I’ve made up my mind: today I’ll write in peacock-greenish-sea-green ink I’ll write poems about everything else. I’ll think of the five Americans who made it to Annapurna without Sherpa help. I won’t think of haemorrhageing trains
LITERATURE IN ENGLISH Paper 3 Poetry and Prose Additional Materials:
*8973287783*
9695/31
October/November 2009 2 hours
Answer Booklet/Paper
READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Answer two questions, one from Section A and one from Section B. You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. All questions in this paper carry equal marks.
This document consists of 10 printed pages and 2 blank pages.
DC (SFJ4812) 19771/5 R © UCLES 2009
[Turn over
2 Section A: Poetry
SUJATA BHATT: Point No Point 1 Either (a) ‘I want to return to her moment of birth.’ Discuss ways in which Bhatt presents motherhood in her poetry, referring to two or three poems you have studied. Or (b) Comment closely on the following poem, paying particular attention to ways in which it explores the relationship between art and history. 3 November 1984 I won’t buy The New York Times today. I can’t. I’m sorry. But when I walk into the bookstore I can’t help reading the front page and I stare at the photographs of dead men and women I know I’ve seen alive. Today I don’t want to think of Hindus cutting open Sikhs – and Sikhs cutting open Hindus – and Hindus cutting open Today I don’t want to think of Amrit and Arun and Gunwant Singh, nor of Falguni and Kalyan. I’ve made up my mind: today I’ll write in peacock-greenish-sea-green ink I’ll write poems about everything else. I’ll think of the five Americans who made it to Annapurna without Sherpa help. I won’t think of haemorrhageing trains