Year 11 English Literature Revision - An Inspector Calls *Read the play again carefully *Complete the activities at the back of the book *Do detailed plans of some of the essay questions *Memorise (short) key quotes you can use in the exam *Mind map characters and themes Top tips Check how many marks are available for each question Read the question carefully – What‚ where focus How questions – comment on language Imagine tasks – you must use language that shows the character and reflect the character’s
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The Call of the Wild In the novel‚ The Call of the Wild‚ the author‚ Jack London‚ uses power in order to convey his theme of ancestral memory and primitive instinct to the reader. Throughout the novel‚ the protagonist‚ a large Saint Bernard named Buck‚ tries to find his place at the top of his community. London uses The Call of the Wild to display how people‚ or animals‚ want to dominate. From the beginning of the story when Buck is put into a group of mail running dogs‚ he is trying to come out
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Name:_____________________________ Gran Torino Yr 10 ENGLISH 2013 ALESCO LEARNING CENTRE pre viewing‚ back ground questions….. 1. With the knowledge that I have here today - Where did I come from what is my family heritage? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2. Explain the different terms below: Birth parents. Adoption. Country of origin. Australian immigration.
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The call of the wild Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3 Jack London «The call of the wild» 1 To the north Buck did not read the newspapers. He did not know that trouble was coming for every big dog in California. Men had found gold in the Yukon‚ and these men wanted big‚ strong dogs to work in the cold and snow of the north. Buck lived in Mr Miller’s big house in the sunny Santa Clara valley. There were large gardens and fields of fruit trees around the house‚ and a river nearby. In a big place
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Buck‚ a huge‚ four-year-old half-Saint Bernard and half-Scottish shepherd dog‚ is living a life of civilized ease in California’s Santa Clara Valley in the home of Judge Miller. It seems to be the best of all possible worlds‚ for Buck is the most prized animal that the Judge owns. Around this time‚ however‚ gold is discovered in the great North‚ and large dogs suddenly become tremendously valuable because these types of dogs are needed to haul the heavy sleds through the deep snow fields. Tragically
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Sybil is far too used to the privileges that an upper class society brings‚ certainly more than her husband‚ as she is of higher social standing. Sybil looks down on the lower classes and blindly accepts the stereotypes attached to them including the idea that people of the lower classes were somehow unhuman‚ she mocks the idea that “girls of that class” would refuse stolen money in reference to Eva Smith. It seems that‚ to Sybil‚ status and respectability is more important than anything else
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dominant primordial beast who had made his kill and found it good” (31). Option 3. Explain the meaning of the following quotation: “[Each] day mankind and the claims of mankind slipped farther from him. Deep in the forest a call was sounding‚ and as often as he heard this call‚ mysteriously thrilling and luring‚ he felt compelled to turn his back upon the fire‚ and to plunge into the forest … But as often as he gained the soft unbroken earth and the green shade‚ the love of John Thornton drew him
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how the media will portray this news‚ ‘There’ll be a public scandal’. The advice given‚ is shown through Arthur because‚ he does not accept his responsibility. At the end of the play‚ Arthur had thought nobody would find out‚ until the final phone call. This was the consequence of him not taking in the advice the Inspector had given him. The second character this message is portrayed through‚ is Mrs Birling. She‚ on the other hand‚ seems quiet at first. But as soon as she meets the Inspector‚ we
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Call of the Wild Jack London’s thrilling epic tale of adventure and bravery‚ through the eyes of a part St. Bernard‚ part German Shepherd named Buck. Our story opens with the author describing the lifestyle of this pampered dog on the premises of his master’s home‚ Judge Miller‚ in the Santa Clara valley. John London describes a particular gold rush that transpired in 1897 and it was named the Klondike gold rush. Very early in the story line‚ Buck is kidnapped by Manuel‚ one of the gardener’s helpers
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