OCR•J352
OCR GCSE English Literature
4 sections · 379 revision notes, with key terms, exam tips and past papers
Starts with Context.
Specification
Paper 1
2c Modern prose or drama
Anita and Me · Never Let Me Go · Animal Farm · An Inspector Calls · DNA · Leave Taking · Answering the modern text question114 notes
2c Anita and Me
- Context
- Plot overview
- Chapters 1 to 3: Tollington, a lie and Anita
- Chapters 4 to 6: family stories, Diwali, the fair and Sunil
- Chapters 7 to 10: the fete, Nanima and Anita's visit
- Chapter 11 to the end: the fall, hospital and the eleven-plus
- Meena Kumar
- Anita Rutter
- Mama and Papa (Daljit and Shyam Kumar)
- Nanima
- Sam Lowbridge
- Identity and belonging
- Racism and prejudice
- Friendship
- Family and community
- Growing up
- Writer's methods
- Key quotations
2c Never Let Me Go
- Context
- Plot overview
- Part One: Hailsham (Chapters 1 to 9)
- Part Two: the Cottages (Chapters 10 to 17)
- Part Three: Kathy the carer (Chapters 18 to 21)
- Part Three: the truth and the end (Chapters 22 and 23)
- Kathy H
- Tommy
- Ruth
- Miss Lucy
- Miss Emily and Madame
- Memory and loss
- Identity and what it means to be human
- Acceptance and resistance
- Friendship, love and jealousy
- Science, ethics and society
- Writer's methods
- Key quotations
2c Animal Farm
- Context
- Plot overview
- Chapters 1 and 2
- Chapters 3 and 4
- Chapters 5 and 6
- Chapters 7 and 8
- Chapters 9 and 10
- Napoleon
- Snowball
- Squealer
- Old Major
- Boxer
- Benjamin and Clover
- Mr Jones and the farmers
- Power and corruption
- Propaganda and language
- Revolution and idealism
- Equality and class
- Violence and fear
- Education and ignorance
- Writer's methods
- Key quotations
2c An Inspector Calls
2c DNA
- Context
- Plot overview
- One: a death and a cover-up
- Two: framing the postman
- Three and Four: Adam's return and what follows
- Phil
- Leah
- John Tate and Richard
- Cathy
- Brian and Adam
- Jan, Mark, Lou and Danny
- Responsibility and guilt
- Power and leadership
- Violence and morality
- Group identity and peer pressure
- Writer's methods
- Key quotations
2c Leave Taking
- Context
- Plot overview
- Scenes 1 and 2: the obeah woman and the row at home
- Scenes 3 and 4: the pastor's visit and Mooma's death
- Scenes 5 and 6: Del at Mai's and Viv's rebellion
- Scenes 7 and 8: Brod's story and the final reading
- Enid
- Del
- Viv
- Mai
- Brod
- Mothers, daughters and sisters
- Identity and belonging
- Migration and home
- Racism and class in 1980s Britain
- Tradition, faith and obeah
- Writer's methods
- Key quotations
2c Answering the modern text question
2c 19th-century prose
Great Expectations · Pride and Prejudice · The War of the Worlds · Jekyll and Hyde · Jane Eyre · A Christmas Carol · Answering the 19th-century prose question127 notes
2c Great Expectations
- Context
- Plot overview
- Chapters 1 to 9
- Chapters 10 to 19
- Chapters 20 to 29
- Chapters 30 to 39
- Chapters 40 to 49
- Chapters 50 to 59
- Pip
- Estella
- Miss Havisham
- Magwitch
- Joe and Biddy
- Jaggers and Wemmick
- Herbert Pocket
- Social class and the gentleman
- Ambition and self-improvement
- Crime, guilt and justice
- Love and rejection
- Parents and childhood
- Redemption and forgiveness
- Writer's methods
- Key quotations
2c Pride and Prejudice
- Context
- Plot overview
- Chapters 1 to 12
- Chapters 13 to 23
- Chapters 24 to 35
- Chapters 36 to 46
- Chapters 47 to 52
- Chapters 53 to 61
- Elizabeth Bennet
- Mr Darcy
- Mr and Mrs Bennet
- Jane Bennet and Mr Bingley
- Mr Collins and Charlotte Lucas
- Wickham and Lydia
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh
- Pride and prejudice
- Love and marriage
- Class and wealth
- Women and gender
- Family and reputation
- Writer's methods
- Key quotations
2c The War of the Worlds
- Context
- Plot overview
- Book One, Chapters 1 to 6: the Martians arrive
- Book One, Chapters 7 to 13: the fighting begins
- Book One, Chapters 14 to 17: the exodus from London
- Book Two, Chapters 1 to 5: trapped with the curate
- Book Two, Chapters 6 to 10: dead London and the Epilogue
- The narrator
- The Martians
- The curate
- The artilleryman
- The narrator's brother and the Elphinstones
- The narrator's wife
- Imperialism and colonisation
- Science and evolution
- Religion and faith
- Civilisation and the breakdown of order
- War and violence
- Human complacency and humility
- Writer's methods
- Key quotations
2c Jekyll and Hyde
2c Jane Eyre
- Context
- Plot overview
- Chapters 1 to 4: Gateshead
- Chapters 5 to 10: Lowood
- Chapters 11 to 27: Thornfield
- Chapters 28 to 35: Moor House
- Chapters 36 to 38: Ferndean
- Jane Eyre
- Mr Rochester
- Bertha Mason
- St John Rivers
- Helen Burns and Miss Temple
- Mrs Reed and Mr Brocklehurst
- Gender and independence
- Social class
- Religion
- Love and marriage
- Passion and reason
- The supernatural
- Writer's methods
- Key quotations
2c A Christmas Carol
- Context
- Plot overview
- Stave One
- Stave Two
- Stave Three
- Stave Four
- Stave Five
- Scrooge
- Marley's Ghost
- The Ghost of Christmas Past
- The Ghost of Christmas Present
- The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
- Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim
- Fred
- Social responsibility
- Poverty and wealth
- Redemption
- Christmas and family
- Writer's methods
- Key quotations
2c Answering the 19th-century prose question
Paper 2
2c Poetry across time
Love and Relationships · Conflict · Youth and Age · Unseen poetry · Answering the poetry question52 notes
2c Love and Relationships
2c Conflict
2c Youth and Age
2c Unseen poetry
2c Answering the poetry question
2c Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet · The Merchant of Venice · Macbeth · Much Ado About Nothing · Answering the Shakespeare question86 notes
2c Romeo and Juliet
2c The Merchant of Venice
2c Macbeth
2c Much Ado About Nothing
2c Answering the Shakespeare question
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