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OCR GCSE English Literature
Modern prose or drama
OCR GCSE English Literature · J352 · 2c
Modern prose or drama
Paper 1
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Component 01 Section A: a two-part question on the modern prose or drama text studied.
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
Context
Plot overview
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
The Inspector
Mr Birling
Mrs Birling
Sheila
Eric
Gerald
Eva Smith
Social responsibility
Class
Age and generations
Gender
Guilt and responsibility
Writer's methods
Key quotations
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
Part (a): comparing your text with an unseen extract
Part (b): exploring another moment in your text
Practise with past papers
Key terms & definitions
