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Deputation — OCR GCSE English Literature Definition

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GCSE English Literature · key term

Deputation

Definition

A group chosen to approach others on behalf of a larger community; in the novel, Ogilvy, Stent and Henderson join the group approaching the Martians.

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OCR GCSE English Literature · J352

Paper 1

The Deputation approaches with a white flag. Ogilvy, Stent and Henderson are among its members. The narrator explains in Book One Chapter 5 that they intend to demonstrate “that we too were intelligent”.
Revise: Book One, Chapters 1 to 6: the Martians arrive

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