Exploitation

Taking unfair advantage of someone or their labour for another person's benefit.

Taking unfair advantage of another person’s vulnerability for one’s own benefit.

Priestley makes him troubling precisely because he is not simply monstrous: charm, affection and occasional generosity can coexist with exploitation and resistance to social responsibility. His return to confidence invites the audience to judge privileged people by their willingness to change, not simply by their manners or moments of generosity.

Using another person unfairly for one’s own benefit, particularly when unequal power makes it difficult for them to resist.

Distinguish the narrator’s account from a character’s claim: Squealer justifies privilege, while Pilkington praises exploitation.

Integrate context: explain how a particular action or quotation exposes the exploitation of workers, rather than adding a separate paragraph about Russia.

Part (a): Use the introductions and details in the extracts to explain relevant social situations, such as ownership, class, dependence or exploitation. Keep historical knowledge tied to the extract rather than adding a separate history paragraph.

The use of another’s labour or resources for one’s own benefit, especially while giving them little in return.

Using another person’s work or vulnerability for one’s own advantage, without treating them fairly.

Using another person’s labour or vulnerability unfairly for personal benefit.

Using another’s labour or resources for one’s own advantage while denying them a fair share of the benefits.

Taking unfair advantage of others or their labour for one’s own benefit.

Taking unfair advantage of someone for another person's benefit, as the pigs do with Boxer's labour and trust.

The use of people, animals or their labour for someone else’s benefit, without fair treatment or reward.

The use of another person’s labour for one’s own benefit without giving them a fair share of its rewards.

Taking unfair advantage of someone’s work or resources for another person’s benefit.

Major makes this argument concrete by addressing the cows’ stolen milk, the hens’ eggs and Clover’s sold foals. These examples connect economic exploitation to painful family experiences. His warning that Boxer will be killed when his strength fails also exposes a system in which an animal’s value depends on usefulness.

The use of another person’s work or resources for one’s own benefit, especially under unfair conditions.

Taking unfair advantage of another person’s work, vulnerability or dependence for personal benefit.

Taking advantage of someone or their situation for one’s own benefit.

Using someone unfairly for personal benefit, particularly when unequal power makes that person vulnerable.

Taking unfair advantage of someone’s work, circumstances or vulnerability for personal benefit.

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AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702

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