OCR GCSE English Literature · J352
Paper 1
The destination the students associate with the best artwork taken away by Madame. Its purpose remains mysterious to them during Part One.
Revise: Part One: Hailsham (Chapters 1 to 9)Madame visits to take away the best work for what the students call the Gallery. This creates a practical grievance as well as a mystery: if their best pieces are removed, how can the children receive tokens for them? The dispute is addressed, but the honour of selection for the Gallery is emphasised.
- Revise: Part Three: the truth and the end (Chapters 22 and 23)
The collection of Hailsham students’ artwork assembled to demonstrate their humanity to the outside world, not to assess whether couples deserve a deferral.