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Fighting for Animal Farm is dramatically presented
Section A part b for Animal Farm.
Explore another moment in Animal Farm in which fighting for Animal Farm is dramatically presented.
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Marking points
- 1 Chooses a relevant fighting moment from Animal Farm.
- 2 Explores dramatic presentation with references and methods.
- 3 May use the official examples or other valid moments.
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A strong answer would choose a precise fighting episode, such as the Battle of the Cowshed, and explain how Orwell makes it dramatic through structure, contrast, cooperation, disorder and the animals' changing political situation.
Why this answer loses marks
The animals fight bravely for Animal Farm.
This gives a broad comment but not a selected dramatic moment or the methods that make it dramatic.