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People looking for something from their past
Section A - Modern prose or drama. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro and Little Green Man by Simon Armitage. Read the two extracts below and then answer both part a) and part b).
Compare how the writers present people looking for something from their past in these two extracts.
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Marking points
- 1 Compares how both extracts present looking for something from the past.
- 2 Uses textual references to situations and reactions.
- 3 Analyses language, form or structure and effects.
- 4 Develops relevant contextual ideas from the extracts.
Why this answer loses marks
They both find objects from the past and feel nostalgic.
This misses the different reactions, the close detail in the writing and the contextual meaning of the searches.