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Prejudice influences the way a person is treated
An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley. Candidates should choose another relevant moment from the set text.
Explore another moment in An Inspector Calls where prejudice influences the way a person is treated.
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Marking points
- 1 Selects a relevant moment and links prejudice to treatment of a person, with textual and dramatic analysis.
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No fixed answer is provided by OCR. A strong answer might analyse Mrs Birling's interrogation, showing how class prejudice shapes her refusal to help Eva and how Priestley's dialogue exposes that prejudice.
Why this answer loses marks
Analysing capitalism or the Inspector's final speech without linking it to prejudice affecting treatment.
The examiner report says these choices were less successful when not firmly linked to prejudice and treatment of a person.