AS & A Level Literature in English (9695) — October–November 2024, Paper 21

Discuss ways in which Desai presents the Gorkha rebellion in the novel.

Discuss some of the effects McEwan achieves by the revelations about Cecilia's and Robbie's deaths in the closing pages of the novel.

Discuss ways in which the writers make rooms or particular spaces important in two stories.

‘Many of the episodes in the novel are disturbing as well as comic.’ With this comment in mind, discuss the effects of Twain’s writing in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Either Discuss the presentation of death in the following poem. In your answer, consider the writer’s choice of language, structure and poetic methods.

Or Comment closely on the presentation of the prison experience. In your answer, consider the writer’s choice of language, structure and narrative methods.