Teaching Resources for the 40 Mark Question
Comparing Bill Furlong to Andy Dufresne: Hero The Price of Heroism: Andy Dufresne v Bill Furlong Sample 40 Mark Question with Plan
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Comparative 40 Mark Question: Bill Furlong v Andy Dufresne
Many stories contain characters who possess character traits that we admire or despise. Identify a hero, heroine or villain from at least two texts on your comparative course and compare which character makes a better role model, and why. Support your answer with reference to your chosen texts. Plan: The texts I have studied are Read More …
A Hero who Faces a Difficult Decision
Question: Name one text on your comparative course and identify a hero, heroine or villain you studied. Use one or more key moments to explain whether in your opinion, this character reacted positively or negatively when faced with a difficult situation. Support your answer with reference to the text. Small Things Like These Hero A Read More …
The Shawshank Redemption: Hero and Villain
Villain: Warden Norton We first see how evil Norton is when we witness Hadley beating a prisoner to death on Andy’s first night in prison. Hadley suffers no consequences for his actions so it is clear that Norton allows Hadley to do whatever he likes to keep the prisoners in line. We see how corrupt Read More …
Sample Answer: A Hero in The Shawshank Redemption
Question: Name one text on your comparative course and identify a hero, heroine or villain you studied. Use one or more key moments to explain whether in your opinion, this character reacted positively or negatively when faced with a difficult situation. Support your answer with reference to the text. The text I have studied is Read More …
Small Things Like These-Chapter 6 Summary
When Furlong gets home from the convent, Eileen tells him that he missed mass. She also asks what he got from the nuns and we see that Mother Superior has put £50 in the envelope, which was a large sum of money in 1985. Eileen says, ‘aren’t they very good?’ This highlights how easy it Read More …
Small Things Like These-Chapter Five
In Chapter five, Furlong returns to the convent to deliver a big order of coal. It is a Sunday morning and the town is quiet as he makes his way through the convent except for the singing he hears coming from St Margaret’s next door. He makes his way to the coal house and the Read More …
Small Things Like These-Chapter 4 Summary
The author uses the bleak image of crows at the beginning of the chapter to create a dark and sinister tone. We get a description of the crows scavenging for food around the town and how they perch in the trees outside the local convent at night. The link between the crows and the convent Read More …
Small Things Like These-Chapter 3 Summary and Questions
Chapter 3 begins by describing the beginning of Christmas in the town as the people get ready for the festivities. The description of the Virgin Mary kneeling passively in the town’s nativity scene is symbolic of the role of women in both religion and in Ireland at the time. The people of the town gather Read More …