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 …
Small Things Like These: Hero and Villain
Key moments in Small Things Like These-Bill Furlong as a hero Bill’s generosity early in the text Early in the book we see how generous Bill is when he stops to give the Sinnot boy the change from his pocket as he found him scavenging for food along the road. Bill cannot afford to give Read More …
Comparing a Hero and a Villain
Identify a hero, heroine or villain from at least two texts on your comparativecourse. Compare the ways in which aspects of your chosen characters’ thoughts andactions fascinated you. Support your response with reference to yourchosen texts. (40) The characters I will be discussing are Bill Furlong, who is the hero of Small Things Like These 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 …
Chapter 1 Summary and Questions
The story begins in October just as the clocks have gone back and there is a sense of darkness and despair in the opening chapter as the people of New Ross brace themselves against the harshness of winter. There is a clear use of pathetic fallacy in the opening chapter as the weather reflects the Read More …