You are also linking to the social and political, so you need to consider what message the author is presenting.įirst off, then, it is important to note that Hosseini is making use of retrospective narration at this point. Here you can talk about both characterisation and voice, and draw attention to this in your analysis. You want to try and remember that the exam board likes to see students talking about some main areas in terms of method: characterisation, setting, voice, structure and imagery. And the cleft lip, just left of midline, where the Chinese doll maker’s instrument may have slipped or perhaps he had simply grown tired and careless.’ -p3 ‘I can still see Hassan up on that tree, sunlight flickering through the leaves on his almost perfectly round face, a face like a Chinese doll chiseled from hardwood: his flat, broad nose and slanting, narrow eyes like bamboo leaves, eyes that looked, depending on the light, gold, green, even sapphire I can still see his tiny low-set ears and that pointed stub of a chin, a meaty appendage that looked like it was added as a mere afterthought. Through this characterisation of Hassan, you are also able to read into the characterisation of the narrative voice of Amir. So, the first one you might pick to focus on as a point is from early in the narrative and deals with the initial characterisation of Hassan. Remember that for the social and political you do get the text, but that doesn’t mean you don’t need to remember key sections you need to know which bits you think you will focus on in the exam and how and why you will use them. It is meant to give you some ideas, recall key points and think about how they might be applied. Please remember that this is just to give you an idea about how to approach the exam and is not meant as an exhaustive list. I am not necessarily trying to work to a common theme or discussion point I am simply discussing important points to remember and give some insight into how you might go about discussing them in an exam. What I am setting out to do is discuss some generally important sections you want to potentially remember for the exam. Please read the caveats on that one first, as it will help place this post on context. This post is meant as a follow on from last week’s on choosing extracts to remember. Why the narrative voice matters so much in social and political narratives.Tragedy – The importance of Expressionism in Death of a Salesman.
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