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Sample answers Literature in English 9695/51-53 These three sample answers are for 9695 AS/AL Literature in English Paper 5. They are intended to give an idea of the range of response and the requirements at the top, middle and middle/bottom of the mark range. They are not necessarily ideal or model answers, but are chosen as being representative answers on model texts. UCLES 2010 2 Example 1 UCLES 2010 example 1 3 Example 1 UCLES 2010 example 1 4 Example 1

Revision is to re-read, re-think, and re-seeing. As Nancy Sommers stated,“revision is simply the further growth of what is already there.”() As simply as what she state, it would be an agreement from me. Revision is an effective way for students; to have the opportunity to look back at their own work and make correction and improvement. Throughout the revision of both essays, my writing mainly focusing having improvement on avoiding repetition, correcting small errors, and adding analysis. First

The Village of Cannibals, by Alain Corbin, describes the factors that lead to the murder of an innocent noble. The peasants in the town of Hautefaye were gathered at the local fairgrounds where a dispute erupted between a group of men and a noble. The conflict derived from political issues that were brought to attention through the rumors that spread through France. The government responded swiftly to the crime and reacted with the execution of the alleged murders. The French public reacted, in statements

“The reward of doing a thing well is to have done it” is one the many famous sayings of Ralph Waldo Emerson. This quote means that when you complete a task, the reward is doing the task itself and how you benefited from doing it. If work was to be based off this quote then the person’s value and priorities would change for career choices. Emerson’s quote would also change a job itself with its tasks and outcomes. Many essays included in Acting Out Culture either support the idea of jobs being influenced

Cannibalism: It Still Exists By: Linh Kieu Ngo and Love: The Right Chemistry By: Anastasia Toufelis are the two selections assigned to go with the concept essay. In the Cannibalism essay author Ngo explains a different side of cannibalism. The side of cannibalism that is practiced for dietary reasons, ceremonial purposes, and survival. Toufexis’ essay on love talks about the “physical” more chemical and biological aspect of love, relationships, and romance. It delves into the comical explanation

Montaigne shifts himself in his seat, uncomfortable with the atmosphere and the temperature of the room. “Is something wrong?” asks More. “No, no. I’m fine.” Montaigne says to More shifting again in the dusty chair. More looks at Montaigne “Maybe it would be best if we move the conversation outside?” Montaigne smiles and stands from his chair, stretching his arms and legs. More smiles once more at his friend and gestures towards the door. They both step out into the sunlit garden; Montaigne takes

These constructed categories have put a label on people who do not share the same ideas as one another. These different views of human nature have come to propel change and have come to revolutionized human history. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Michel de Montaigne, and Thomas Hobbes all differ on their ideas of human nature, but they also share common ground. For some of these men the practices of different cultures are categorized as savagery, and for others it has been viewed as noble savagery. Their ideas

uses this metaphor in order to emphasize the constant nature of change. Montaigne confirms this maxim in his writings through the use of various examples and metaphors. Firstly, Montaigne writes about the movement of time and how it never stops flowing. He says, “time is a mobile thing, which appears as in a shadow, together with matter, which is ever running and flowing, without ever remaining stable or permanent” (Montaigne 555). Moments in life are never permanent, as time never

Montaigne Montaigne in his Apology for Raymond Sebond begins his exploration into the human capacity for knowledge with this belief that only though God can one achieve true knowledge. God is the only infinite, all seeing, being with divine wisdom. He is not subject to the laws and rules of the human domain, and he exists in a realm outside of human comprehension. God is an unchanging, permanent being, and only from this state can the concept of truth propagate. Montaigne believes that

On September 13th, 1592, Michel Eyquem Montaigne drew his last breath (Montaigne xxx). However, before his death Montaigne wrote philosophical texts using skepticism to deconstruct himself and his surroundings. His most famous publication, Essays, was circulated in 1580, analyzing thoughts and ideas that society took to be givens, or unarguable truths (Montaigne xxix). Montaigne believed that nothing is completely true, so people should self-reflect on social issues to discover one’s true opinion