Hisham Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Since it has been 24 hours, how did you HL Lit students do?? I chose question 8 (i think) under the prose fiction section that talked about how characters often are trying to escape something or someone. I personally thought it was pretty easy, I easily wrote 5 and half pages. How did everyone else do? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishika Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 I chose question 1. Although I found the questioned to be framed very ambiguously. When I discussed it with my classmates, everybody seemed to have different interpretations. So, I'm not very confident about it :/ Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noor98 Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 I chose question 1 (drama), but I also found that everyone had different interpretations as well. I don't think I did well at all since the question was worded really weirdly. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwf8398 Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 I picked question 8, thought it was perfect for the novels I had studied. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNintendoChip Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 TZ1, Drama. Chose #3, but I was debating choosing #2 instead. I felt a little worried afterwards because the question itself didn't directly lend to a compare/contrast style essay, but I think I made it work Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisham Posted May 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 2 hours ago, bwf8398 said: I picked question 8, thought it was perfect for the novels I had studied. Agreed. I used A Room with a View and The Awakening and the prompt worked perfectly Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibstudent081099 Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 19 hours ago, noor98 said: I chose question 1 (drama), but I also found that everyone had different interpretations as well. I don't think I did well at all since the question was worded really weirdly. I am really worried about that. I wrote about contrasts between two characters but talking with my classmates I think I might have misinterpreted the questions and I am really worried about losing all the points Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishika Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 1 hour ago, ibstudent081099 said: I am really worried about that. I wrote about contrasts between two characters but talking with my classmates I think I might have misinterpreted the questions and I am really worried about losing all the points I did the same. I spoke about the effect of the words and deeds of one character on the words and deeds of another. I'm not sure, whether that was the correct interpretation either! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibstudent081099 Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 14 minutes ago, Ishika said: I did the same. I spoke about the effect of the words and deeds of one character on the words and deeds of another. I'm not sure, whether that was the correct interpretation either! In my class 4 out of 9 who chose the questions did like me. I just hope this is the worldwide trend so maybe examiners will accept it as a right interpretation Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibtired Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 On May 5, 2016 at 3:36 PM, bwf8398 said: I picked question 8, thought it was perfect for the novels I had studied. Same here! Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison fit perfectly! I also wrote about The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. What books did you choose? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingStar16 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 I did question 8 and I had about 7 pages. It was the question about characters escaping, and I compared The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and "Eveline" by James Joyce. I basically talked about the use of flashbacks which diverges from the conventional, linear storyline, the use of windows as boundaries and briefly first person narration in The Handmaid's Tale and third person narration in "Eveline" and the effects they achieve in terms of the idea of escape. The exam was nicer than I thought it would be Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwf8398 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 2 hours ago, ibtired said: Same here! Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison fit perfectly! I also wrote about The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. What books did you choose? The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Native Son by Richard Wright Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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