English Paper 2 Examples

TTTC and Frankenstein

Role of Clerval

Static character, juxtaposition to Victor’s unhappiness.

2 Clerval Characterization quotes

“How I enjoy existence!” while Victor was “haunted by a curse that shut up every avenue to enjoyment.”

Clerval “enjoyed a happiness seldom tasted by man.”

Role of Henry Dobbins

The trauma of war made him more empathetic, kinder to others.

Characterization quotes of Henry Dobbins

“All right then. Dance right”

“All you can do is be nice."

Character role of Walton

Comparison to Victor’s demise/ambitions

Walton Characterization quotes

“I would rather die than return shamefully- my purpose unfulfilled.”

“If we are lost, my mad schemes are the cause.”

Mary Anne Bell character timeline quotes

“A bubbly personality, a happy smile”

“The bubbliness was gone.”

“A necklace of human tongues”

Role of Elizabeth Frankenstein

A motherly figure, the serene life Victor lost due to his ambitions, eases the pain of the male characters.

“Act as a comforter to us all.”

Role of women in TTTC

Deepen the men’s characterization. Ex: Linda and O’Briens’ relationship with death, Mary Anne Bell symbolizes how soldiers became disconnected from normal life.

Societal Expectation quotes

F: “I would rather die than return shamefully- my purpose unfulfilled.

TTTC: “The embarrassment must have turned a screw in his head” and “I would kill and maybe die- because I was too embarrassed not to.”

Examples for Identity- alienation: Frankenstein

The creature becomes bitter after rejection by the DeLaneys.

Victor alienates himself from his family.

Identity- alienation quotes for TTTC

“Speaking of Courage” chapter and Norman Bowker, felt hollow and disconnected and later killed himself.

Impersonal Diction: “Legs or grunts,” “just humping” shows how soldiers were stripped of their identities to becomes impersonal tools of war.

Violence as a means of control: examples

F: The creature killed victor’s family (Clerval, Elizabeth) and Victor hunted him across the Earth because both wanted justice on each other, to control each other.

“You are my creator, but I am your master- obey!”

TTTC: Rat tortured the Baby Buffalo, O’Brien tried to spook Jorgenson after his botched gunshot wound, Mark Fossie tried to make Mary Anne Bell be civilized and hygenic because he was losing her, losing his ties to normal life.

Identity impacts by loss: quotes

F: “and where are you now?” Victor is haunted by the loss of Clerval.

TTTC: “I’m 43 years old, and a writer now.” + chapter about Linda = O’Brien can’t move past his trauma.

Narration and memory: Frankenstein

Framed narration: story told through Walton’s memory and biases. Already biased against the creature when they meet.

Narration and memory: TTTC

fragmented narration shows how trauma and PTSD can change the memory of an event.

“I did not kill him. But I was present” vs “the man I killed”

“the story-truth is sometimes truer than the happening-truth”

Identity: self-hatred in Frankenstein

“I am solitary and abhorred.” and diction such as “wretch” and “daemon.” Creature’s isolation & bitter ness due to a judgemental society and unloving creator. Feels like an outcast.

Identity: self-hatred in TTTC

“Nobody’s fault. Everybody’s.” after Kiowa’s death. Lt. Cross, the young soldier w/ the photo, Norman Bowker all blamed themselves. Having trauma includes carrying guilt, even when something wasn’t in their control.

Unreliable narration: Frankenstein

Framed narration characterizes Victor as sickly, adds bias against the creature.

Perspective switches between characters, helps w/characterization.

Past-tense (“and where are you now?”) introduces foreshadowing, adds sympathy.

Unreliable narration: TTTC

Fractured narration: “a lie may be truer than the truth.” some stories retold, different perspectives included, no chronological. Book is about the long-term effects of war on soldiers.

non-chronological: shows how O’Brien never truly left Vietnam bc memories are forever. “I want you to feel how I felt." and Linda’s story told last.

Flashback/flashforward, Foreshadowing.

F: “and where are you now?” =foreshadowing and emotion

TTTC: “the man I killed” referenced before chapter about him. O’Brien is haunted by his experiences.

“there was a slim young man I would one day kill”

1st person POV quotes: Frankenstein

identity struggle of the creature. “I was able to assist their struggles” to “I am solidary and abhorred.”

1st person POV quotes and past-tense: TTTC

“I did not kill him. But I was present”

“I want to tell her exactly what happened”

Setting in F: quotes

“desolate and appalling” = Orkeys islands

“this noble war in the sky elevated my spirits”

“my eyes were insensible to the charms of nature.”

“the palaces of nature had not changed”

Setting in TTTC: quotes

“The rain fell in a cold, sad drizzle.”

“I felt isolated, spent a lot of time alone.” = pig slaughterhouse.

jungle is gruesome and scary.

Metaphor of Satan in Frankenstein

“like the archangel who aspired to omnipotence, I am chained to eternal hell” and “I considered Satan the fitter emblem of my condition”

Metaphors are uncomfortable in TTTC

“I was the war, I was Nam itself” and “meat for bugs”

Diction in F

“wretch” “daemon” “dreaded spectre” “creature”

diction in TTTC

“spooked” “legs of grunts” “zapped while zipping” “just humping, just enduring”

Syntax in Frankenstein

Long to describe nature and events. Long and listing descriptions to share the effect nature has on Victor.

Syntax in TTTC:

Gruesome or memorable events are described in long sentences. Ex: “His jaw was in his throat…” and Marry Anne: “The endorphins start to flow” because these describe vivid memories/experiences.