Question 1
Either
A
How and why is Ofglen developed as an important character in the novel?
Or
B
Read the passage below very carefully and then answer this question:-
How many different examples of a dystopian society can you locate in this Newscast and why are they important issues in the novel?
It seems to be an unspoken rule in this household: we always get here on time, he’s always late, Serena always lets us watch the news. Such as it is: who knows if any of it is true? It could be old clips, it could
be faked. But I watch it anyway, hoping to be able to read beneath it. Any news, now, is better than none. First, the front lines. They are not lines, really: the war seems to be going on in many places at once.
Wooded hills, seen from above, the trees a sickly yellow. I wish she’d fix the color. The Appalachian Highlands, says the voice-over, where the Angels of the Apocalypse, Fourth Division, are smoking out a pocket of Baptist guerillas, with air support from the Twenty-first Battalion of the Angels of Light. We are shown two helicopters, black ones with silver wings painted on the sides. Below them, a clump of trees explodes.
Now a close shot of a prisoner, with a stubbled and dirty face, flanked by two Angels in their neat black uniforms. The prisoner accepts a cigarette from one of the Angels, puts it awkwardly to his…
