(b) ‘Readers often fi nd the same theme appears more relevant to their lives in some texts than in others.’
With reference to the text you referred to in 1. (a) above and at least one other comparative text, compare the extent to which your chosen theme was relevant to your life in these texts.
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2. (a) (i) Choose a theme common to the comparative texts you have studied. Name one of these texts and identify one key moment in it that you think captures your chosen theme. Give at least one reason why you chose this moment.
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(ii) Name another comparative text you have studied and identify one key moment in this text that you think captures the same theme. Give at least one reason why you chose this moment.
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(b) ‘Reading about the same theme in different texts can draw attention to different aspects of that theme.’
In relation to the texts you discussed in 2. (a) above, compare the way(s) in which your attention was drawn to different aspects of your chosen theme in these texts.