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anyone got any tips for improving my 1984 common mod essay? i feel like its pretty good but it got 16/20 so there's obviously more to do but I'm just not sure what

general common mod tips are appreciated!
make sure to link to ideas outside of the text as well inside of it, this is feedback our cohort got
 

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anyone got any tips for improving my 1984 common mod essay? i feel like its pretty good but it got 16/20 so there's obviously more to do but I'm just not sure what

general common mod tips are appreciated!
i yapped a lot about historical context in mine, linking it to my themes of hope, individuality, and repression and my teachers said they really liked it. if u have lots of historical context then link it to the story being a sort of cautionary warning to readers about totalitarianism i think it shows that you understand the meaning of the book and orwells intentions

eg in mine i talked about stalinist policies linking it to the memory hole, orwells work as a propagandist for BBC during WW2 and the atomisation of society similar to nazi germany
 

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i yapped a lot about historical context in mine, linking it to my themes of hope, individuality, and repression and my teachers said they really liked it. if u have lots of historical context then link it to the story being a sort of cautionary warning to readers about totalitarianism i think it shows that you understand the meaning of the book and orwells intentions

eg in mine i talked about stalinist policies linking it to the memory hole, orwells work as a propagandist for BBC during WW2 and the atomisation of society similar to nazi germany
interesting, I feel my essay is pretty thin, like I understand the text but I haven't gone deep enough but I'm not really sure how yk
 

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interesting, I feel my essay is pretty thin, like I understand the text but I haven't gone deep enough but I'm not really sure how yk
i think maybe historical context of Orwell and the world during the time he wrote 1984 may help show more depth and understanding in your essay especially if you link it to your points/themes well so it can also be like evidence. if u do modern history it can especially help since theres a lot of similarities between the power and authority topic and the book
 

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i think maybe historical context of Orwell and the world during the time he wrote 1984 may help show more depth and understanding in your essay especially if you link it to your points/themes well so it can also be like evidence. if u do modern history it can especially help since theres a lot of similarities between the power and authority topic and the book
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Is someone potentially willing to critique and help me with my 1984 essay? 16/20 was the best I got for 1984 and I'm not too sure on how to improve.
 

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i yapped a lot about historical context in mine, linking it to my themes of hope, individuality, and repression and my teachers said they really liked it. if u have lots of historical context then link it to the story being a sort of cautionary warning to readers about totalitarianism i think it shows that you understand the meaning of the book and orwells intentions

eg in mine i talked about stalinist policies linking it to the memory hole, orwells work as a propagandist for BBC during WW2 and the atomisation of society similar to nazi germany
i think maybe historical context of Orwell and the world during the time he wrote 1984 may help show more depth and understanding in your essay especially if you link it to your points/themes well so it can also be like evidence. if u do modern history it can especially help since theres a lot of similarities between the power and authority topic and the book
this is what was said when I asked earlier
I did worse on the trial, my better 1984 essay was for internals
 

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Do yous have your actual essay that you wrote on the day typed out or no? what was feedback given by markers
 

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Do yous have your actual essay that you wrote on the day typed out or no? what was feedback given by markers
I do, but the feedback basically says u did great but link to the question more, however I feel that if that was the only issue I would have gotten a higher mark
 

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