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My father was a foreign student, born and raised in a small village in Kenya. He grew up herding goats, went to school in a tin‐roof shack. His father ‐‐ my grandfather ‐‐ was a cook, a domestic servant to the British. 5 But my grandfather had larger dreams for his son.
such as the American Dream. However, the candidate concentrates on this material at the expense of detailed AO2 analysis of the set passage, which is the key AO for this question; discussion of set texts and contexts should be subordinated here, and allowed to dominate in the answer to Question 2.
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Answers and commentaries A-level (7042) 2Q The American Dream: reality and illusion, 1945 — 1980 Marked answers from students for questions from the June 2022 exams. Supporting commentary is provided to help you understand how marks are awarded and how students can improve performance. Version 1.0 September 2023
attributed to Alice Walker’s 1983 text In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens. Passing: the social practice of a member from one group presenting as another. In an American context this most frequently relates to the racial passing of light-skinned or mixed-race Black people presenting as white.
not be fully convincing. The answer will make some attempt to consider the value of the sources for the particular purpose given in the question. The response demonstrates an understanding of context. 13-18 L2: The answer will be partial. It may, for example, provide some comment on the value of the
The American Dream throws into relief the dangers of obsession with youth, conformity, and perfection in the American nuclear family, showing how dangerous the pursuit of an imagined American ideal—one that did not actually exist—would be. The play is a cautionary tale against the romanticizing of constructed “American” values, but it’s also a deeply personal story—the disjointed ...
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Post–World War II and the American Dream The phrase the American dream was coined in the 1930s by writer and historian James Truslow Adams, though the idea has been around since the founding of the United States in the late 18th century. The phrase originally meant that every American, regardless of circumstances at birth, could achieve ...
