Requirements
- GCSE English Literature
- Interest in Alan Bennett and his literature
Features
- Detailed explanations for all quotations
- Written in quick-to-read note form - bullet points
- Ability to leave any questions/comments/queries on the page - where the tutor will try their best to help you out :)
- Detailed notes for themes
- For Act 1: questions and notes for each scene (with a summary of the main themes)
Target audiences
- Students who are looking to develop their understanding and succeed in GCSE English Literature
- IGCSE/GCSE students
This course is a compilation of detailed GCSE notes for themes, quotes AND detailed explanations and analysis for every important quote. Also, for Act 1, the course has questions and answers to help you understand the important meanings of the act, with a summary of the key themes and many other important details.
These notes have been a combination of lesson material, tutors guidance, several websites, PDFs and other documents – to ensure that they help you succeed in your exam. Bytes of Intelligence is the place where you want to go to when revising for your History Boys assessments.
You have the ability to ask any questions in the comment box beneath every page, and one of our tutors will try their best to help you out.
NOTE: no copyright infringement intended; notes are meant to help students succeed in their exams. Any questions, please contact us.
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Theme 1: Identity
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Theme 2: Relationships
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Theme 3: Education
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Theme 4: Attitudes to History
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Theme 5: Success and Failure
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Questions and Answers to help you understand Act 1
The page numbers used for reference in Act 1 are from The History Boys by Faber & Faber.
- Page 3: Irwin
- Pages 4 – 7: Hector and the Boys; Education; Scripps’ role
- Pages 8 – 10: Headmaster, Hector and Mrs. Lintott
- Pages 10 – 12: Purpose of Education
- Pages 12 – 17: Hector’s view of education
- Pages 18 – 22: Irwin’s view of education; Growing up
- Pages 22 – 23: Hector & Mrs. Lintott
- Pages 23 – 29: Education; Attitudes to History
- Pages 29 – 32: Life; Literature; Education
- Pages 33 – 41: Education in life; Attitudes to History; Irwin and Hector
- Pages 41 – 44: Growing up; Literature
- Pages 44 – 47: Literature; Dakin
- Pages 48 – 49: Attitudes to Education (Hector and Irwin)
- Pages 49 – 57: Education; Literature