The War of the Worlds (WJEC Eduqas GCSE English Literature): Flashcards
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Fill in the gap: "We're under! We're ＿＿＿＿＿!"
Artilleryman, Book 2 Chapter 7
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Fill in the gap: "We're under! We're ＿＿＿＿＿!"
Artilleryman, Book 2 Chapter 7
Answer: "We're under! We're beat!"
Fill in the gap: "This must be the beginning of the ＿＿＿＿＿... the end!"
Curate, Book 1 Chapter 13
Answer: "This must be the beginning of the end... the end!"
Fill in the gap: "the red weed ＿＿＿＿＿ like a thing already dead"
Narrator, Book 2 Chapter 6
Answer: "the red weed rotted like a thing already dead"
Key quote: "We're under! We're beat! ... This isn't a war"
Artilleryman, Book 2 Chapter 7
Analysis
The short, broken exclamations show the artilleryman's complete sense of defeat. His mental collapse suggests that the Martian invasion has destroyed not just buildings but human confidence and hope.
Key quote: "I felt no fear, only a wild, trembling exultation as I ran up the hill"
Narrator, Book 2 Chapter 8
Analysis
The narrator's strange joy at the Martians' deaths shows his traumatic transformation. War has changed him so much that he no longer reacts in a normal, rational way.
Key quote: "For a moment I believed that the destruction of Sennacherib had been repeated"
Narrator, Book 2 Chapter 8
Analysis
The biblical allusion to Sennacherib presents the Martians' sudden destruction as divine punishment, suggesting the ruin is so total that it feels like an act of God.
Key quote: "The fear I felt was no rational fear, but a panic terror... weeping silently as a child"
Narrator, Book 1 Chapter 5
Analysis
The simile comparing the narrator to a crying child shows how fear strips away his adult composure. He is emasculated and reduced to helplessness by sheer terror.
Key quote: "She had been growing increasingly hysterical, fearful, and depressed... safe at Stanmore"
Narrator, Book 1 Chapter 17
Analysis
The listing of her worsening emotions shows the collapse of safety during the invasion. Her longing for Stanmore reflects a desperate wish to return to a secure, ordinary world that no longer exists.
Key quote: "we form a band-able-bodied, clean-minded men. ... Weaklings go out again"
Artilleryman, Book 2 Chapter 7
Analysis
The artilleryman's plan to keep only the strong reflects ideas of social Darwinism and survival of the fittest. His harsh language shows how the invasion has reshaped human ideas about survival.
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