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Archived Discussion => 2010 => End-of-year exams => Exam Discussion => Victoria => English & ESL => Topic started by: Robbey on October 31, 2010, 11:08:22 pm

Title: Maestro Question incredibly easy
Post by: Robbey on October 31, 2010, 11:08:22 pm: Did anyone find the second question of maestro extremely easy

"What role does music play in the novel Maestro"

Loved it
Title: Re: Maestro Question incredibly easy
Post by: monicapham93 on November 01, 2010, 07:57:58 pm: i didnt think it was too easy... argh
well it was
but that made it hard
the fact we had to cover it more in depth as a result
Title: Re: Maestro Question incredibly easy
Post by: Robbey on November 01, 2010, 09:33:38 pm: what did you cover in your essay?

i went with:

paul and keller both love music although in the end it leads to there downfall (music primarily costing keller his wife and son; and paul wasting precious years of his life searching for a musical 'perfection' that he never had) although in the end both of them still love music and it brings them joy etc

is that right??

what did you do
Title: Re: Maestro Question incredibly easy
Post by: monicapham93 on November 01, 2010, 09:44:55 pm: i kinda had it differently ... but it felt so simplistic and stupid when i was writing.
3 paragraphs

1. music important to many of the central characters
2. music is the catalyst for many relationships, not just paul keller, but paul/rosie, paul/rough stuff
3. when music is so intrinsically entrenched in ones life, it can ultimately be connected with the bleaker moments in ones' life. <hopefully i worded it better on the exam :P> but its the whole idea that just as music has its rises and falls, ebbs and flows, so does life

ergh though. i didnt like it. i wish there was just a character quesiton on paul!
Title: Re: Maestro Question incredibly easy
Post by: Intronaut on November 03, 2010, 11:22:00 pm: I was comfortable with it, but a little annoyed at myself - I was sick for the trial exam my school ran, and it had the same question! Ah well. Perhaps it was better to go in with fresh ideas then a stale essay.
Title: Re: Maestro Question incredibly easy
Post by: Leena on November 11, 2010, 09:44:45 pm: I was surprised it was in the exam, but thank God it wasn't too bad :D
Title: Re: Maestro Question incredibly easy
Post by: kakaka:DDD on December 15, 2010, 05:48:39 pm: Quote from: Robbey on October 31, 2010, 11:08:22 pm
Did anyone find the second question of maestro extremely easy

"What role does music play in the novel Maestro"

Loved it

i actually thought this question is kinda more "complex" than the other one...so i did the other one...
PS i did esl so it could be a tiny bit different in expressing the question...
Title: Re: Maestro Question incredibly easy
Post by: kakaka:DDD on December 15, 2010, 05:51:01 pm: also, maybe coz so many ppl is doing the "easy" one, i could have a better score since i have less competition for that question...
so many stuff up however, i still pull out a scaled score of 45.55 LOL