Paper 2 - 5

• Compare and contrast how moral and ethical issues are explored in two of the works you have studied.

  • Persepolis

    • Nany not being able to be with the wealthier boy.

    • The class difference is wrong. Driving the Cadillac

    • Moving to Europe, and how ethics change with the place as well as her own

  • 451

    • Undermining the fire department and planting books. He tries to push his own morals against societal ethics.

    • Murdering Beatty.

    • Leaving the city and hiding from the government after crimes

    • How ethics shifts behind the city and the dust-jackets

  • Morals are more connected to individuals and what they consider to be good or bad

  • Ethics are societal values.

• Writers typically employ minor characters to play a role in developing major characters. Compare and contrast how this is done in two of the works you have studied

  • 451

    • Clarisse, and how she initially pushed Montag to question his values

      • Mildred, and opposing their views against Montag, who questions why they live together

      • Old-woman, who quotes Latimer, kills herself by lighting the fire, which sparks the idea that societal values are wrong.

      • All had a positive impact on the protagonist.

• Compare and contrast what effects writers have used death or dying in two of the works you have studied

  • 451

    • Clarisse and her death impacted Montag’s values and thoughts.

    • Old woman

    • Mildred tries to kill herself

    • The insignificance of death for other characters and how it contrasts with Montag’s moral

    • Destruction of the city and death as a way of rebirth

  • Persepolis

    • Uncle

    • Her attempt to die

  • Persepolis

    • Every idea is associated with the person. Relationships and the impact on Marji

      • Uncle with the spaghetti hair

      • Grandmother

      • Parents