Some of my friends were telling me that there was in fact only one person, a child and the same person reflecting on his childhood, in the poem for Q1. My whole essay was based on the unbreakable bond between two brothers. What is the likely outcome for my essay? I felt like this essay was my strongest and I can’t afford a poor score on it :’(
I wrote my senior paper about Cathy Trask’s cruelty in East of Eden. The AP gods obviously blessed me with that 3rd essay prompt.
@guy1013 The essay will probably be in the 4 range, as your interpretation is incorrect.
So…my interpretation of the poem was that it was about how everyone’s important and that every life is significant in its own way. Anyone else get something similar/think this is a defendable interpretation?
@saarahg1 Do you mean Cathy Ames?
@skieurope Actually no. His interpretation is not “incorrect.” The poem is about Derek and his twin brother, Roderick Walcott. It’s even in the poem: “stories she told to my brother and myself.”
In the book “Derek Walcott: Politics and Poetics”
it is cited “Walcott tells the story of the old woman - today Sesenne, and long ago, Sidone - whom he and his brother would visit as children.”
In the book, “Nobody’s Nation: Reading Derek Walcott”,
It is cited, “His great-aunt, Sidone Wardrope, would recite folk tales for the two brothers when they visited her in the country.”
Before judging others interpretations as “correct” or “incorrect,” please back your statements with evidence.
@OmgHarvard You are correct. I should have said “interpretation nor common IMO.” My apologies to guy.
Anyone know the percentage required for a 3 or 4?
Unless the interpretation is wildly incorrect, any interpretation is acceptable as long as you can prove it with evidence from the text and logical connections.
I thought the FRQ texts were actually very beautiful, and the texts for the test overall were very engaging and entertaining (even the stupid radio one, at least it was funny). I surprisingly really enjoyed reading them and writing about them, which for AP exams (and any standardized tests) is a first.
I honestly loved the passages. WLNG radio was probably my favorite from the MC. Hears song I vaguely remember Ah, yes. The LNG effect. I thought the FRQ essays were beautiful, especially the first one. Karl and the tree was very… Whimsical. I felt like the open response was too easy. Lord of the Flies was perfect, but I couldn’t remember enough about it. I predict a 4, 3 at the lowest.
Hey everyone! Let’s all team up and help each other study for this AP Test!!! WHOO
Well, I managed to pull off a 4. I guess they liked my splendiferous vocabulary I used in the essay section, even though I was pretty much rambling on about nothing just to fill up space.