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WC8k Wed 30 nov 2011 lr 12L

SLC1ICN A CCN1Lk1UAL LINkING
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1 8ead Lhe followlng exLracL carefully lL ls from an lnLervlew recorded on Lape ln 1972 publlshed ln 'lorgoLLen
volces of Lhe CreaL War' A Leam from Lhe lmperlal War Museum lnLervlewed rlvaLe uolly Shepherd from Lhe
Women's Lmergency Corps abouL Lhe sLarL of Lhe war and vlews on women

ow does the wr|ter present her thoughts and fee||ngs about Wor|d War Cne?

Pow far ls Lhe exLracL slmllar Lo and dlfferenL from your wlder readlng ln Lhe llLeraLure of World War Cne? ?ou
should conslder Lhe wrlLers' cholces of form sLrucLure and language
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Cne day l was wlLh my boyfrlend who was ln Lhe ?eomanry and my aunLle and one of her Cerman frlends
she had marrled a Cerman you see llke Cueen vlcLorla Anyway Lhls day my aunLle sald '1here's Lalk of war uo
you Lhlnk we'll have a war?' And Lhls Cerman frlend of hers sald 'Ch yes yes yes Ch we shall capLure your
counLry ?ou wlll all be Cermans' Cf course laLer on when war dld break ouL aunLle had Lo reglsLer wlLh Lhe
pollce because she was marrled Lo a Cerman When Lhe pollce sald Lo her 'Why dld you marry a Cerman?' she
sald 'Well why dld Cueen vlcLorla marry a Cerman?' And Lhen of course dlrecLly Lhe war sLarLed l [olned Lhe
Women's Lmergency CorpslL musL have been wlLh Lhe permlsslon of Lhe War Cfflce or someone because a
Crenadler Cuardsman came Lo glve us a drlll lorm fours you know real squarebashlng And he would say 'And
abouL Lurn abouL' And he'd walL for a mlnuLe or Lwo and of course us ln hobble sklrLs! And afLer he sald
'1urn!' he'd say 'uo you know whaL you look llke? A loL of [elly bags!' lL was so funny really 8uL he really dld puL
us Lhrough lL We had hlm for abouL a monLh l suppose Pe LaughL us Lhe drlll because we had Lo have dlsclpllne
And he was qulLe rlghL you can'L do anyLhlng wlLhouL dlsclpllne 1hen we had flrsL ald LhaL came nexL llrsL ald
and Pome nurslng And Lhen slgnalllng semaphore and Morse We had Lo be proflclenL ln whaLever we mlghL
be called upon Lo do We couldn'L say 'l can'L do lL' Lhere was no such a word as can'L
We flrsL of all worked up Lo a company Lhen flnally we had enough people for a baLLallon Cne day we had a
rouLe march Lo Lhe Manslon Pouse and of course people were glggllng and laughlng and saylng 'Women
soldlers! !usL lmaglne havlng women soldlers Whoever LhoughL of such a Lhlng!' 1hey cerLalnly sneered aL us
Well for one Lhlng Lhey Lhrew a brlck Lhrough our wlndow 8uL no l dldn'L supporL Lhem ln Lhose days We
LhoughL 'Ch Lhose women Who wanLs Lo voLe anyway!' And Lhey were chalnlng Lhemselves up and LhaL klnd of
Lhlng 8uL none of Lhem [olned Lhe Lmergency Corps l do know LhaL l dldn'L meeL any LhaL had been
suffrageLLes"



ln your response Lo Lhls secLlon of Lhe paper you musL refer Lo your wlder readlng across all Lhree
genres (prose poeLry and drama) ?ou may also refer Lo your AS coursework LexLs