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O-LevelLiterature in EnglishProseOct/Nov 2025Paper 1 Q2125 Marks

from STORIES OF OURSELVES VOLUME 2 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage from The Man Who Walked on the Moon (by J G Ballard), and then answer the question that follows it: A tartan shirt blocked my view of the sea and its narrow dream of escape. Content removed due to copyright restrictions. The man in the moon? How does Ballard make this moment in the story so memorable?

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About This O-Level Literature in English Question

This structured question appeared in the Cambridge O-Level Literature in English (2010) Oct/Nov 2025 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Prose and is worth 25 marks.

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