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Chapitre 20, " Sea of faces " The other side of truth Beverley NaidooThe Other Side of Truth is a novel about nigerian politic refugees, written by Beverley Naidoo. It tells the story of two children, Sade and her brother Femi, who going to leave their country Nigeria after the murder of their mother. The extract we're going to study is at the chapter 20, where Sade arrives in her new school and sees a "sea of faces".
Problematic: How will be her day in this school ?
I/ A different system of education in school
1) Nigeria
First, when Sade arrives in the school, she remembers how was the system in Nigeria. In fact, teacher are very strict about uniform. Children must to respect the rules. They have to track the education. Moreover, we know there is a dictatureship in Nigeria.
2) London
In England, children must have to go to school. But, we can suppose children try to break the rules. In fact, Sade is surprised about the way whose people are dressed. " (...) some of the girls here woke-up around their eyes and most wearing shoes quite unlike the plain black laceups that Aunt Gracie had bought for Saturday." So, they have much liberties about uniforms. We can analyse this comparaison like the girls are as adults. "Aunt Gracie" underlines the fact these girls want to be adults.
Moreover, Sade is astonished because students can chat easily : " It amazed her that the students were allowed to make much noise. " Then, there is another thing for Sade which is new, the school is mix, boys and girls are mixed. There are no differences between us, except " the girls here seemed just as noisy and casual as the boys."
3) A school as Victoria Station
We can identify this school as Victoria station because it's big and spacious: " Along the corridor, through a couple of large double doors and then up two flights of stairs and down another long corridor, passing classrooms on either side." Furthermore, there is two adjectives