A Girl Like Me

1 INT. TRAIN CAR - DAY 1 A cashier hands a boy, 13, his change across a counter. The boy stuffs the coins in his pocket. He lifts the cardboard tray with two hot dogs, a bag of chips, and two Cokes. This is Claude. We follow him: He carefully carries the meal down the aisle, balances it in one hand as he opens the door. The train noise blares as he traverses the area between cars. He enters the new car repeating the balancing act. He waits while a man shoves his back-pack onto the metal

Why am I so ugly? Why can I be like, I don’t know, Eliane or Anne-Federic? Tall, perfect body shape and that gorgeous face she has, just makes me want to rip her head off. God, this is so unfair. I can’t even stand in front of a mirror anymore. It discourages me, only makes me feel worst and worst about myself. I just can’t find anything pretty when I stare at my reflection. Offensive of sight, unpleasant to look at, extremely unattractive, that’s what I am. If my name was in the dictionary, I’m

its sub-genres like the epistolary novel (that is characterized by intensely dramatic letters) or the adventure novel (that tells the adventures of a young man that manages to survive, with his intelligence and courage). Robinson Crusoe, (Defoe’s first novel) is the most important example of adventure novel. The story is told by a first-person narrator, that gives an air of authenticity to the story told from a fixed point of

"Some like it hot" est un film de Billy Wilder réalisé en 1959. C'est une comédie rythmée interpréter par Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis et Marilyn Monroe qui sont dans le film des personnages attachants. "Some like it hot" a pour thèmes la séduction (érotique, sensuelle), le travestissement et l'identité sexuelle. Grâce au procédé du film muet au début du film avec les gangsters, on peut voir que le cadre du film est la prohibition. Présentation des ressorts comiques et la réflexion sur le rapport homme-femme

NO TIGERS IN AFRICA The novel has an open ending in which Selly says he has achieved “a glimmering of understanding“ (p.97.12). thus the most interesting feature of the novel is obviously Selly’s progress and growth to understanding. (Bildungsroman), of which we must trace the stages. Tropics (themes) contained in the novel: • Conscience vs. education: Is there an awareness of right and wrong in spite of the education received, the social and political pressures exerted by the environment

The Enterprise crew was on lunch break, sitting on the length of a big table. All of them talked about different things that were happening on the ship. McCoy had started blabbing to Jim and Chapel about an engineer that had inhaled too much carbon dioxyde, and just fainted. Uhura was sitting beside Spock and in front of Gaila. They gossipped over stories they'd heard on board. Sulu debated with Scotty about the new manoeuvering system. And finally, there was Chekov who was listening to all this

Duchess appeared as a hypocritical and rude protagonist, there is a huge transformation. We can see her real goal, she is clever because she knows Alice is in a “good relation” with the Queen (for the moment) and Duchess’ situation with the Queen is delicate. The Duchess treats Alice with friendliness and respect because she needs her. She determined to charm the young girl. 2°) Alice thinks one day she can become a Duchess probably in Wonderland. With her child eyes, Alice wants find a solution for

Jared Taylor, editor of American Renaissance Magazine, states, “People prefer the company of people like themselves.” For this, and many other reasons, discrimination has been prevalent since the beginning of time. Discrimination is even present today in the twenty first century. Discrimination is a big issue, which some authors find interesting to write about. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee contains numerous examples of prejudice and discrimination. These examples include, but are not limited

New researches show that becoming homosexual is not just a choice that some people make. Scientist suggests that a number of people might be predisposed to become homosexual because they carry a certain gene. But other scientists differ by saying that the environment plays an important role in the sexuality of a person than the genetic aspect, “Human behavior is determined by both nature and nurture. Without genes, you can't act in the environment at all. But without the environment your genes

naissance arriva, le ciel était d’un bleu océan et le soleil était chaleureux. Tout semblait parfait, mais à l’arrivée de l’enfant, quelle surprise ce fut ! Le bébé était horriblement laid, ses cheveux rêches comme la paille avaient une longueur impressionnante. Il poussait des cris interminables et si stridents qu’ils étaient devenus insupportables pour tout le royaume. Elle avait été nommé Raipoux à cause de la longueur de sa chevelure et des micro locataires, M. les poux, qui s’y étaient installés