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chose to do an analysis concerning ” un chien Andalou“. It is a sixteen-minute silent film produced in 1929 in France by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali. Its title means "An Andalusian Dog" in English. It was the first film of both famous characters, and one of the best-know surrealist films of the avant-garde movement of 1920s (wikipedia - un chien andalou). The context This short movie took place in the surrealism context. Surrealism is a cultural movement during the 1920s. Born after the 1st worldwide

woman's dream of terror hurl the dart? Oh, feeble weapon 'gainst so great a heart! Must courage proved a thousand times in arms Bow to a peril forged by vain alarms? POLY. I know that dreams are born to fade away, And melt in air before the light of day; I know that misty vapours of the night Dissolve and

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his unique abilities: He is a demigod, half human, half immortal. Even more stunning: His father is the Greek god Poseidon, ruler of the sea, making Percy one of the most powerful demigods alive. There’s little time to process this news. All too soon, a cryptic prophecy from the Oracle sends Percy on his first quest, a mission to the Underworld to prevent a war among the gods of Olympus. THE GIVING TREE ‘Once there was a tree…and she loved a little boy.’ So begins a story of unforgettable perception

Baumbach 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

their career, children and their marriage. For many families, going back to work, after the birth of a child is a necessity, as they find it impossible to stop work due to financial concerns. However, many people feel that this is bad for children, who then have to be looked after by an outside source during the day, such as a childminder or nursery school. As early childhood is the most precious time of a child's development, it is important that the mother or indeed the father should be there for that

The world's expanding waistline The shape of things to come Dec 11th 2003 From The Economist print edition The world is too fat. Too bad WHEN the world was a simpler place, the rich were fat, the poor were thin, and right-thinking people worried about how to feed the hungry. Now, in much of the world, the rich are thin, the poor are fat, and right-thinking people are worrying about obesity. Evolution is mostly to blame. It has designed mankind to cope with deprivation, not plenty. People are

fourth school; he has already failed out of three others. At Pencey, he has failed four out of five of his classes and has received notice that he is being expelled, but he doesn’t want to return to home before Wednesday. He goes visit his history teacher, Spencer, to say goodbye. And then Spencer tries to speak about his school results, Holden becomes annoyed. Back at school, Holden is irritated by his unhygienic neighbour, Ackley, and by his own roommate, Stradlater. Stradlater has one date with

PHIL DIXON 1. PHIL DIXON has turned his schoolboy window-cleaning round into a business employing 800 people, with an annual turnover of £11 million. He has climbed the ladder by doing all the dirty jobs nobody else wants to do. 2. Phil runs New Cleaning Systems, a company based in South Shields with offices in Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester. The 43-year-old, married with two children, has come a long way since starting his weekend job back in 1971. Phil, the son of a factory worker, was one of

Discursive Language Exercise 1 could may might There’s a slim/good chance that…. Will possibly/probably/almost certainly It’s likely/unlikely/most unlikely that… 1. Why take out life assurance? 2. What chance has your country of winning the next football World Cup? 3. Which political party do you think will form the government in this country after the next election? 4. What is the probability of rain this evening? 5. Why does the teacher own an English