A Serious Man

Unit 1 : Immigration to America Reference text : « On the Threshold of a New World » To begin with, we are _____ here with a narrative whose focaliser is undefined: ____ it’s an autobiography and in that case, Mark Helprin is narrating his own story, __ it’s a piece of fiction in which the narrator’s name remains unknown to us. All we know about him is that he ___ speak several languages; the fact that he ___ speak Hebrew and Yiddish may suggest he is __ Jew = he is __ Jewish =

during present time. The movie is about a girl (Lyla) who plays cello who meets a boy (Louis) who plays guitar at a party. They started to talking and fell in love instantly. They spent the night with each other but in the morning both should go they separate ways. They tried to meet each other but they couldn’t because they had no ways of contact, they only had each others picture. Six month later, Lyla found out that she is pregnant. She met her father at a restaurant to tell him about her pregnancy

you. _ Miss Pernin: Ok. _ L.D.: Well, first do you know why you are here? _ M.P.: No, to say everything to you, I made my shopping when one of your men interpeeled me. _ _ L.D.:You are here because you are suspected of kidnapping. _ M.P.: A kidnapping!? But it is completely absurd! I never do nothing hurt. _ L.D.: Nevertheless the young person V is reported missing. _ M.P.: How do you accused me of having kidnapped my own pupil? _ L.D.: It has been two days since we are searching

bac blanc N°1 This text is an excerpt from The white Wand and Other Stories written by L P Hartley. It was published in 1954. The protagonist is Walter Streeter, a writer. The scene takes place at night in the small hours. The text dramatises the encounter between this writer and a fake policeman , who may turn out to be a dangerous man. In this text three main points of interest can be found. To begin with, we will deal with the strange encounter itself. Then we will speak about the ingredients

HIS WIVES AND I the trouble with my father was his endless desire for wives and children. or perhaps I should say children and wives .right he has five wives, the youngest a mere girl whom he married last year .and he is at least sixty-eight, possibly seventy. he gets a small pension which would be adequate from him if he had a small family instead of his present thirsty-five children. of course he doesn’t even make any pretence of providing for his family nowadays . he leaves every wife to her own

burton, 1990. Edward Scissorshands is a fantasy film. Edward Scissorhands is not a common boy. Creation of an inventor, he received a heart to love, a brain to understand but his designer died before have been able to end his work and Edward meets himself with blades of metal and instruments sharp edges by way of fingers. He lived alone in a castle cut besides by the world. A beautiful day, Peg Boggs, a representative in cosmetics, discovers the young man and invites him to live in her home.

Francis Ford Coppola Tetro est un homme sans passé. Il y a dix ans, il a rompu tout lien avec sa famille pour s'exiler en Argentine. A l'aube de ses 18 ans, Bennie, son frère cadet, part le retrouver à Buenos Aires. Entre les deux frères, l'ombre d'un père despotique, illustre chef d'orchestre, continue de planer et de les opposer. Mais, Bennie veut comprendre. A tout prix. Quitte à rouvrir certaines blessures et à faire remonter à la surface des secrets de famille jusqu'ici bien enfouis.

George Bernard Shaw – Man and Superman Man and Superman is a 4 act play written in 1903 by George Bernard Shaw as a direct result from a series of criticisms made by a critic working for The Times that Shaw had never written a play based upon the legendary character of Don Juan. However Shaw’s interpretation of the Don Juan myth is completely different to other examples written in the past, as he bases his book not upon Don Juan himself, but his descendant, Jack Tanner, an advanced socialist and

Known as a member of the tea party, he was accused to kill Mr. Booba, a black man. We are the 10th of March 2011, the Court is waiting Mr. White, one of the most famous senator in US known for his shocking declarations about black people. In the Court, we can see some important personalities like Tea Party members came to support the senator and national journalists came to cover the event. All of them hope that the trial will bring new developments. It is two o’clock when we catch sight of a policeman

ses grands parents dans le ghetto de Bankhead à Atlanta. Son père qui vivait à New York et lui rendait visite régulièrement décèdera plus tard de la maladie d'Alzheimer. T.I. commence à rapper à l'âge de neuf ans. Il étudie à la Douglass High School d'Atlanta avant d'abandonner sa scolarité. Adolescent, il devient trafiquant de drogue. De cette époque, il lui reste son surnom « The Rubberband Man », qui signifie « l'homme aux élastiques », une référence à la coutume de porter des élastiques autour