A Serious Man

WORKSHEET N°1 – FROM THE BEGINNING TO PAGE 4 (….David was an architect) 1) LANDMARKS. 1- This passage is the very beginning of the Fifth Child. It is the introductory scene. The first pages of a novel are very important because they present/ introduce the main characters and the setting of the action/ the plot. They also set the atmosphere of the plot. 2- The beginning of the fifth child brings us information about the 2 main characters of the story, Harriet and Harry Lovatt: we learn

virginity from one's birth, that is, from the font; which (second virginity) either in the marriage state keeps (its subject) pure by mutual compact, or else perseveres in widowhood from choice: a third grade remains, monogamy, when, after the interception of a marriage once contracted, there is thereafter a renunciation of sexual connection. The first virginity is (the virginity) of happiness, (and consists in) total ignorance of that from which you will afterwards wish to be freed: the second, of

years. A tragedy is a dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a noble person whose character is flawed by a moral weakness -as pride, envy, etc- which causes him to break a divine law or a moral precept and which leads him to his downfall or destruction. William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, by presenting a dark theme, a moral weakness in the hero’s mind and his downfall, can therefore be examined as a tragedy of the XVIIth century. A component

F. Kennedy est tombé sous les balles d’un assassin à Dallas en novembre 1963. Il incarne toujours, pour ses nombreux admirateurs, la probité, l’idéalisme et les valeurs morales qui allaient mener l’Amérique vers une «Nouvelle Frontière. Pour notre chroniqueur Normand Lester, qui a été pendant 4 ans correspondant à la Maison-Blanche, tout cela n’est que mensonge et hypocrisie. Voici le «Dossier Kennedy» qu’il a rassemblé. 1. JFK, le président à la libido effrénée (6 juillet) 2. Marilyn Monroe et

1999. Example: This text is an extract form a novel called ‘Tis, written by Frank McCourt and published in 1999. 2. What do we learn about the narrator? Key elements: Young man, Frank McCourt, 19 years old, came “New York city in the late forties to escape for poverty in Ireland”, wants to be a student, doesn’t want to be a houseman, or have a low-paid job, admires university students. Example: We learn in this extract that the narrator is Frank McCourt, a nineteen – year –old who has come to New York

les Aggressive behavior in children has reached high proportions in our society today. _Le comportement agressif chez les enfants a atteint des proportions élevées dans notre société aujourd'hui. Right from preschoolers to adolescents, children of all age groups are showing little tolerance and a very high incidence of violence. Droit d'âge préscolaire pour les adolescents, les enfants de tous les groupes d'âge montrent peu de tolérance et une très forte incidence

picture is taken from a Swedish ad concerning Anorexia. This ad was diffused in 2007. It shows us a girl with eating disorders. We can imagine this is an awareness campaign for all the diseases concerning food troubles. This ad shocked many persons because we understand how dangerous is this disease because it can touch very young teenagers. This picture takes place in a teenager's room. A young girl is staring at her reflection in a huge mirror. This one takes up a big part of the photography

the complexity involved is something important. Trying to reach a traditional definition, culture would be a “knowledge acquired by transmission between individuals in different social groups (Camilleri, 1985). It is definitely something really soft. The core elements of a culture a pretty much the following ones: * Something learned not innate * All that is built by human beings, * All that allows them to adapt * A collective reality, shared with others * Can be observed through

discover that the author was Jonathan Swift. Not only had he been involved in some of the most important and heated political events of the time, but he was also a well-known political journalist and satirist whose style was very distinctive. THE PLOT In Lilliput people are six inches high, and Gulliver, in comparison, is a giant, or a "ManMountain," as they call him. This section of the novel (Part I) is basically about English politics in the early eighteenth century when the Whigs and Tories were

notamment depuis sa tournée « Serious Moonlight » en 1983. A ses débuts dans les années 60 en Angleterre, on le disait trop avant-gardiste pour réussir. Son succès n’avait en effet rien d’une évidence. Bien que passionné et déterminé dès l’âge de 8 ans lorsqu’il a découvert Little Richard1, il était l’enfant d’une famille recomposée et modeste, que rien ne prédestinait à une si fructueuse carrière musicale. Il a beaucoup travaillé, persévéré et exploré différents genres. Il a su faire des rencontres