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higher, because they consider their teacher Mr Hinds as poor even though he owns an allotment (“We also knew that Mr Hinds had an allotment in Morvant where he kept some poultry and a few animals”, page 9). CHARACTERS The major characters are Vidiadhar and Mr Hinds. The minor characters are Vidiadhar's mother and Knolly (the boy that said “That goat eat and kill long time”). About Vidiadhar Naipaul The characterization is direct. We don't know anything about Vidiadhar's physical appearance

Although “Mateo Falcone” and “Tamango” are both short stories Mérimée still achieves in-depth characterisation of the title characters and the other protagonists, through various means such as detailed descriptions of physical features and ideas as well as the use of dialogue. The detailed description of Mateo Falcone at the beginning of the story is an example of how Mérimée achieves characterisation. This level of detail initially appears unnecessary, especially as Mateo himself is not present

– Poland – Europe). b. Where to? America (accepter New York City – Ellis Island). c. What for? To emigrate to the US. d. What means of transport? Train and boat. 10 pts : a = 2 + b = 2 + c = 2 + d = (2+2) 2. a. How many characters made that ‘remarkable trip’? Two characters. b. How were they related to each other? Brother and sister. 6 pts : a = 2 + b = 4 (2+2) 3. a. Why was the girls’ ‘long hair’ (l.15) a problem? (40 words) It was a problem because third-class passengers had their hair checked

COMPREHENSION : 1. The characters are Kit Oxenford, Stanley Oxenford, Nigel Buchanan, Toni Gallo a) Say if they are present or mentioned. Kit Oxenford is present. The other three characters are only mentioned. b) What is the connection between them ? Kit Oxenford is Stanley’s son. Stanley Oxenford is Kit’s father. Nigel Buchanan is Kit’s client. Toni Gallo is Stanley’s security chief. 4 pts 2. Who is the main character ? Kit Oxenford is the main character. 1 pt 3. Whose company

music of Yann Tiersen. The music is firstly lively and then melancholic, but allows a certain joie de vivre to show through. The music and the multiples jerkily scenes give a sense of heart-rending gentleness from the character, which leads the audience to attachment to the character. The following scene introduces her parents, the voice over is doing the presentations, giving the viewer a sense of a nursery rhyme with the music and the rhymes, each scene finishing by the sound [[pic]]and the conclusion

awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature thanks to his last and well-known work called: The old man and the sea. This novel was written in 1951 and published in 1952. It is considered as a classic of the literacy. 1/ Plot summary The main character, Santiago, is an old and poor Cuban fisherman. He is very unlucky as he has been 84 days without catching anything. However, this old man is full of hope and don’t give up the idea of fishing. The 85th day, he goes offshore and put the lines

Aaron Garrett, dans sa conférence « Hume on History, Character, and the Character of the Historian21 », a indiqué que l’on pouvait comprendre le terme caractère de multiples manières, mais que trois sens prédominaient chez Hume : comme un synonyme de « quality », comme constituant une « unity of moral qualities or virtues functionning as a stable source of actions » ou encore comme étant « connected to a specific role, such as the character of a profession ». Dans cette analyse, j’ai choisi de ne

movie and has all the elements which a war movie requires; the soldiers which compose the special-ops are very narrow minded at first but soon start to realize how horrible the outcome of war is. The dialog between characters is also key to making a good film and Bruce Willis’s character really gets through a one minded soldier, without conscience. As we progress through the movie, we see his conscience and awareness grow to the point that, when seeing a village being raided and its inhabitants raped

TO HEAVEN By Roald Dahl The main character of the story is Mrs Foster, who is introduced from the first sentence as someone who has a “pathological fear of missing a train, a plane, a boat, or even a theatre curtain.” We could already have a premonition that the scenario will be built on this fear. Excepting this strange particularity, Mrs Foster seems being an average woman, probably a member of the English middle-class. His husband is the second character to appear: he is nearly seventy years

using a series of flashbacks add reality and credibility to the story. The many close-ups on the characters, particularly on the protagonists’ faces, amplify the dramatic part of the film. Indeed those close-ups, even extreme close-ups and close shots, are used to show the fear and the sadness of the characters, which we can sense in their eyes. The spectator can consequently identify with those characters and join in their pain and fear all along the movie. All along the movie, the viewer is invited