Dead Like Me

been probably been insulted or maybe harmed already. He does not want this to happen again. So he needs to display his nationality, to prove it, to show that he is American and must not be mistaken with a guy from Al-Qaeda or another terrorist. It is like he was saying “don’t beat me, I’m on your side, I’m American!” Clearly the drawing plays on exaggeration but overstatement is an effective way of denouncing any given situation and at the time, the life of many people indeed changed significantly

to be a know-it-all” as Carl Ally once said: with this knowledge, the copy writer acquires a “real bank of ideas” which is necessary for this kind of job. With this bank, finding inspiration will be plain sailing! And the creative person is almost dead certain to succeed. But here, the advertising man is talking about “nineteenth-century mathematics, current manufacturing techniques, flower arranging, and hog futures”, those themes are absolutely different and strange. Indeed there are usual types

Can we assign responsibility for the outbreak of WWI? At 11:15 am, on June 28th 1914 in Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital, the Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his morganatic wife, Sophie, duchess of Hohenberg were shot dead by a Serbian student called Gavrilo Princip. After sending a ultimatum, Austria-Hungry declared war on Serbia on July 28th . This event caused a series of war declarations. Russia, Serbia’s protector declared war to Austria-Hungry. Germany, Austria-Hungary’s ally went to war

Lovatt when they first met at an office party in the 60s (their encounter, their backgrounds => past influencing their future). Guideline : To what extent their respective backgrounds determine their future life and choices? I A Romeo and Juliet-like couple a) The party  They meet at an office party => they must be colleagues.  Very noisy : importance of music, everybody dancing.  Crowded : effect of numbers b) Love at first sight => everything goes fast  Love at first sight : “at

turned it on. [...] Langdon picked up the receiver, ‘Hello?’ ‘Monsieur Langdon?’ a man’s voice said. ‘I hope I have not awoken you?’ Dazed, Langdon looked at the bedside clock. It was 12:32 A.M. He had been asleep only an hour, but he felt like the dead. ‘This is the concierge, monsieur. I apologize for this intrusion, but you have a visitor. He insists it is urgent.’ [...] ‘If you would be so kind,’ Langdon said, doing his best to remain polite, ‘could you take the man's name and number, and

correspondant à la réponse qui convient le mieux pour compléter les phrases suivantes (10 points) 1) Oh, he may be slow, but at least he doesn't make stupid mistakes. A) can / B) may / C) must / D) have to 2) If you really must continue to act like an idiot, do it somewhere else. A) must / B) can / C) could / D) may 3) You have to be good to succeed in this game. A) should / B) might / C) will / D) have to 4) Henry arrived so late at the dentist that he had to come back another time

to stay with his wife and his son, recently born. He died on the night of 8 december 1980, when mark david chapman shot him in the back four times in the entrance of the Dakota apartment building. He was taken to the emergency, but was prononced dead on the arrival. When John was still with the Beatles, he said to a journalist «  I will probably killed by a nut » that's why his death was disconcerting. Now, I'm going to talk about Lennon's marriages and relationships. Cynthia Powell met

on men was, I would never have become a nurse, It's very terrific, all the men's with no arms or legs and sometimes some are almost dead and they arrive by hundreds pack together. It's so awful what I get to see everyday, for one week I saw more horrible things than any person could see if they lived a 100 years. At the Western Front, we have many wounded. I would like to go home to be near my family and that this nightmare end but I have to fulfill my duty as a woman to serve my nation. But I took

people; similarly the laws are a “two-edged” sword, and even the religion of the rulers is “Christless” and a tool of oppression. Still, the poet ends in optimism. The last two lines optimistically yearn for revolution. Each of these troubles are like a grave from which “a glorious Phantom” may burst to illuminate “our tempestuous day.” therefore there is a chance the people will rise up. Three young men are walking together to a wedding, when one of them is held by old mariner. The Wedding-Guest

paragraph number 2, the journalist alludes to James Wade’s life today. We notice “now” “has become”. Before he was shot, he was a gang member and after he has become a peacemaker. Actually, with this accident he could have been killed. For him, it’s like he was allowed by God to survive , we can see different religious references : “believe’’ ‘’was allowed’’ : passive voice he wants to thank God by saving other gang members ‘’he could save’’. Since the moment he’s committed to save other people : it