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campaign or after the overwhelming ANC victory. (overwhelming: écrasante) TEXT The text is an extract from the book Imaginings of Sand, a book written by André Brink, a famous South African writer an d published in 1996. In this passage, Kristien the narrator is talking to her brother-in -law Casper about the situation in their country. Although they are both Afrikaners and members of the same family they deeply disagree. • Casper must be violent towards black people. He admits L. 1 “so we overreacted”

the body of Marguerite echoes the first explorers, knowing nothing of the lands where they were heading, being like blind but determined to conquest new territories. The reader learns by the …....................................................... narrator that Bob compares himself as a boat, drifting toward the New World. Everything he feels with Marguerite can be applied to someone who is about to conquest a territory. He, like Bob, is seduced by the idea of the unknown and all the possibilities

|     OBSERVE 1. Briefly note down the places and times referred to in each paragraph :   A B C D E   2. Sum up the topic of each paragraph :   A B C D E   3. What do we know about the narrator ? Fill in the blanks and tick the right answer.   Age Job Properties Friends   |Rich ? |  |  |Not rich ? |  | |  |  |  |  |  | |Prudent ? |  |  |Imprudent ? |  |   4. Write down the

Dʼune langueur monotone ». Autumn is associated with melancholy. The possibilities of summer are gone, and the chill of winter is on the horizon. Autumn also represents metaphorically both the off-wagon reality of the characters and their souls. The narrator qualifies reality as « grotesque » correlating the sad turn of events and the dark, tempetuous late hours of the night. Similarly, Nickʼs dreams are « savage » and it seems a comparison is made between the uncontrolled weather and his own state of

To Kill A Mockingbird The story takes place in Maycomb, a small town where everyone knows everyone. Like the narrator says a day equals 24 hours but they seem much longer. The narrator is a young girl called Jean Louise Finch. Her nickname is scout. She has a big brother named Jem. Her mother died when she was 2 so she does not remember her. Her father is a lawyer and his name is Atticus. Later on in the story he will have to defend a Negro.

point of view. Then, the little boy becomes the central figure. The text moves closer to him to his parents because it is situated in the middle of both. It is the period of the childhood that is mentioned here, the period of the childhood of the narrator when his parents "fought" to be the favorite of the son. 2. D'à qui le point de vue dit-on l'histoire quel genre du récit est cela ? The narrative looks like an autobiography of the children because we always read according to his point of view

great intricate detail about the violence of the act; a certain emphasis is put on describing blood gushing out of veins and limbs being ripped from the body. Hide the children. Does not bother me much, but is there a specific reason behind it? The narrator it seems skips over somewhat important elements/ elements that could be considered constructive to the story, but spends a great deal of vocabulary trying to disgust people with a weak stomach. But this is medieval Scandinavia. NOT 19th Century

87th Prencinct, on the edge of the Prencinct in Smoke Rise, 2. the farmehouse, situated in Sands Spit. * The length of the story: One day * Chronological disturbance: No chronological disturbance B. The way of telling the story * The narrator: Ed Mc Bain * The time of the story: the story is told white the past and the present * The particularities confusing : no particularities confusing C. The characters * Main characters Douglas King: he is the president of Granger

dell’antica dimora”(l.13) in opposizione con “e cosi’ volentieri lo abbandonavano all’ira celeste” (l.27). Per quel che riguarda la dimensione narrativa, vediamo che in questo secondo movimento viene sottolineato il rapporto tra il narratore ed il narrato. In effetti nel raccontare le vicende vissute da giovane, il narratore prende le parti di coloro che difendono il castello. “Altri davano il merito...castello” (l.23), “i villani dicevano...compagni.” (l.25) l’uso del discorso indiretto libero sembra

describe the language in that text: modern or old? In your opinion, when was this text written? Justify your answer by quoting the text. 3) Identify the emotions. In which state of mind is the narrator? Reading the text, what are your emotions? 4) This story is very famous. Who is the narrator? 5) Write a brief presentation of your text 2 Dr Moreau (excerpt) 15 The Island of Dr Moreau http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi325517337 Instructions: Analysis of the title: what can