Orange Juice

glamorous, if that is what you expect, but she did have a figure, a slight and slender one, beautifully fashioned, eyes that sparkled, a complexion not white, but dusky, which made her only half visible—as if you saw her through a film of tender coconut juice” (56). She is not described in any detail: it is her powerful effect on Raju that convinces us she is truly beautiful. His first reaction to her is to feel ill clad and unattractive. Rosie’s devotion to her art is made clear by her request to study

then for many years forgetting. Anthony Swofford Jarhead (2003), Scribner D.R. Vocabulary help Memoir = mémoires Profane = impie Ruck (argot) = sac à dos Cammies (argot) = treillis que portent les Marines Ratty = usé Turn in = rendre Juice up (argot) = se préparer Reel = bobine (de film) Look up = chercher, consulter (des informations) Cheat = tricher, tricheur Memorabilia = objets souvenirs Task ᕣ ᕡ Overall written comprehension a) Nature of the text and point of view (several