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ROOS Gautier TS3 This is an extract entitled « Letter to Mama » from the book « More Tales of the City », published in 1990 and written by Armistead Maupin. This is a letter, a young man called Michael addresses to his mum to confess his parents that he is gay. At the beginning, the first two paragraphs relate Michael’s coming out. Indeed, we can notice that he is telling his parents that he is gay. The narrator starts the letter by apologies, because he needs a long time to write it : he mentions

an Indian writer (in English) and activist on social justice and economic inequality issues. first novel : The God of Small Things, 1996, semi-autobiographical, her childhood experiences in Ayemenem International fame, Booker Prize for Fiction Hard to talk about this book because, there's no main character, every single person has his importance I'll talk a little bit about the Indian Caste System : Brahmins : Priest, scholars, teachers, (Nehru) Kshatriyas : Warriors and rulers Vaishyas

Les Miserables is the story of four people. Bishop Myriel, Jean Valjean, Famine, and Marius Pontmercy, who meet, part, then meet again during the most agitated decades of nineteenth-century France. It also tells the story of the 1832 revolution and describes the unpleasant side of Paris. The novel is in essence a plea for humane treatment of the poor and for equality among all citizens Part I-Fantine
The year is 1815 and Napoleon has just been defeated at Waterloo. Bishop Myriel lives a quiet

was born on the 22nd of May 1859 and died on the 7th of July 1930. He was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction. Early life Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland, to a father of Irish descent, Charles Altamont Doyle, and an Irish mother, née Mary Foley. His parents were married in 1855. Conan Doyle was sent to the Roman Catholic

elected forty-second president of the United States. He’s a democrat and his election follows the presidency of a republican, George Bush Senior and the first Gulf War. At the beginning of his term, Clinton adopted a personal way to govern. Clinton relied on a few number of confidents, including his wife, Hilary. She prepared a law project about social security and healthcare, which would have assured to all the Americans a health cover. But this project is blocked by the Congress, which was democrat

In Chapter 9, the focus shifts from the plantation school to the county jail as Grant and Miss Emma, for the first time, are able to talk to the captive Jefferson. In Chapter 10, we find Grant and Miss Emma going through the by-now familiar ritual at the courthouse: The deputy searches Miss Emma’s basket of food and examines the contents of Grant’s pockets, then leads them past the other inmates to Jefferson’s cell. As before, Jefferson is sullen and unresponsive, and Miss Emma leaves in tears, asking

TEENAGE GANSTERS SHOOT DOWN THE AMERICAN DREAM This text is an article, entitled “Teenage gangsters shoot down the American Dream” It is an extract from The Weekly Telegraph published in 1994. It deals with the American gangs and the reasons of the existence of these gangs and their consequences according to the reporter. We can divide this text into 3 parts : -The first one will be “A gang member’s story” and we will talk About James Wade life -The second, alludes to facts and figures

For many years, one of the main differences between public schools and private schools was held that students in private schools had an obligatory school uniform and students in public schools could wear what they wanted in school. Several public schools have begun to adopt mandatory school uniforms. The issue of school uniforms has brought discussion across the country. Students are reluctant to be told they cannot use their clothing to express themselves during the school day, but other people

Michelle Obama aims to end child obesity in a generation | Updated 2/9/2010 6:24 PM | Comments 1,632  | Recommend 29 | E-mail | Save | Print | Reprints & Permissions | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  OBESITY COMPLICATIONS | | | | | | |  CHILD OBESITY RATES | | The percentage of obese children (considered those in 95 percentile or above based on growth charts) has skyrocketed since 1980. In ages 6-11:In ages 12-19:Source: National Center

is a caricature. Represents to the left, a head of family (père de famille). In the middle, a teacher who puts back (remettre) degrees (diplôme universitaire) to the news graduates (diplômé) of the class 2005. Then (ensuite) to the right, the concerned young graduate. During this scene, we can see the student, proud (fièr) to possess (posséder) his diploma between the hands which continues this road (son chemin). During this time, the teacher puts back to the dad the painful (douloureuse) bill (facture)