Shining

didn’t mean she had split up with her boyfriend. And even if it did – obviously it bloody did – it didn’t necessarily mean we’d get together. I mean, she was just stating it as a fact. A piece of news. Yeah. Right. The angels were singing, the sun was shining. Savannah was coming to London and within weeks we’d be married. No other outcome was conceivable. ‘Sure. Let me know when you’re coming to town and I’ll see if I’m around.’ I am so fucking cool. As luck – wonderful, wonderful luck – would have it

still in Monroe, which simplified matters. I hurried to change clothes and freshen my makeup, and just as I put on some lipstick, Pam knocked at the back door. Pam was looking especially Pammish tonight. Her blond hair was absolutely straight and shining, her pale blue suit looked like a vintage gem, and she was wearing hose with seams up the back, which she turned around to show me. “Wow,” I said, which was the only possible response. “You’re looking great.” She put my red skirt and red and white

taken away from him while he leaves alone unable to make friends with the Indians. ᕣ The characters The white soldier is Lieutenant John Dunbar. The Indian warrior is called Wind In His Hair and we may imagine him as a proud man with long and shining hair who loves running and riding in the wind. The woman’s name is Stand With A Fist, judging by her name she must be able to defend herself and may like a fight. ᕤ Part one People or animals Their noises Their movements The woman

marked an important milestone. At that time the second wave of women’s movement activism was at its height in many countries, raising individual consciousnesses of women, transforming state policies concerning conditions of paid and unpaid work, shining light on the power dynamics inside marriages, political parties, legislatures, courts and peace movements, and converting acts of male violence against women from a private problem into a public issue. The UN Decade of Women, 1975–1985, helped to

was illuminated by it. At one side of the fireplace was a heavy curtain, which covered the bay window we had seen from outside. On the other side was the door which communicated with the veranda. A desk stood in the centre, with a turning chair of shining red leather. Opposite was a large bookcase, with a marble bust of Athene on the top. In the corner between a bookcase and the wall, there stood a tall green safe, the firelight flashing back from the polished brass knobs upon its face. »2 (Johnson-Laird

lying by him, and he understood that the hall must form the ante-room to the chamber of some queen or princess. Standing quite still, Prince Firouz Schah looked about him, till his eyes grew accustomed to the gloom, and he noticed a bright light shining through a curtain in one corner. He then made his way softly towards it, and, drawing aside its folds, passed into a magnificent chamber full of sleeping women, all lying on low couches, except one, who was on a sofa; and this one, he knew, must be

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Trace écrite reflétant les échanges au tableau. Productions possibles : Document 1 The woman may be a suspect/an important witness. She is being questioned at a police station: we can tell she is being interviewed because the man on the left is shining the light on her. She looks upset, worried, sullen, distrustful, defiant … The man on the left is probably a police detective. As she is sitting, she seems to be dominated by him. She is looking at him harshly: maybe she has nothing to be ashamed

opposite. Uncle Sam is bent over and looks old and weak. The other characters in the cartoon can all be assumed to be immigrants. In the cartoon, it seems that they are taking care of Uncle Sam. They are doing such things as sewing, cleaning, shoe shining, brushing and cleaning his hair. The cartoonist’s intentions are quite clear. In the last few decades, immigrants, particularly from Mexico, legal and illegal, have been streaming into the United States by the millions. Due to the fact that many are