Story of My Life

In this very passage, the narrator talks about his life. Yet, he starts doing it, by baiting the reader. That’s why he uses a mysterious air right from the beginning (repeated use of “I”). He does not give any details such as name, age or sex until the second page. But, little by little, he goes on feeding pieces of information to help us understand that the story revolves around the trite aspect of his life, in other words around the life of an ordinary man among ordinary people. Then, he goes on

and give me your papers ! Don't worry! He' nervous, because he's fed up of this kind of story! (calme les nerfs de mehdi + prends les papiers) My name is Raphael, and he is Rodrigo (montre du doigt). We are two good friends who were living in Caborca. We were living in the misery, and we are fed up of this bad life. This is a reason why we tried to fullfil our dream : go to L.A. Okay, okay, this is always the same story. You all want to flee to America. And when did you make up one’s mind to

The sound of music (1965) Hi, the movie I’m going to talk about is The Sound of Music of 1965. I chose this movie because it’s my mom’s favourite movie, so I watched it many times when I was young and I really liked it. I thought that this presentation was a good opportunity to remind me this beautiful story. It is also a very good classic musical dramas. Director: Robert Wise, he died in 2005 and he lived in the United-State. Screenplay: Ernest Lehman, he died in 2005 and he lived in the United-State

come you are back so early?" I turn him on his back. He is laughing. "The most amazing thing has happened today. This is the happiest day of my life," he declares. "What is it? Have you won the lottery?" "No. Something even better than winning the lottery. I have seen Armaan Ali." Bit by breathless bit, the whole story comes out. How Salim caught a glimpse of Armaan Ali while doing his daily round in Ghatkopar. The star was alighting from his. Mercedes-Benz to enter a five-star hotel. Salim was

Commentary of the Introduction of My Antonia. Willa Cather was born in 1873. She came to Red Cloud, Nebraska, when she was 9 years old and spent her childhood there. Then, she moved on New-York to continue her career : she wanted to be a writer. She decided to write about her childhood in the West. The novel she wrote with this idea is My Antonia. My Antonia is a five-book novel published is 1918. The extract under study is the introduction of novel. To begin, I will do a summary of the introduction

art of writing. But most of people write autobiography because it is a way unique to express them without talking. Some persons write about their life and most of the time, a life that have been hard (I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou). Some persons write about their life changing of their self-person (My own autobiography) or also some person writes about their events important in their life (Roots by Alex Haley). In all these autobiography, people want to give information of what

pour raconter mon histoire . My name is Paulina and I am American. I arrived at Ellis Island, 10 years ago, I'm an immigrant, and I will tell you my story. I come from Russia. I'm as a kind of survivor .In Russia, I had a little life, and my family was poor. Since my childhood, my dream was to become a great actress and burn my name in Hollywood history. I really wanted to settle in America for a better life but especially to escape the repression. Both my parents died killed by a bomb thrown

Pride and Prejudice. I. THE AUTOR. 1) The book and the author. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, penguin readers; 1945. 2) Biography of Jane Austen. Jane Austen was born on 16 December, 1775, at the rectory in the village of Steventon, near Basingstoke, in Hampshire. The seventh of eight children of the Reverend George Austen and his wife, Cassandra, she was educated mainly at home and never lived apart from her family. She had a happy childhood amongst all her brothers

a kind of TV program which presents humorous and dramatic situations without a script, documents actual events and features ordinary people instead of professional actors. Documentaries and nonfictional programs such as the news and sports shows are usually not classified as a reality show. The principle is gifts to film ordinary people in situations inspired of real situations. It is vulgarizing of the banal one. In the cases of the celebrities, one puts them in scene in fields out of their speciality

recurring theme in the stories is the failure of characters to take responsibility for their own lives. Discuss the nature of theses failures, drawing upon at least two of the stories from the course. Lecturer's name: M. Brian Duffy Declaration I hereby certify that this material, which I now submit for assessment on module EN205 ‘Exile and Belonging in American Short Fiction’ is entirely my own work and has not been taken from the work of others except in such cases that such work has