Story of My Life

"It was the summer of seventy-two," he said. "A kid came in one morning and started stealing things from the store. He must have been about nineteen or twenty, and I don't think I've ever seen a more pathetic shoplifter in my life. He's standing by the rack of paperbacks along the far wall and stuffing books into the pockets of his raincoat. It was crowded around the counter just then, so I didn't see him at first. But once I noticed what he was up to, I started to shout. He took off like a jackrabbit

is an extract from Imaginings of Sand and was published in 1996. It was written by André Brink. The story takes place in a South Africa family in 1994, before the general election. There are two characters: Casper and Kristien who is his sister in law ant the narrator of the story. Casper and Kristien speak about the conflict between the Whites and the Blacks. We wonder how the debate grows up. On the one hand we will see what happened in South Africa on the eve of the general election, and on the

a lump of red clay. My master took me and rolled me, pounded and patted me over and over and I yelled out, "Don't do that." "I don't like it!" "Let me alone," but he only smiled, and gently said; "Not yet!" Then WHAM! I was placed on a spinning wheel and suddenly I was spun around and around and around. "Stop it! I'm getting so dizzy! I'm going to be sick!", I screamed. But the master only nodded and said, quietly; 'Not yet.' He spun me and poked and prodded and bent me out of shape to

FALLING IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT Often it happens that Love fastens itself to the heart as the result of a single glance. This variety of Love is divided into two classes. The first class is the contrary of what we have just been describing, in that a man will fall head over heels in love with a mere form, without knowing who that person may be, what her name- is, or where she lives. This has happened to more than one man. Our friend Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Ishaq informed me, quoting

Synopsis  Source  The representation of national history in Forrest Gump  Forrest as a witness and actor of American history  Time in Forrest Gump  Representation of Vietnam War ( sequence analysis)  Conclusion Filmography Studio: Paramount Pictures Director: Robert Zeneckis Screenwriter: Winston Groom ( novel) and Eric Poth ( screenplay) Producer: Steve Fisch and Wendy Finerman Co producer: Charles Newirth Director of photography: Don Burgess Film editing:

little slip of paper that had the word “morphine” on it and looked like a medical prescription. The word, along with the paper, sounded too excitingly Sherlock Holmes to the 8 year-old me, so I immediately demanded an explanation from my grandfather. “Ah, Grandmother Xenia Pavlovna”, he said. Her story is so familiar it sounds like a generalized composite, with not much new to say. Following a month or two of inexplicable excruciating pain that was getting worse by the day, my great-great-grandmother

rendre ce monde plus conscient . Born in Iran , in the era of conflict and Shah . Reza Deghati discovered through the way to be free with journalism. At 16, he wrote his first newspaper called " Parvaz " = flight. He immediately led to the Shah's secret police and banned from office to publish, speak .. Yet he did not give it up and act in secret. He wants to tell the story of his country Iran and the world around him at the cost of being imprisoned , tortured , driven into exile. Today he lives

Miss Peterson: Yes! Miss Stanford: Hello Miss Peterson, come in my office please. Miss Peterson: Thank you Miss Stanford: Hello Lindsey. Miss Stanford: I beg you, seat down Miss Stanford: I want to know why you are here Lindsey. Why did you want to call your mother? Lindsey: It’s with this fucking men, it’s a big swine. Mr Landers: Shut up bitch! Miss Peterson: Lindsey, please!! Miss Stanford: Lindsey, speak about you feeling of Mr Landers. What’s the problem? Lindsey: Ok. He had sexual and

When my science teacher assigned a research paper on a scientist of our choice, I wasn’t thrilled. I had no one in mind for the month-long project. I sat at the keyboard in the school library, looking for inspiration. Finally, I started a search for “women scientists.” I found a hit with a quote from Al Gore, calling the mystery person “an outstanding role model for women scientists across America.” Who was she? The late Dr. Nancy Foster, former Assistant Administrator for Oceanic Services

TITLE OF THE FILM/SERIES: Seinfeld SEASON/EPISODE: Season 1 DIRECTOR: Art Wolff YEAR: 1989 Did you watch the film with or without subtitles? Why? I watched the series with subtitles in order to listen to the dialogues and read the french translation at the same time, so that I'm sure of what I understand, and I improve my English by the way. Where and when is the film/serie set? Try to describe the environment and the context in which the story takes place. The story takes place