The Simple Life

Subject of the out-of-class: Discuss Carrie’s feelings about and conceptions toward material culture. Do her attitudes change toward her material world? Sister Carrie was written in 1900 by Theodore Dreiser, who was born in 1871 and died in 1945. He was a famous American writer who wrote under the influence of naturalism. Sister Carrie is his first novel: it’s about a girl, named Carrie, who moves from her parents’ home to start a new and better life in the city. Life won’t be easy for her

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE Frank Capra [pic] SOMMAIRE Introduction I) La production de It’s a wonderful life ou l’émancipation de Capra A) Liberty films : l’unique belle vie de Frank Capra B) Des stars au service de Capra II) Le chef d’œuvre d’une vie pas si belle A) Le géni de Capra ou comment réaliser un film engagé sous couvert de fable de Noël B) Un film aux vies multiples INTRODUCTION "La Vie est Belle" est un film qui disait à ceux qui avaient

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we are going to talk about a very fascinating part of the English language. Give me an S Give me an L Give me an A Give me an N Give me an G! Yes, today, we’re going to talk all about SLANG. So the first question must be… What exactly is slang? Using slang means replacing a common word or sentence with a totally new one. The use of slang has been around from many years. It is often associated with younger people. Mainly due to the fact that each new generation wants its own identity

plays). The scene takes place in NYC, more particularly in the Spanish Harlem. This passage of the film, where the boys and the girls sing the song “America” is extremely famous. The song is a perfect testimony of what Puerto Ricans used to think about America once there. It is a complete analysis of the pros and cons of this dream-like country. Indeed, while the girls are singing in honor of the United States, the boys reply in an ironic way, being more realistic than the girls about the seamy side

Ça m’est égal de passer ma nuit dehors. Ils arrivèrent devant un bâtiment isolé. L’un des deux hommes sortit un trousseau de clefs et ouvrit la porte d’entrée. Ils montèrent les escaliers. Le bureau était à gauche, avec pour seul éclairage une simple lampe. Ils s’assirent de chaque côté comme pour un entretien professionnel, et l’un fouilla dans les tiroirs déduisant du briquet posé sur le côté la présence de cigarettes. Il en trouva effectivement, en en proposant un à la personne assise à l’opposé

was a French writer and poet and above all the pivotal figure of the Surrealist movement which was born after the First World War. He was one of the most important literary figures of the twentieth century. The principles of the Surrealist movement launched by Apollinaire and Lautrémont, among others, are exposed in the ´Manifestoes of Surrealism´ published in 1969. These manifestoes are the two main theoretical texts of Breton André. According to the online encyclopedia Encarta (2009), a manifesto

(B S): The paradox of choice This podcast deals with the paradox of choice in western industrial societies. According to B S, the issue begins when people tend to increase their welfare by maximizing individual freedom, which means that more choices will lead to more freedom which will conduct to welfare (well-being, happiness). And the danger is that people just stand on the positive side of the concept. In reality, there are negative effects of having many options such as the simple difficulty

Stress is seen as the evil of the century. It spares no one. Everyone's talking about and speaks to everyone. He is accused of all evils in our modern society. Stress, stress, stress words are tainted by improper use, they are words that are in conversations to express irritation, fatigue, anxiety, fun. Today, stress has a negative connotation, probably because there is confusion between stress and stress factors and which could not be designated as a stress factor. The word is often used

35 40 Salim comes running through the door and collapses face down on the bed. l am alarmed. "Saliml ... Salim!" I shout. "What's happened to you? How come vou are back so early?" lturn him on his back. He is laughing. "ïhe most amazing thing has happened today. This is the happiest day of my tife," he oectarcs. "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 whote story comes out. How Salim caught