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Debt Easy I. Introduction The text, the title of which is « Debt Easy », is an extract from Time of 17th January, 2000. It is written by Rod Usher, and deals with the consequences of revolving credit in the UK and in the USA. The revolving credit consists in obtaining a reserve of money that you can use on your rhythm, and to reimburse on a more or less long duration according to your possibilities. The rates are proportional with the borrowed money, and are often really high. II. Banks

I. Symbolism Origin and definition It is a late 19th century art movement which finds its origin in French and Belgian poetry of the 1860's. We could say it is an outgrowth of the darker, gothic side of Romanticism, deferring from that movement by the lack rebellion of symbolist poetry : indeed, this movement can appear quite static and hieratic facing the strong idealism of romantic poets. Definition It is movement that does not aims at describing society as everyone experiences it,

He wrote Dubliners in 1914. During this period there was a conflict between English and Irish as English colonized Ireland. Indeed, in The Two Gallants the English ancestry towards Irish is revealed by the places’ names such as ‘Kildare St Club’ which was named after the British colonization. Also, in The Sisters Father Flynn dies on the first of July which corresponds to the Battle of Boyne when the Catholic Ireland defeated. The choice of this specific date is not a coincidence; it has been chosen

small room, sometimes I feel melancholy of England but It's the beggining and I must be strong. About New York, it's a big city at my arrival I came to Ellis Island where I was humiliated in front lot of people. Immigrants must be examinated by sort of « doctors » and after this examination we can enter on the city. Doctors ask lot of question about our life ansd if one of theise question is wrong we are returned in our country. I feld very anxious during this examination but the nurse who took care

School in London, then he studied at Oxford University. Around 1494, Thomas More studied law at New Inn. His first meeting with Erasmus spent in 1499 and it's at this moment that Erasmus took place for all his life. Some years later he became barrister but soudainly he had desire to living in a monastery for have a life of monaster. This time didn't during because he decided to participate at the politics life of his country and he entered Parliament in 1504. One year after , He married Jane Colt

the fold on the family, people are in search of what is soft and comfortable. For that reason, the cuddly bear left the world of the children to invade the one of the teenagers and the young adults. The Anglo-Saxon countries were the first ones to create mini-teddy bears, often transformed into key rings and carriers of messages: "Do not forget me ", "Kisses", " I like New York " until the famous " I love you " of the St Valentine's Day. This is an original way to deliver an affectionate message

McGuire "Bill" Bryson (born 8 December 1951) is a best-selling American author of humorous books on travel, as well as books on the English language and on scientific subjects. Born an American, he was a resident of North Yorkshire, England, for most of his professional life before moving back to the US in 1995. In 2003 Bryson moved back to the UK and currently he lives in Wramplingham near Wymondham in Norfolk. The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America is a book by travel writer Bill Bryson, chronicling

United Kingdom, the UK or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, including Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many small islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. The largest island, Great Britain, is linked to France by the Channel Tunnel

of them don't know they have Irish ancestors, a number which is no less than ten times the actual population of Ireland. Such a large number of people must have come from a long period of migrations. And so, the first Irish migrations date back at least to the early seventeenth century. On a first part, we will talk about the migrations from the early seventeenth century until 1717, and then we will move on to the next period which is from 1717 to the end of the eighteenth century. In both parts

At the turn of the century artists, writers and playwrights were highly critical of Victorian achievements and beliefs. They mocked and challenged middle-class values, such as convention, respectability and the very notion of art, a classic example is Oscar Wilde´s play. Wilde followed the Art for Art´s Sake doctrine: pursue fleeting beauty and pleasure as ends in themselves. Polished, impressionistic images that appealed to the senses and also a desire to shock and challenge values dominated the