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SECTION 2 .../... page 36, " Lennie still stared at the doorway... " Right before that passage, Lennie has met Curley's wife, and she tried flirting with him. Lennie thinks she's "purty" (=pretty), and "admires" her. Then George scolds Lennie (il le gronde), and grabs him by the ear, and calls her a "rattrap." George tries to warn Lennie ; indeed, he believes that if Lennie lie Curley's wife too much, he might have problems with Curley. *Lennie's answer is : "I never done nothing." In the end, Lennie says he wants to leave this place: "this ain't no good place," "I wanna get outta here," Let's go George [...], it's mean here." George answers by saying they "gotta stay," that they need "a stake" (money), even if he doesn't like it either. He concludes the conversation by saying "shut up," when the other men are coming.   George also plays a...

Presentation today's presentation was about Stephen King's novella entitled The Body. It was published in 1982, and adapted into a movie in 1986. It takes place in Stephen King's favourite location, in Maine, USA, around the fictional city of Castle Rock. It's a coming of age  story about a group of teenagers who want to see a dead body, walking miles for that. They all come from dysfunctional families. there's no supernatural subplot in the novel. King invented a few cities where the action of his novels take place: Derry, Castle Rock and Jerusalem's Lot. In this, he was inspired by American author H.P. Lovecraft, who likewise wrote about imaginary places : Arkham, Dunwich, Innsmouth, and even a fictional book, the Necronomicon , written by a mad Arab in the 7th century.  the 50s as the golden age. SLIM  description "royalty" "prince of the ranch" "moved with majesty" "hand [...] of a temple dancer" ...

Warm Up Walt Disney [ wɔːlt ˈdɪzni] Mary Poppins is a blend between live action and animation movie. Fascination for immersion : Disney wanted to recreate an imaginary world into the "real world" - > Disneyland / Disneyworld Cult of personality though (même si)      [ ðəʊ] thought (pensée)       [ θɔːt ] through (à travers)     [ θruː] tough (dur, endurant) [ tʌf]

SECTION 1, the story (p.14 - 16) Initial observations: it feels like a dream. it gives them hope. it's a story within a story. Lennie insists on : rabbits (in a cage), a garden, cream, having each other. 1: how do we enter the dream? daydreaming. " We are such stuff / As dreams are made on "  2: hope vs despair / ELPIS = waiting in Greek. Hope vs Resignation 3: Matrioshki / vertigo / storytelling / depth 4: "livin off the fatta the land!" fat of the land - > a land of milk and honey - > the Promised Land (possibility for G and L to have a house in the future). Garden (Eden?). Rabbits are in a cage (freedom?). the dream endures and is possible as long as they "have each other." 5: joy vs anger / excitement vs bitterness Some questions:  To what extent can we say G & L's future is like a Promised Land? Do the characters believe in the dream? HOMEWORK : read section 2 for next Thursday, TEST ME-> prepare topics (mo...

Presentation Malcolm X [eks] X rays a label rough after he died / after his death he turned that sadness into something positive. Photography as the art of the dead Face tattoos as last frontier of physically-expressed rebellion Of Mice & Men Section 1 Questions: What two animals does Steinbeck compare Lennie with ? Why do you think are rabbits mentioned at the start of the novel? re-read " the small man stepped nervously... " (p.3) to " the way george's hat was. " (p.4)  - > how do the details in this passage help you to understand the relationship between George and Lennie? ECHO/RIPPLES it echoes around...  

Warm Up Philistines average Americans E.A. Poe / Tim Burton -> Vincent / Edward Scissorhands Roald Dahl, Matilda / Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone One of a kind / someone special / the hidden princess / the misunderstood child / the prodigy a Coming of age story BE

Warm Up a workshop to put a spell on s.o to cast a spell on s.o jealous self-confident to lack a lake no matter what you do no matter how (+ adj) you try magic magical a plot 1st SECTION our impressions about the first paragraph... it's a description of nature. it speaks about spring as green, and winter as white. it seems easier than E.A. Poe. lost & confused / vocab is difficult, will I understand the rest of the story? The very first paragraph is a depiction of a solitary place in Steinbeck's favourite playground : the state of California. Here, we are introduced to a little "sandy bank" of the Salinas River. The words used by Steinbeck are vivid, almost poetical : the water "twinkles" and the foothills are "golden." It gives that incipit a lyrical twist ( =touch )/ This incipit has a lyrical twist to it. Steinbeck describes the scene the way a painter would, using light and colours to convey (= transmettre ) a feel...

Presentation I will tell you about... or, Let me introduce... 1953 James Barry - > children's books Peter Pan syndrome - > MJ Peter Pan Mickey Donald Snow White Walt Disney  a brand vs a mark Nouns pitfalls a breakthrough a downside a watershed a moot point a pipe dream the apex of a hot-button issue a doomsayer a hot topic a turnabout intricacy a sheer fact a smokescreen a rosy picture Verbs to be teeming with to dismiss a fact to crack down on to trump something to point out something to brush up something to circumvent s.o/sth to play down sth to side with s.o to be lambasted it can lead to to gain ground to underpin to skyrocket to be committed to doing sth to entail to curb a problem How to write a question : en anglais, on ne dit pas " problematic ," mais " question. " De même, on évitera d'utiliser  we  mais plutôt  I . On vous demande un avis personnel, bien documenté, bien structuré. Vous avez une problématique? Montrez-là! De même ...