zzzSpé 8B à Coubertin

Warm Up - Attention à <-ed> et <-s> (pluriel et 3ème pers. sing. au présent simple) the composition is the same as Picasso's Guernica to incarnate vs to embody c'est aussi l'un des rares adjectifs épithètes postposés en anglais. the devil incarnate Il existe deux origines étymologiques principales en anglais contemporain: anglo-saxone / franco-latine. Today we read the first lines of the sixth and final section. We immediately noticed that it started with a natural description that looked very similar to the beginning of section 1.  - a  deep, green pool - the Salinas river, the Gabilan Mountains - mottled sycomores - mineral and floral description first, than animals (and humans?) Why is it both end's the same? Lennie is the only one who understands the cyclical nature of what's going on. the novel is like the Salinas river, like a cycle that is inescapable (-> in Greek tragedy, Fate is also inescapable, the heroes can only be free ...

Today we started by talking about our impressions on section 5. We found that the reading was easy, and that the tone differed from the first pages of the book : at first, Lennie was all nice, but he turns out to be ( il se révèle être ) a killer in the end. It wasn't expected. Were there any elements in the previous sections that could foretell ( prédire ) Lennie's evolution? - his actions are not conscientious. - G & L had to escape from their previous job because of something Lennie had done to another girl. - Lennie crushed Curley's hand. - Lennie's aggressiveness can show he's dangerous. pp. 70-71:  George yells at Lennie : "Get him," just like with an attack dog. When Lennie doesn't let go, he screams "Lennie, let go." In section 2, Lennie is said to be as "strong as a bull," that he "doesn't know any rule," and G says "don't mess with Lennie."  Curley punches Lennie mercilessly (withou...