Catégorie : Langues
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Hanif Kureishi - The Buddha of Suburbia
Historical Context of The Buddha of Suburbia The 1970s were a decade of change worldwide. Many former colonies of Britain had obtained independence in the 20 years previous, and the 1960s brought social change in the form of drugs,legalization of abortion in the UK trr1967, and the ideas of free [ove, peace, and sexual permissiveness as espoused by the hippies. These ideas of the 1960s permeate the beginning of the novel but soon give way to the economic recessions and social discontent th...
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Black Lives Matter
Trayvon Martin -On February 26th, 2012, Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African American high school student was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old man at Stanford, Florida, United States. -Zimmerman was the neighborhood watch coordinator for a gated community -He spotted Martin walking about the neighborhood at around 7pm in the evening -He notified the police about Martins suspicious activity -Then he approached Martin when an altercation broke out -Zimmerman eventually...
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L`argent et l`esprit sale
Schmutz und Geld In unseren Leben ist Schmutz allgegenwärtig. Unter den Fingernägeln, auf dem Boden, Auf der Strasse. Doch auch die moralische Ebene ist nicht zu vernachlässigen. Die tausend Ungerechtigkeiten, mit denen wir jeden Tag direkt oder indirekt konfrontiert werden, stechen einem genauso ins Auge wie ein schmutziger Löffel in einem Restaurant und löst ebenso eine Mischung aus Ekel, Empörung und Wut aus. Wofür es natürlich einen gewissen Gerechtigkeitssinn braucht.Im Fach Geograph...
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does the end justifies the means
DOES THE END JUSTIFY THE MEANS? 1er5 Before answering this question we need to define what it means, the end justifies the means is used to say that a desired result can be so good that any method, even a morally bad one may be used to achieve it. Yes the end can justify the means as long as the means used are symmetrically equals to the goal, if you use bad means to achieve a great goal the means have to justify the end by symmetrically equal to the goal. For me any evil action acti...
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lecture linéaire candide ou l'optimisme: l’idée du philosophe allemand Leibniz, selon laquelle tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possible
Lecture Linéaire “Candide ou l’optimisme”, Voltaire Introduction: Ce texte est extrait de Candide ou l’Optimisme, un conte philosophique écrit par Voltaire en 1759. Il a pour but de critiquer et ridiculiser l’idée du philosophe allemand Leibniz, selon laquelle tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possible. A travers le contraste entre le discours savant et le simplisme et l’illogisme de Pangloss, Voltaire montre la faiblesse de cette pensée en faisant rire le lecteur. Les més...
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Projet historique espagnol: Guide touristique du musée d’Anne Frank
Guide touristique du musée d’Anne Frank La vida de Ana Frank Ana Frank nació en Fráncfort del Meno. Las cosas no van bien en Alemania: hay poco trabajo y mucha pobreza. Al mismo tiempo, Adolf Hitler obtiene más y más seguidores con su partido. Hitler odia a los judíos y los culpa de todos los problemas en el país.Debido a este odio a los judíos y la mala situación económica, los padres de Ana, Otto y Edith Frank deciden mudarse a Ámsterdam. El 1 de septiembre de 1939, Ana tiene en ese mome...
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Biographie Martin Luther King
Early years : Born as Michael King Jr. on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta , Georgia , Martin Luther King Jr. was the middle child of Michael King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. Growing up in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King Jr. entered public school at age 5. In May, 1936 he was baptized, but the event made little impression on him. In May, 1941, Martin was 12 years old when is grandmother, Jennie, died of a heart attack. The event was traumatic for Martin, more so because he was out watch...
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the handmaid's tale: How far do you agree that Margaret Atwood makes resistance central to THT?
How far do you agree that Margaret Atwood makes resistance central to THT? I - Atwood demonstrates that resistance is a source of hope II - However, Atwood shows that resistance, particularly active resistance, succumbs to the ??? Firstly, Offred is quite passive : Examples Indeed, it is why she lives vicariously through other characters as seen before. However, even then, they lose their will to resist or it leads them to their downfall. Firstly, Moira is the free-spirited and rebel...
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Exposé sur Eminem
I am Anaëlle, a year 13 student at the school Hilaire de Chardonnet at Chalon sur Saône. I write this letter because I think you should add an essential person to the Hip Hop Hall of fame Museum. Indeed, this rapper that I am going to present in a second part is someone important on the Hip Hop world because this person is really influencing, and an example for everybody. So, I think you know him, Eminem, from his real name Marshall Bruce Mathers. He was born on a poor area of Detroit, on...
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Thématique : expression et construction de soi.
Thématique : expression et construction de soi. The tragic genre is one of the most important in the history of literature as it has always existed ever since literature was created. George Steiner, a professor of the university of Cambridge stated in his book « Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky » that there were 3 steps in literature’s history. 1st one = Greek tragedy | 2nd one = Shakespearian tragedy | (3rd one= Russian novel) This particular quote from an eminent intellectual enlighten the fact th...
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ROMANTICISMO
ROMANTICISMO El fenómeno estético de la literatura no debe estudiarse aisladamente, la obra literaria no puede desligarse de las circunstancias sociales que la rodearon al nacer. Cada época tiene sus inquietudes, sus problemas, sus ideas y sentimientos dominantes y el artista responde a eso. Ésta es la causa de la formación de escuelas, corrientes o movimientos literarios. Llamamos así a un conjunto de artistas, de una o varias disciplinas del arte, que comparte ciertos patrones estéticos,...
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WATER POLLUTION
Nowadays, this widespread problem of water pollution is jeopardizing our health. Unsafe water kills more people each year than war and all other forms of violence combined. Meanwhile, our drinkable water sources are finite: Less than 1 percent of the earth’s freshwater is actually accessible to us. Water pollution is the release of substances into bodies of water that makes water unsafe for human use and disrupts aquatic ecosystems. Water pollution can be caused by a plethora of different c...
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Do you believe that pop culture has made women nudity and body an object ?
Do you believe that pop culture has made women nudity and body an object ? Popular culture is generally recognized as a set of the practices, beliefs, and objects that are dominant or prevalent in a society at a given point in time. This fact means that people consciously or unconsciously are influenced by what pop culture is trying to convey. Therefore, it is a political, social and feminist issue because it takes up and encompasses the questions of society and conveys images that conditi...
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Baudulaire l'ennemi
L'ENNEMI 1) Ma jeunesse ne fut qu’un ténébreux orage, 2) Traversé çà et là par de brillants soleils ; 3) Le tonnerre/ et la pluie/ ont fait un tel ravage, 4) Qu’il reste en mon jardin/ bien peu de fruits vermeils. 5) Voilà/ que j’ai touché l’automne des idées, 6) Et qu’il faut employer la pelle et les râteaux 7) Pour rassembler à neuf les terres inondées, 8) Où l’eau creuse des trous grands comme des tombeaux. 9) Et qui sait/ si les fleurs nouv...
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Les fleurs du mal de Baudelaire: L'ennui
L'ENNEMI 1) Ma jeunesse ne fut qu’un ténébreux orage, 2) Traversé çà et là par de brillants soleils ; 3) Le tonnerre/ et la pluie/ ont fait un tel ravage, 4) Qu’il reste en mon jardin/ bien peu de fruits vermeils. 5) Voilà/ que j’ai touché l’automne des idées, 6) Et qu’il faut employer la pelle et les râteaux 7) Pour rassembler à neuf les terres inondées, 8) Où l’eau creuse des trous grands comme des tombeaux. 9) Et qui sait/ si les fleurs nouv...
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essai West World
In this essay, we will see to what extent there can be a link between fiction and reality. Fictions generally don’t boil down to imagining scenarios that are completely disconnected from the world and that distort reality. Quite the contrary! There are indeed some fictional stories (like the one of West World) that have succeeded in connecting reality and fiction through resemblances to the real world. First and foremost, fiction generally portrays ordinary and endearing characters with...
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exposé ava duvernay
Ava DuVernay - present the person -her actions -the impact she had on society Ava DuVernay, née le 24 août 1972 à Long Beach, est une distributrice de films, réalisatrice, productrice et scénariste américaine Cinéaste noire américaine, Ava Duvernay est connue pour ses films engagés contre le racisme Avec son film Selma (2014), qui retrace une partie du combat de Martin Luther King Jr pour les droits civiques, elle est devenue la première femme noire à être nominée aux Golden Globes dans...
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oral dossier llce anglais
Let me tell you about art and debates: Needless to remind that the ways of approaching art and their numerous definitions have always been a matter of debate, and often influenced by the artistic currents of the time as well. Thus, some works refer only to sight in contrast; others have an abstract, even a spiritual dimension. Whatever the dimension, the fact nevertheless remains that the "visible" describes something immediately perceptible, either by sight or by consciousness, and the inv...
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devoir maison espagnol/ créer une légende: ¿Por qué existe el viento?
¿Por qué existe el viento? No sabemos cómo nació la Tierra. Desde la noche de los tiempos se habla todavía de un paraíso inicial, del cual los hombres fueron expulsados. Los marineros saben cuán grande es la maldición, ellos sudan remando en sus barcos, porque Zeus, un dios un poco caprichoso los había privado de viento, encerrando a estos últimos en una isla lejana y encerrada, al sur del Cabo de Buena Esperanza. Estos decidieron entonces no respirar en absoluto y permanecer tranquilamente...
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Giallo e noir
FRANCAIS Un nouveau jour se lève dans la calme et paisible ville de Valence. Il est 6h du matin et Jean-Eude faisait son tour habituel du champs de mars pour le nettoyer quand soudain il vit un femme, inconsciente sur le sol. Aussi tôt Jean Eude appela la police en sachant que l'affaire serait résolue grâce aux enquêteurs. L'inspecteure en charge de cette affaire et inspecteure Auzou, la plus performante de la région. La scène de crime est passé au peigne fin, la femme a été battu, elle a...