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weather. (American people's extensive use of air-conditioning. (American people's allergy to air-conditioning. (the dangers of chancing temperatures 2) The narrator ( approves of American people's attitudes. ( is angry with American people. ( criticises American people's attitudes. ( is not surprised at American people's attitudes. 3) The narrator is ( English. ( Irish. (American. (French Justify your answer to question three. "The last time I was in my hometown of Des Moines, Iowa." Accepter

turned very pale, and started to change all the small details to end up getting his own face; William Wilson's face. The Black Cat In this history the narrator tell that from an early age he has loved animal, he and his wife. The y had many pet, including a black cat, who was the most loved of the narrator and vice versa, until the narrator becomes alcoholic and one night, when he is intoxicated, he believes the cat is avoiding him. When he tries to seize it, the panicked cat bite him, and in

identical character. For example, the opening paragraph describes them as “conservative, old-fashioned, not to say obsolescent”; they both hold a “stubbornly held view of themselves”. Later on, they are collectively referred to by the omniscient narrator as “freaks and oddballs” and as “these two eccentrics”. These “collective” descriptions emphasize the similarity between them and highlight the emotional distance between them and their peers. The main point seems to be that Harriet and David

text is an article from a magazine called "cahier du Monde" of the Saturday December 2005 written by Ian Fisher. Let sum up first the text briefly: The narrator recounts in this article, when he was 40, he bought a Global Positioning System (GPS) navigator in Italy. So he has fitted the GPS on a scooter to drive around Rome. At first, the narrator compares the use of a GPS between Americans and Italians. Indeed, he says that “this is exactly the ridiculous sort of think Italians expect Americans

temperatures 2) The narrator o approves of American people's attitudes o is angry with American people o criticizes American people's attitudes o is not surprised at American people's attitudes 3) The narrator is o English o Irish o American o French DETAILED COMPREHENSION A) True or false ? Justify your answer with brief quotations : 1) The situation described in paragraph one takes place in fine weather o True o False 2) On the day the narrator recalls, air-conditioning

The first example of arrangement the narrator takes is the « pet dog »: « which has so assimilated humans [...] confirm »: here, « doghood » means the set of features that characterize a dog. « amorous » means « in love ». The narrator ends this paragraph with using « mortified », meaning that someone coming to a home where the pet dog starts clinging to her/his leg will be very embarrassed face to this unexpected show of affection. Then, the narrator mentions the « golden agouti » and the

1. a. Who is the narrator? How is he/she related to Sam? The narrator is a British woman, married to Sam. They 've got two children. She used to be a schoolteacher abroad. b. Justify your answer by quoting from the text. l.12. "We'd spent our honeymoon in Dorset in '76". l.4-5. "We produced two sons". l.6. "I could always find teaching jobs". 2. Match one element from column A with an element from column B. A B 1. Sam had a heart-attack a. in '76 2. They had children b

shortest story in the Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It appears to be a story about the very usual Sunday of two friends Mr. Utterson and his cousin Mr. Enfield. They are having their traditional Sunday walk to the same part of the city, the narrator introduced us in the beginning of the first chapter. It has been quite long time since the first time they discussed this house and the mysterious man called Mr. Hyde. Since that time Mr. Utterson has become really interested in the case of this

and 4 children remain, and the daughter is divorced : they both are freed from male figures. The narrator is nameless, and “Chaddy” only has a nickname. Only Diana and Lawrence are introduced by their Christian name. The title is a hint that separation is going to happen. The landscape gives a religious overtone. The sea used to be the subject of mystical conversations between the narrator and Chaddy. The sea is used for revelation, it refers to a play by Shakespeare “The tempest” : “Those

Document Ideally, the [jazz] listener listened intently enough to join the improviser's trance. That was understood as the listener's job, the listener's act of creation. This made possible a depth of thought.... The indefinite personality of the narrator in Toni Morrison's novel, Jazz, invokes two of the author's central concerns in the creation of African American literature. On the one hand, through both the indeterminacy and the self-questioning of the narrative I," she compels her readers, whatever