Narrator

order to define who she is. This will drice us to this question : « how does the narrator present her thoughts and how does he describe her relationships with others? » . Laura Zielski, married to Dan Brown, is a 1950’s suburban woman. She lives near to Los angeles, with her 4years-old son Richie and her husband in « a house in which no one but they have ever lived ». She is expecting a second baby, as the narrator tells us page 44 : « she is a young mother, pregnant with another child ». However

1. The narrator is a Jamaican female teacher. 2. The scène takes place in England (l.31 «  you’re not qualified to teach hère in England ») 3. A) This place could be a school office or a job center B) She has come there to apply for a job as a teacher in a English school. 4. It refers to the other woman who may be a secretary or headmistress 5. The narrator expects her to take them and read them through. 6. She feels these letters proe she is a comptent and fully qualified

(2 x 5) + b = 8 (2 x 4) THE NARRATOR’S COMMENTS ON THE STORY OF THIS ‘REMARKABLE TRIP’. 4. How is the narrator related to the main characters? The narrator is Sylvia’s brother’s grandson / grand daughter. The main male character is the narrator’s grandfather. 4 pts (2 x 2) Corrigé Bac 2010 – Série L – LV2 Anglais – Métropole 10ANV2ME1C www.sujetdebac.fr 5. When did the narrator hear the story for the fist time? Include a quote in your answer. He heard it for the first time ‘so long

CORRECTION: Tim O’BRIEN – THE COWARD Questions: General comprehension: 1 Read the whole text and answer the following questions briefly: a. Who? The narrator who is a drafted soldier in the US army even though he doesn’t want to take take part in the war.Supposedly, as the story is autobiographical the narrator may well be Tim O’Brien. b. Where? The story takes place (is set) in a US Army training camp in Washington State, more precisely in the camp’s library, then on a bus going to Seattle

Novels described likely events and offered a psychological study of characters’ motivations and reactions. They were often introspective and took the form of first-person narratives portraying the inner thoughts of the narrator-character. In a first-person narrative, the narrator is an ‘I’ recollecting his or her own part in the events related, either as a witness of the action or as an important participant in it. The events are seen from his or her point of view, which will normally be restricted

have a good paying job, you might just not feel good. The narrator has a very fine life at the beginning of the movie, he has a good job, a nice place to live but he does not feel good at all, he cannot sleep properly at night. He seems to be depressed about his life and nothing can fix it. It might sound strange but the narrator is indeed like most of us. Many people, even when they have everything they want, can feel depressed. The narrator will only feel different when he will start to understand

India...” • Approximate age: (l. 1) “... in 1962...” + (l. 4) “... a nineteen-year-old...” The narrator was born in 1942 or 1943. The text was published in 2005. Adam Hochschild was 62 or 63 when he wrote this essay. 3. Part 1: from l. 1 to l. 25: “An arrogant country” / “The dark side of the USA”... Part 2: from l. 26 to the end: “The most vibrant civil society” / “The bright side of the USA”... 4. The narrator understood that his country was on the wrong side in South Africa, i.e. that the USA supported

India...” • Approximate age: (l. 1) “... in 1962...” + (l. 4) “... a nineteen-year-old...” The narrator was born in 1942 or 1943. The text was published in 2005. Adam Hochschild was 62 or 63 when he wrote this essay. 3. Part 1: from l. 1 to l. 25: “An arrogant country” / “The dark side of the USA”... Part 2: from l. 26 to the end: “The most vibrant civil society” / “The bright side of the USA”... 4. The narrator understood that his country was on the wrong side in South Africa, i.e. that the USA supported

In this very passage, the narrator talks about his life. Yet, he starts doing it, by baiting the reader. That’s why he uses a mysterious air right from the beginning (repeated use of “I”). He does not give any details such as name, age or sex until the second page. But, little by little, he goes on feeding pieces of information to help us understand that the story revolves around the trite aspect of his life, in other words around the life of an ordinary man among ordinary people. Then, he goes on

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