Rêve Américain

« The American Dream Is Over » | This visual document is a photograph. We can’t say when it was taken, but we can suppose it is a recent photograph and it was taken in the United States of America because it is a current issue. Indeed, this document is about the American Dream. The scene is set in an American street. In the background, on the right hand-side, there are garbage cans and some trees. In the foreground, on the left hand-side, we can see only one person standing in the middle of

"On the Road" is a novel that makes the reader want to go out there, seize the day, and live, live, live! Jack Kerouac, creator of the "beat generation" best sums up his philosophy as "everything belongs to me because i am poor". The failure of ideology and of the American Dream in the 1960s gave young dreamers who were eager to live just one way out: the road.    Kerouac presents Sal Paradise, a young and innocent writer, and Dean Moriarty, a crazy youth "tremendously excited with life" racing

The "american way of life" influence in Europe and in France Intro : The american way of life can be defined as an american idea which wants to respect several principles of the declaration of independence like life, freedom and happiness. But, it can also refer to people lifestyle in their everyday life. Actually, to go further, it's now related to "the american dream" and the "american exceptionalism" which puts the USA at the top of the world, as if they were different and unique. This

Never forget Freedom is ours to get Together it’s better Cause we’re all brothers Remember history All the hangings in one territory Colored people victims of segregation A story of fear and domination Looking back in the past, looking back when it is fixed 1960 Georgia Washington Alabama Dark places in America All the same, all the pain, Each lynching in vain Slavery is abolished But remain established Segregation of the nation Well known as oppression Where freedom

VANDENBROUCK Claire America the beautiful: the best and the worst Subject: TV Media, talk shows in America. We base our subject on media in America today. Indeed, America seems to be very influenced by TV shows which are everywhere in American lives. Moreover, we can see the . influences of American series and TV shows in French TV channels as W9 too in many different aspects with the show “Next” that is typically an American TV program. There is an rent international way for these shows

COMPREHENSION Read the whole text 1. What kind of text is it? Key elements: Extract, novel, autobiography, ‘Tis, Frank McCourt, 1999. Example: This text is an extract form a novel called ‘Tis, written by Frank McCourt and published in 1999. 2. What do we learn about the narrator? Key elements: Young man, Frank McCourt, 19 years old, came “New York city in the late forties to escape for poverty in Ireland”, wants to be a student, doesn’t want to be a houseman, or have a low-paid job, admires university

In Arthur Miller's moving and powerful play, "Death of a Salesman", Miller uses many characters to contrast the difference between success and failure within the system. The play romanticizes the rural-agrarian dream but does not make it genuinely available to Willy. Miller seems to use this dream merely to give himself an opportunity for sentimentality.  America has long been known as a land of opportunity. Out of that thinking comes the "American Dream," the idea that anyone can ultimately achieve

TEENAGE GANSTERS SHOOT DOWN THE AMERICAN DREAM This text is an article, entitled “Teenage gangsters shoot down the American Dream” It is an extract from The Weekly Telegraph published in 1994. It deals with the American gangs and the reasons of the existence of these gangs and their consequences according to the reporter. We can divide this text into 3 parts : -The first one will be “A gang member’s story” and we will talk About James Wade life -The second, alludes to facts and figures

English coursework: « Gatsby’s ‘dream’ is pathetic and squalid. » How far do you agree with this statement? In F.Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, the main ideas revolve around the perishing of the American dream and the loss of social values. Having money and power and acquiring a high social status are the goals of the time. Gatsby’s dream is to obtain the love of the woman to whom he has been faithful for so many years, Daisy Buchanan. It is for her sake that Gatsby has made it into an

2modeles idéologiques LE MODELE AMERICAIN En 1945 , grâce à la victoire et aux soldats venue libérer l'Europe, le modele américain est à son appogé. Il apparait comme un modele politique - économique - culturelle. 20 ans plus tard ce modele va être contesté par sa propre jeunesse et une partie de la planète qui refuse l'impérialisme américain. Aujourd'hui les grandes ligne du modele se sont imposé au monde entier, et pour tant paradoxalement le modele Américain est toujours contesté