Self Made Man

Argumenter ses idées. Aller vers la phrase complexe et utiliser des connecteurs (structures d’opposition et de concession). Culture : white-collar/blue collar jobs Debate on success and keys to happiness. FROM RAGS TO RICHES (1) B. A famous self-made man Book p. 23 SÉANCE 3 : a2 Exprimer son accord / désaccord. Lire un texte de façon expressive. b1 Réagir à des sentiments tels que la surprise ou l’énervement. b2 Transmettre différents degrés d'émotion et souligner ce qui est important pour

others, failing to acknowledge the good work of others, and excessive love of self. This is an interesting concept because many points of view are meeting on it. Indeed to a person being overproud could enable to establish his authority over the other member of a group. That’s true that in some situations being proud could be analyzed like self-confidence and power. This behavior can encourage members to respect the man because of his pride, because it could be seen like sign of security and safety

type of slavery, very similar to Sale of Children, that the author illustrates was the Self-enslavement. The young girls, in this case also mainly Circassians, would take the rout of self enslavement to enter the harem of rich Turks in hope to have a better life. Finally, the last example that the author brings is the birth. Under the Islamic law, the children of slave parents, as well as children of a free man and someone else’s slave inherited a slave status. But despite the fact that this method

loftiest crag. For some minutes the old man seemed too much exhausted to speak. "Not long ago," said he at length, "and I could have guided you on this route as well as the youngest of my sons; but, about three years past, there happened to me an event such as never happened before to mortal man --or at least such as no man ever survived to tell of --and the six hours of deadly terror which I then endured have broken me up body and soul. You suppose me a very old man --but I am not. It took less than

amass an enormous personal fortune.) brazen (adj.) excessively bold, brash, clear and obvious (Critics condemned the writer’s brazen attempt to plagiarise Frankow-Czerwonko’s work.) brusque (adj.) short, abrupt, dismissive (Simon’s brusque manner sometimes offends his colleagues.) cajole (v.) to urge, coax (Magda's friends cajoled her into drinking too much.) callous (adj.) harsh, cold, unfeeling (The murderer’s callous lack of remorse shocked the jury.) candor (n.) honesty

Les Etats-Unis : La superpuissance I-Une Puissance financière et commerciale mondiale 1-Les atouts d’une puissance a-Un système capitaliste triomphant *Liberté des entreprises *Capacité d’initiatives *Mythe du « self made man » *Réussite individuelle fondée sur réussite financière *1ère puissance industrielle mondiale dès le début du 20ème siècle b-La force du dollar *Le dollar est la seule monnaie convertible en or (de 1944 à 1971) *Système remis en question avec les

violence concerns any human trespass to person. It results either from the nature of the man, or from the social life and from its constraints. We are going to interest us to a more precise term: the Social violence. What it concerns? The social violence, it is the violence that the nature bound with the organization of the social life, the organization of the life in society. About violence, we often have a quite made representation; it is what exists in the state of war but also thousands of cars burned

media jumped on this rare opportunity to cover the event because the head-of-state usually forbids this kind of publicity. A 1939 cover of Time magazine shows a picture of Adolf Hitler along with a striking headline “Man of the Year”. He was portrayed as being a relaxed and natural man and it allowed people to think that he was not all that bad, which is completely criminal considering that at the time, people already knew he was a monster and they knew of what he was capable (e.g. the Munich Conference

aux Etats-Unis » de 1860 à 1900 : Guerre concurrentielle féroce : enjeux importants. Certaines entreprises st subventionnées par l’Etat, elles utilisent ces relations (ex : tracé de voies férées). Procédés peu honnêtes. Aux Etats-Unis les self made man sont glorifiés sans être forcément honnête : contraste. La légende de l’entrepreneur : * Créer son entreprise reste un moyen d’éviter le chômage : est ce possible pour tt le monde ? * Glorification de l’entrepreneur. * La réussite

changed in the early 20th century. I) Winston Churchill made the statement "I see little glory in an Empire which can rule the waves and is unable to fluch its own sewers." in 1899. Before that year, the politician was a conservative. He had recently visited India and at the time believed the power Britain had over its colonies was normal and good. When he got back, he was advised to read The Martyrdom of Man by Windword Reade which made him change his opinions about the colonisation and the greatness