The Island

The great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald lived a colorful life of parties and money-spending, that he uses as subject of his stories. The great gastby, First published on 1925, is set on Long Island and in New York City during the summer

I-Where is Ellis Island ? - Ellis Island is a land of about 130 000 square meters situated near New-York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. - It is predominantly in Jersey City, New Jersey, but a very small part of it belongs to New York City. - A center of immigration was made here to replace another one in New York City: it was built on this island to limit the risk of infection and diseases in New York, coming from the immigrants. - The immigrants came by boats and many of them where sent

On the Threshold of a new world Commentary Introduction Extract from a book by Mark Helprin called Ellis Island and other stories. The passage deals with the arrival of an immigrant in the Usa at Ellis Island. 1st person narrative : “I” The passage can be divided into 3 parts: * Lines 1 to 15 : Physical tests * Lines 16 to 31 : Intellectual tests * Line 32 to the end : The American dream First I’m going to talk about the narrator’s situation, then I’ll show why immigrants

Blackwell se fait la promesse qu'il aidera à promouvoir la culture de la jeunesse jamaïcaine. 1959, le jeune homme de 22 ans est un grand fan de jazz. C’est à cette période qu’il fonde le label Island Records avec ses 1000$ d’économies. Le nom du label viendrai de la nouvelle d’Alec Waugh, Island in the sun. Selon le Rock & Roll Hall of Fame qu'il a intégré en 2001, Blackwell est d'ailleurs "la personne qui a fait le plus pour la diffusion du reggae dans le monde". Un British blanc au sein des jamaïcains

New York, une mégapole. New York City (appelée «Big apple» ou encore «The city that never sleep») est une ville du Nord-Est des États-Unis, située à l'extrémité sud-est de l'État de New York, sur la côte atlantique. On peut considérer New York City comme «la capitale du monde» car elle regroupe tout les critères d'une ville mondiale. Mais aussi elle est la ville la plus peuplé edes États-Unis avec ses 8,2 millions d’habitants. La population est composée d'hommes (47,5%), femmes (52,5%). Il y a

life at the turn of the 20th century New immigrants It has been said that in the United States, all the Americans are immigrants except the Native Americans. By 1880 more than 10 million immigrants were living in the US, they were known as the old immigrants. They were mostly Protestant Christians from Northern and Western Europe. Most immigrants came in search of jobs or economic opportunity. A lot of Chinese immigrant were also living in North America. From 1880 to 1910 18 million immigrants

Asimbonanga de Johnny Clegg, chanté par le groupe Savuka fondé par Johnny Clegg veut dire en français « Nous ne l’avons pas vu ». C’est une chanson populaire à texte politique engagé pour la libération de Nelson Mandela alors emprisonné sur l’ile de Robben Island, au large du Cap, en son honneur et pour la lutte contre l’Apartheid. Asimbonanga est de genre Pop-Rock avec un léger mélange de Zoulou traditionnel. On y trouve une alternation entre le Zoulou et l’Anglais ; Ce mélange entre les langues est un

anglais] The Statue of Liberty is a masterpiece of the human creative spirit. Its construction in the studios of Bartholdi in Paris represents one of the greatest technical exploits of the 19th century. It welcomed immigrants at the entrance to New York harbour, and so it is directly and materially associated with an event of outstanding universal significance: the populating of the United States, the melting pot of disparate peoples in the second half of the 19th century. The fact that the statue

everybody, i am going to talk about the statue of liberty. My talk will be in two parts. In the first part, i will talk about the history of the statue, and then in the second part i will describe the statue. The presentation will last six minutes and after my talk there will be time for a discussion and any questions.  Now, let’s move to the first part of my talk which is about the history Part One: In 1865 during a dinner, Bartholdi, a French architect had the idea that France had to offer to

l’album Third World Child (1987), a propulsé ce groupe à la tête de l'actualité musicale des années 1980. Son texte, politiquement engagé — surtout pour l'Afrique du Sud de l'époque —, est dédié à Nelson Mandela, alors emprisonné sur l'île de Robben Island, au large du Cap, et y fait explicitement référence. Il cite aussi le nom de Steve Biko, militant de la lutte contre l’apartheid. Autre particularité de cette chanson, le titre est zoulou, le refrain est chanté dans cette langue et les couplets