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The Old Man And The Sea , a novel by Ernest Hemingway

By Maïlis est une femme

Hi Readers, Once upon a time, in Gulf Stream , a fisherman who doesn't fish a lot since a long time... This opening scene corresponds to "the anticipation stage" Christopher.B describes. Indeed, although the old man (the fisherman) hasn't caught fish...

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Ernest Hemingway, the traveler

By Maïlis est une femme

Hi readers, Today, I will talk about... Ernest Hemingway ! Born in 1899, this american journalist is known to have travelled all around the world. But, he also recieved the Nobel Price of Litterature in 1954. Outdoorsman by nature, he was bold enough...

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Mabel (in "On the Road to Mandalay"), 1929

By Maïlis est une femme

Hi readers , Today, I will talk about a short story by William Somerset, called "Mabel" . . . At the beginning,The scene takes place at Pagan, in Burma. The characters present are the narrator, George, a friend of George and Mabel. *Basic situation :...

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William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)

agent, his, maugham, world, writer

By Maïlis est une femme

Hi readers , Today , I will talk about a novelist that I didn't know ... Here is his biography : Popular British novelist, playwright, short-story writer and the highest-paid author in the world in the 1930s, Somerset Maugham graduated in 1897 from St....

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P.S : I love you by Cecilia Ahern

her, husband, like, she, that

By Maïlis est une femme

Hi Readers, Today, I will talk about one of my favourite books, which is also an initiatic journey : "P.S : I love you". I hope you'll like it ... The Pattern of this story is likely to unfold like this / like Christopher Booker 's (click on the picture...

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Travels / Return Travels

dickens, into, new, travels, wild

By Maïlis est une femme

Hi Readers, Last week, we worked on a new theme , called : "Travels /Return Travels". A good theme to start the year , isn't it ? So, first of all, we thought about examples of books and authors : "Into the wild" by Jon Krakauer, "L'Odyssé" by Homer,...

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A Rewriting of The Taming of the Shrew

bianca, her, katerina, play, with

By Maïlis est une femme

Hi readers, today I will intrroduce one of the great comedy plays by William Shakespeare and actually, one that I play this year with my theater class. The play starts with the Induction where a trick is played by a nobleman on the drunkard Christopher...

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Last week, we were Poe !

edgar, last, pastiche, poe, wrote

By Maïlis est une femme

Hi readers, Last week, we were Poe?! Yes, actually, with two friends of mine we wrote a pastiche of the balcony scene of Romeo and Juliet ! But, I'm sure you don't see any link between Edgar Allan Poe and this play ! We created a link... In fact, we had...

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"Waterlily Pond and Japanese bridge" V.S "Show Me The Monet"

banksy, monet, painting, parody, work

By Maïlis est une femme

Hi readers, To illustrate the word "parody", we worked on a painting by Monet and we compared it with a parody of it by Banksy. We were then 2 groups and I was in the group of "Monet" and after some research, we did an oral ! It was very interesting to...

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"Hey Food"

food, hey, jude, parody, song

By Maïlis est une femme

Hi readers, Today, I will talk about a parody of The Beatles' song "Hey Jude"... Here is a presentation of this parody and his original song : Now, I invite you to read the lyrics (click on the pictures below) Hey Jude Hey Food And If you really want...

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