The Things They Carried, Ambush - Tim O'Brien (1990) - How does the past affect the present in this essay?
Text commentary - 7 pages - Literature
Perhaps more than any other group in society, veterans have a difficult and painful past. Some remember their combat experiences vividly; Some block them entirely. The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien (b. 1946), is a collection of short stories that are interdependent. All of these stories...
Great Expectations, Chapter 41 - Charles Dickens (1861) - Pip's Assessment of a Past Event
Text commentary - 2 pages - Literature
Published in 1861 and written by Charles Dickens, Great Expectations is the perfect illustration of the Victorian period. Through this novel, Dickens portrays different social classes in industrial Britain, and mock the aristocracy. Different styles are blended together (notably gothic and...
Brain Drain and Reverse Brain Drain - Interview
Creative writing - 3 pages - Linguistics & languages
This written expression exercise simulates an interview in English for a talk show "Talk About It." The subject is the brain drain phenomenon.
Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller (1949) - American theater in the 20th century
Book review - 5 pages - Literature
Miller's play is based on a number of assumptions on national, social identity of his audience. He imagined that he would really address a wide-social spectrum and not just Americans impatient with any theatrical enterprise that require education or patience. He addressed a serious audience,...
The Plough and the Stars - Sean O'Casey (1926) - How does the author show his political commitment?
Text commentary - 3 pages - Literature
As Pagans' character John from Thomas MacDonagh's play quotes 'A man who is a mere author is nothing' in 1915, most of the Irish writers, especially playwriters of the period are not only talented dramatists but also national-convinced activists, politically committed and often...
Linguistics - Adjectives and pronouns
Worksheets - 9 pages - Linguistics & languages
Adverbs must modify the verb. For instance: She played the guitar dreadfully. The adverb doesn't always change the verb and describes the speaker's attitude. Prescriptivism leads to binary distinctions. One particular form is considered to be more elegant, easier to understand etc. It...
The sonnet: 20th-21st century - British Poetry
Course material - 3 pages - Literature
Wilfred Owen was 25 when he died. Literary man who was a poet and knew people who published, that is how his poems were published. Monument in British culture. Wilfred knew what the war was about, the dominating powers behind it... When analysing, first impression is the first thing we should...
Runaway, Trespasses, Extract - Alice Munro (2004)
Text commentary - 3 pages - Literature
'Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up' wrote the American polemist Camille Paglia. Everything is also a question of identity in Alice Munro's short story collection Runaway, published in 2004. The...
Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare (1597) ; Snow falling on Cedars - David Guterson (1995) ; Photo by Annie Leibovitz - Forbidden Love
Text commentary - 1 pages - Literature
The topic of forbidden love is approached in each document. The first one is an excerpt from Romeo and Juliet written by the famous Shakespeare, a British poet of the 16th century. Corneille, Racine, Aristotle, and Horace are emblematic figures of this theatrical movement. The second one is a...
The Importance of Being Earnest, Act II - Oscar Wilde (1895)
Text commentary - 3 pages - Literature
'As a man sow, so shall he reap': a biblical saying that Miss Prism, as a good Christian, must have been taught at church. But to feel righteous, it is not enough to utter it as she does when reacting to the tidings of Jack's brother's death, it also takes to apply it personally....
Break It Down, Once A Very Stupid Man - Lydia Davis (1986) - How does the author convey a peculiar writing style and sense to her story?
Text commentary - 1 pages - Literature
As the American writer, Matthew Weiner wrote « Identity is part of drama to me. Who am I? Why am I behaving this way? And am I aware of it? », this quote could genuinely sum up the quintessential quest drawn from Lydia Davis's Break It Down short story, entitled Once A Very Stupid Man and...
The Figure in the Carpet - Henry James (1896) - The meaning of art and literature
Text commentary - 2 pages - Literature
The narrator, a young book reviewer, is asked by Corvik, one of his colleagues, to write a review of a well-known author's (named Vereker) latest book. Having read the review, Vereker seizes the opportunity, when he meets the narrator, to tease him by revealing that he has missed the most...
Oral Defense Sheet on the Concept of Spaces and Exchanges
Presentation - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages
I am going to reflect on spaces and changes ongoing in our society. In these modern times, the internet has become, by all means, as real as a physical place. It is a significant change in the history of humanity: a virtual space has become part of everyday life.
Rule, Britannia! - James Thomson (1740); UKIP Party Song - Jonny and the Baptists (2013); The New York Times, How Britain Voted in the E.U. Referendum - Gregor Aisch, Adam Pearce and Karl Russell (2016); History of British Empire for Dummies - The United Kingdom, Between Unity and Division
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages
The document comments on the two notions of "Space and Exchanges" and "Places and Forms of Power" in the context of the history of Great Britain and the Commonwealth. The commentary answer the questions "How was the UK built and what cultural model did it set up?" and "What consequences did the...
Pride and prejudice - Joe Wright (2005) - To what extent do the male characters' actions serve to characterise their personalities?
Essay - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages
This document analyzes the difference in the male characters' personalities in the movie Pride and Prejudice. It aims at providing a presentation of the characters that is out of the box.
PESTEL Analysis - Japan
Presentation - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages
First things first: Japan enjoys a stable political situation and has been for a long time. It is a monarchy, nevertheless, just like the UK or Spain, the current emperor, Akihito, has very restricted power when it comes to the country's political or economic developments. He is a much more...
The Guardian, We are family - Maureen Rice (2002) - Gay Adoption
Presentation - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages
The document is an editorial analysis in the form of an oral presentation on the theme of gay adoption. The 1976 Adoption Act prohibited unmarried couples from jointly adopting a child. Twenty-five years later, on May 16, 2002, the British government presented an amendment in order to lift the...
Merger and acquisitions
Tutorials/exercises - 9 pages - Linguistics & languages
This document offers exercises intended for students studying accounting, finance or business management. They include exercises calling on a variety of skills such as written and oral comprehension, vocabulary...
Cover Letter to Apply to an English University in Applied Arts
Sample letter - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages
This document is a cover letter that can be used to apply to an English university in applied arts.
Write a fantastic text - "The beast of the Highlands"
Creative writing - 3 pages - Linguistics & languages
"It was late in the evening, but Duncan O'Neil was still. He was reading every newspaper from England. All newspapers were talking about the same thing : the mysterious beast of the Highlands. Duncan was a journalist for a magazine and he was now very tired."
Grammar exercises
Tutorials/exercises - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages
This document includes 4 corrected English exercises in the form of MCQs, rewriting and translation.
Dialogue: everyday hero
Creative writing - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages
"Create a dialogue between you and a hero. This hero must be an everyday hero (Example: policeman, firefighter, member of an association, family member, person dear to us). The text must be well structured, expressive and emotional."
How do artists use their work as political statements?
Essay - 2 pages - Politic philosophy
Art has, for a very long time, been a way for artists to express their opinions or political beliefs. Offering artists a means to voice their opinions and often criticise social norms, Art is therefore an advocate for change. Through various forms such as literature, film, music, and visual arts,...
Unscharfe Grenzen - Ulrich Pardey (2002) - Sand's Society : a navigating between Individuality and Collective cohesion
Text commentary - 5 pages - Philosophy
At the crossroads of practical philosophical thought and introspective quest, Ulrich Padrey's work Unscharfe Grenzen, and more precisely the quotation that comes from it, offer a fascinating insight into the profound relationship between the individual and the collective. He is interested in...
Personal and Individual Relationships Between Public and Private Spaces - Students in a Classroom
Creative writing - 3 pages - Literature
This document is a piece of creative writing which contains a dialogue between several characters about personal and individual relationships between public and private spaces. Some people claim to be exactly the same in their public and private interactions, with loved ones or at work for...
Westward expansion: spirituality or reality?
Creative writing - 2 pages - Literature
This document is a piece of creative writing which contains a dialogue between two characters on the ramifications of westward expansion.
Fèt Kaf - Pierre Marchal (2023) - To what extent can a memorial event be a unifying tool in a population?
Presentation - 3 pages - Linguistics & languages
The memorial event "fèt kaf" happens every 20th December. Everyone from the isle is invited to reunite in honor of the abolition of slavery on Reunion Island. This abrogation was proclaimed in 1848 by Sarda Garriga, the colonial administrator at that time. All day long, we can hear songs and...
A huge breakthrough for both the planet and people : edible (or biodegradable) food-packaging
Creative writing - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages
Have you noticed how it's been getting harder and harder over the years to avoid excess packaging when shopping for everyday items ? The sad reality is that France is the EU state that generates the highest amounts of packaging waste per head of population ! All inventions are based on new...
Thought and Motion - Henri Bergson (1889) - Is it possible that the conceptions of things cannot be imposed as universal?
Text commentary - 3 pages - Philosophy
In his work "La pensée et le mouvant" (Thought and Motion), Henri Bergson deals with the subject of art and develops its principal function, which constitutes the generic theme of the text before us. The author asserts that artists have the power to transcribe the things of nature and of the...
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 9 - John Steinbeck (1939) and The Last of the Clan - Thomas Faed (1865) - How are historical facts converted into a deeply moving fiction or painting?
Artwork commentary - 6 pages - Linguistics & languages
The document is a text and image commentary work. The purpose of the exercise is to compare and contrast two documents, namely the chapter 9 of the book "The Grapes of Wrath" (1939) by John Steinbeck and the painting "The Last of the Clan" (1865) by Thomas Faed. Our purpose is to compare and...
