As we have seen in class with the example of the song Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday, musics and songs, are really effective to denounce unfairness. Today I will talk about a protest song, an engaged song that I particularly like : Imagine. Imagine is a song written/sung by John Lennon, the former singer of the Beatles, released in 1971 and is the

Last time, I've tried to describe what was, to me, the ideal job. But with my classmates, we also talked about successful careers. And what is a career that is successful? In this new article, I'll talk about someone who, In my opinion, has a wonderful career: I named Lady Gaga. I know I've dedicated an old article to her, but I must confess: I lov

Since few decades a new type of engaged artists appeared in our countries. These faceless artists work secretly in our streets to denounce some unfair situations by painting on the walls of cities. I suppose you get it, I'm talking about graffiti artists and their graffitis! As this activity is illegal, most of them remain anonymous in order to pro

How to succeed in life ? This is a question that we all ask ourselves at our age. We come to the end of high school, and we will soon plunge into studies. Succeed in life, it necessarily implies the job exerted. For some, it will be a well-paid job , to others, a job which leaves lot of free time . Or a job under the sun , or even one that promotes

Are good manners essential for living in society? Is it necessary to be a gentleman or a lady to succeed in life? Can the accent be a hindrance to conduct one's career ? It is this set of issues that is raised in the extract of the movie Pygmalion we watched in class. Indeed, these questions still seem relevant: we are forced to note, for instance,

Have you ever wondered : what if my childhood's superheroes were illegal migrants ? Well, this might seem senseless and foolish, but this is exactly the point of view taken by the artist Neil Rivas on his numerous posters, which are actually wanted notices to catch all those illegal superheroes who are breaking the law . Indeed, superheroes move ar

In my opinion, it is very important to have ambitions for our future. It is necessary to have goals to reach, because this is what gives you the strong will to give your best , but most of all, to live. No matter what kind of ambitions it is, whether small ones, or even the ones which seem irrealistic at the first sight, you have to believe in your

So, I spent the last week in England , more precisely in London . It was the first time that I went in this country and I pretty enjoyed the trip. We were sleeping in families that lived in London's suburbs. Mine, the Cook family, was very nice. I heard a lot of terrible comments about the english food, but well, it wasn't that bad. We visited plen

Recently, we started studying the Conquest of the West in America, during the 19th century. We've seen that since the coming of the Pilgrims Fathers, lots of new pioneers came to conquer this unknown and new continent. To this end, they gradually travelled westward in order to expand their territory. But it wasn't an easy trip, because they had to

Art . This is a subject as fascinating as controversial . Where art begins, where does it stop ? In short, this is a topic of debate The art has multiple functions. It may aim at creating feelings , but also simply at being beautiful . But the feature that seems the most important to me is that art can be used to denounce . To highlight an injustic