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Myths and Heroes Myths are invented stories, like legends, supposed to explain or account for parts of the world that surrounds us. Most are peopled with all kinds of heroes, although the very nature of the hero changed through time: Ancient heroes were stronger or more cunning than the others, like Hercules or Ulysses, regardless of the morality o
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The Beginning of the End of Segregation The text is an article from the website of the museum of segregation. It is about how segregation ended. It falls into two parts: the first one is about Rosa Parks and the second about Jack Kennedy. In the first part, they allude to the incident that led to Rosa Parks’(s) arrest. What the text does not deta
Far and Away Joseph Donnelly Shannon Christie / Daniel Christie Connemara Stephen Chase Captain Moonlight. A duel with pistols. Second. Clipper. Mr McGuire embezzlement. Ward boss (Mike Kelly). Shelter in a whorehouse / public house Plucking chickens Lampooner Wheat Social club Burly Cue Grace A pew I don’t hire Irish. Jefferson Court Laying trac
A Boy for You and a Girl for Me The text is an extract from a novel. The title is Funny you don’t look like a grandmother. It is partly autobiographical. The narrator, Goo-Goo (a nickname), offered a doll to her granddaughter, Debbie (a short name for Deborah). Her daughter went bananas/was furious. She said it was a sexist cliché. When she was
The end of segregation Rosa Parks, Abraham Lincoln and JFK are symbols, but they did little actually for the cause. Rosa Parks was only one in tens of thousands of people who defied segregation, but there were cameras when she was arrested. The real success of the Civil Rights movements began with four persons sitting in, and gathering lots around
A Horse, a Family and a Dream The text is an article from US News and World Report, released in March 4th, 1996. It is about a trip around the world. A Scottish family of five decided to sell their house to buy a wagon and a horse to travel. They started in the Orkney Islands, then through Scotland, England, Belgium and France, where they changed h
The Great Hunger The text is chapter 28 from a nonfiction book entitled The Great Hunger, written by Cecil Woodham-Smith in 1962. It is the work of reference on the Irish famine. The principal cause of the Irish famine was the bad relation between landlords and tenants; the former were English, the latter were Irish. This repartition was the result
The Great Hunger The text is chapter 28 from a nonfiction book entitled The Great Hunger, written by Cecil Woodham-Smith in 1962. It is the work of reference on the Irish famine. The principal cause of the Irish famine was the bad relation between landlords and tenants; the former were English, the latter were Irish. This repartition was the result
Toutes mes condoléances aux TL de l'an prochain... Vous devriez avoir le même professeur en LV1, LVA et LELE...