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...
Prince William
Biography - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, was born on the twenty-first (21st) of June 1982, in St Mary's Hospital in London. He is now 35 years old. His full name is William Arthur Philip Louis. First, we are going to talk about his parents and his education, then about his military career and his...
The Sun Also Rises, Book 3, Chapter 19 - Ernest Hemingway (1926) - How the Nothingness is Conveyed by the Author Throughout the Extract ?
Text commentary - 4 pages - Literature
Focusing on the lost generation, in the aftermath of World War I, The Sun Also Rises is mostly autobiographical. In his very first novel, published in 1926, Hemingway depicts the narrator, Jake Barnes, and his wandering from Paris to Spain. Jake is a journalist in Paris. We are in 1925 and he has...
Letter writing - Dangerous liaison
Creative writing - 3 pages - Linguistics & languages
First, 4 letters are correspondences between characters who reply to each other and put themselves in danger by reading them. The document then includes a 2-page story related to the letters.
History of the United States - Document study
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Linguistics & languages
King James I of England witnessed Spain's growing prosperity through colonization and the English wanted their share of the wealth. However, England lacked the financial resources that Spain enjoyed, because unlike Spain, which was governed by an absolute monarch who could allocate funding...
Descartes Philosophy
Case study - 5 pages - Philosophy
Descartes carries out an experiment in which he supposes that there is no existence of God, and instead, he proposes the existence of an evil spirit which deceives humanity regarding everything that regards to life. He describes his philosophy as a tree, the roots as a form of metaphysics, and...
Campaign to shatter the glass ceiling
Speech - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages
Write a speech to protest inequalities and break the glass ceiling ! Change people's minds with compelling arguments and a powerful delivery.
The Return: A Rhapsody - Tao Yuanming (2019)
Book review - 1 pages - Literature
Tao Yuanming writes The Return: A Rhapsody immediately after retiring from official work. He was one of the few Chinese nationals who held an official position in government during the early civilization period. He is haunted by memories of his past and in his old age, he does not see any change...
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (1813) - Money
Text commentary - 2 pages - Literature
Money, a theme that had been the focus of many novels over the last few centuries. No novelist, however, has mastered to approach it in such a unique manner as Jane Austen. During the Regency period, when wealth and status defined relationships, Jane Austen wrote and published her illustrious...
Henri David Thoreau - Civil disobedience
Biography - 2 pages - Philosophy
Henri David Thoreau, an American philosopher, naturalist and poet, was also a convinced activist who fought against slavery and advocated civil disobedience. His imprisonment in 1846 gave rise to the essay "Civil Disobedience", a text that influenced Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela,...
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (1813) - Love
Text commentary - 2 pages - Literature
Love, a theme that has been the focus of many novels over the last few centuries. No novelist, however, has mastered to approach it in such a unique manner as Jane Austen. During the Regency Period in 1813, Jane Austen wrote and published her illustrious novel Pride and Prejudice, where she...
The escape, manhunt, and capture: A population's test of resilience and Law Enforcement's tenacity
Presentation - 4 pages - Linguistics & languages
You will understand this title that we have chosen to describe in the most accurate way an event. Indeed, we will discuss a murderer who escaped from prison on August 31, 2023. The event happened in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. By escaping from the prison, he has created a...
The Condition of the Working Class in England (German: Die Lage der arbeitenden Klasse in England) - Friedrich Engels (1844) - The British industrialisation
Text commentary - 3 pages - Linguistics & languages
The Condition of the Working Class in England, translated from German and published in 1845 is Friedrich Engels' first writing. It presents a study of the proletarians in Victorian England based on notes and observations made by the author during his stay in Manchester from 1842 to 1844 when...
Introducing 3 Australian locations
Worksheets - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages
This document includes 3 summary tables presenting famous Australian locations.
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Written expression and movie review
Tutorials/exercises - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages
This writing assignment explores "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006), discussing the film's ending, exploring the presence of a moral, and examining whether the Hoover family becomes more united.
Presentation of the Hasting seafood and wine festival in England
Presentation - 5 pages - Linguistics & languages
Hastings Seafood and Wine Festival is a 2-day event that takes place each year in September at Hastings, in England. The Seafood and Wine Festival has developed into one of Hastings' greatest and most famous event in that specific region of England. This cherished foodie celebration...
How Participants Employ Rhetorical Strategies and Skillfully Leverage the Notion of "Common Sense" To Advance Their Arguments Within the Realm of Contentious Debates?
Essay - 4 pages - Linguistics & languages
In this paper, we delve into the multifaceted realm of polemical exchanges, closely examining the intricate interplay between rhetoric, argumentation, and the fundamental concept of "common sense." Through a comprehensive analysis of Belgian written opinion articles from both conventional and...
Fictions and Realities - A Tweet About COVID-19
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages
This tweet was published on October 26th 2020, at a time when the number of positive cases in the United States reached 500.000 cases, according to the CDC. Trump frequently attributed the rise in COVID-19 cases to increased testing rather than a rise in infections. He tries to understate the...
The Yellow Bird - Tennessee Williams (1947) - The modernist short story, the figure of the writer
Text commentary - 5 pages - Literature
The modernist movement has its origins in the growing industrialization of the late nineteenth century, which profoundly transformed traditional ways of life and the individual's relationship to society. This period was marked by a questioning of artistic values and conventions, reflecting a...
World War II
Course material - 5 pages - Linguistics & languages
This document is a course material on how the Second World War unfolded throughout the world.
Night of the Party - Tracey Mathias (2018) - Focus on the Book Cover
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages
The document answers questions from a lesson book for an English class. The exercise is focused on the book "Night of the Party" by Tracey Mathias (2018).
Banksy Brexit Mural Goes Up in Dover (2017) - Talking about Brexit
Artwork commentary - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages
With the help of a lesson based on an article from the website Ynuk.tv, "Banksy Brexit Mural Goes Up In Dover", the document provides a short written expression in English on the subject of Brexit.
What Would You Miss?
Creative writing - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages
Write two emails to a friend, boy and girl, where you explain what you would or would not do if you were participating in a show about survival. Don't forget to include what you would be able to do, and the things, people, food and comfort you would miss. Write about 10 lines for each friend.
"Fake news is the real virus!" (2020) - Fiction and reality
Text commentary - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages
In May 2020, during the early days of the pandemic, a protester in California held a sign sharing a worrying idea. By calling fake news the real virus, they meant that lies and false claims about COVID-19 were actually a bigger problem than the disease itself.
