French Lessons by Ellen Sussman

3. Examine the cover of the novel. What images do you see? How do you think the images are connected to the story?

So from the points I have mentioned such as the realistic themes and messages conveyed such as racial tolerance, intolerance, discrimination and perseverance, the use of clever written techniques such as irony and the constantly changing context of the setting from the past Camp Green Lake and the modern Camp Green Lake and the interesting use of humour throughout the novel with the links between the past and the present Satcher has created a great

In conclusion, despite the differences between the book and movie, both were very compelling. This thesis was firmly established by examining the differences of the book and movie. Furthermore, examining the similarities only strengthened the thesis. Although I did not like the movie very much, it was still a good way to help the class visualize the book. I would definitely recommend the book to a fellow

In my essay I would like to analyze the main character, setting, language, theme and finally compare to other similar texts.

Enlightenment in France in the 18th century took on many different meanings, and Francoise De Graffigny’s view–told to us through her novel Letters from a Peruvian Woman– portrays the Enlightenment as an expression of skepticism of religion, individualism, and virtue. In this novel, Zilia is a Virgin of the Sun from the Incan culture in the 1700s. She is torn from her home by the Spanish, and finds herself in France (De Graffigny 92). While living with a French pirate, Déterville, his mother, and his sister Céline, Zilia is intrigued to learn about the foreign European culture to hopefully one day share with the Peruvian Empire she calls home. Throughout her journey on the ocean and in France, she faithfully documents everything she experiences in letters to her dearest love–and fiancé–Aza. De Graffigny captures this fictional story in a series of letters to critique France without naming names, and with the use of analogies to disguise the story as real. Passed off as translation of a series of letters, De Graffigny uses this story to pioneer the novel form. Impressively fluent in irony, (GIVE EX). She is also able to write this story while giving more insight to the readers than the characters do. By doing this, the reader is able to read in between the lines and appreciate the irony behind the words. Her direct criticism of France was a dangerous act in an authoritarian society such as France at the time.

My reflections on the orginization of the novel ended with me loving how the book came together. Alex started off as a normal teenager that does normal teenage activities , but then in a blink of a eye his

In the essay “Love’s vocabulary” by Diane Ackerman, the lines 60-62 use the figurative language of an analogy to compare a batik to love to support the idea that love is not monotone or uniform. In lines 60-62 Ackerman writes “like a baik created from many emotional colors, it is a fabric whose pattern and brightness may vary.” The author uses this simile followed by an analogy to emphasize that much like a batik, love is created by a vast array of emotions in which a batik uses colors, all create a beautiful piece. The author writes another piece of figurative language, “Love commands a vast army of moods.” This quote uses personification to illustrate that love is not one emotion, but is many emotions clustered into one word. Connecting back

“I have never been one of those Americans who pepper their conversation with French phrases and entertain guests with wheels of brie”(Sedaris, 143). How Sedaris perceives the similarities and differences between France and America is a huge focus on this book. When he was seven years old, he and his family moved to North Carolina. Eventually, he matriculated at School of the Art Institute of Chicago and moved between New York and France for a period of time before he settles in France with his boyfriend, Hugh. The hospitality he received in France, the way Sedaris described, is far superior compared to that of South America’s. For instance, he would bring up his theater experiences in both location. “I’ve sat through Saturday-night slasher

In her essay, Love’s Vocabulary, Diane Ackerman uses Analogy in order to describe that love isn’t uniform. In lines 60-62 Ackerman illustrates “ like a batik created from many emotional colors, it is a fabric whose pattern and brightness may vary”. This line describes an Analogy because it gives us a simle in which an Analogy describes more as well in these lines they don’t change the topic of the sentence. The simile Ackerman gives us is describing love with batik in which is a method that produces colors designs. This creates an Analogy because it describes us more why the simile is there for.

In developing a critique for this book one would have to enlist the creativity that

The third and forth chapters continue to look at French classes and cultures. In chapter three you jump into the world of the Bourgeois in Montepellier. Darnton describes with the aid of Joseph Berthele, every nuance of the Bourgeois in Montpellier. "The Bourgeois is the modes of production, a certain variety of Economic Man with his own way of life and his own ideology." (Darnton Pg. 110) The fourth chapter instead of looking at another economic class Darnton examines the Intellectuals of French Culture enlisting the aid of a policeman, Joseph d'Hemery "an inspector of the book trade". (Darnton Pg. 145) Joseph you might say was a little obsessed often in addition to inspecting the books that came through he would also investigate the writer. The Officer built up a rather large census of the literary population in Paris, every one "…from the most famous Philosophes to the most obscure hacks." (Darnton Pg. 145) Darnton in this chapter talks about a lot of published literary

You do not need to have a fascination with French history to enjoy this book. Carhart did an incredible job of interweaving all the different aspects of the book from his childhood in 1950’s France, the history of Chateau Fontainebleau, to him bringing his own family over to France in the 1980’s to live in the town of Fontainebleau. Since the time the author spent living in the quaint town of Fontainebleau as a child he was drawn back like most of us are drawn to chocolate. Therefore, doing a beautiful job of telling the history of Chateau Fontainebleau & who from French history starting in 1137 with King Louis VII made an impact on the evolution of it from a hunting lodge to a magnificent museum.

The narrator is walking through Paris, almost looking for something to gain his attention, recognising Paris as a place with 'mystères partout' (l. 2) preparing the reader for the idea

I thought the novel did well on always tying what is said back to the main idea of the story. In each part you can either see how that had built up to the finding of Lucretius’s writing or how the finding has effected people and what their views were on it. As you can see when it would talk about Poggio’s life being a secretary and then becoming a book hunter is what lead him to find this writing that he did not know would effect the world as much as it did. Then it is obviously seen connected when it talks about the either negative or positive views people had had once the poem had gotten around. Specifically when is spoke about how On the Nature of things had an influence on the Utopia’s or when it talks about how Valla was a big supporter of Epicureanism and openly supported the thought of pleasure being the ultimate good. I thought it had a strong ending to go with it’s thesis of the book by stating famously known people who have made a difference in our world that were in the same direction as Lucretius, like Isaac Newton, Charelse Darwin, Einstein and Thomas Jefferson. I thought by doing that really brought the whole book together and really had the reader focused on the main

The lovely France, known for Paris which is also called “the city of love”. Many dream of traveling to this country for its stunning views, glorious food, and in some cases the fine wine they have available. My Life in France is the story of Julia Child who arrived in France due to her husband’s job. As an American she knew no French, but the culture interested her. Child develops an admiration for the food in France and the deeper she gets involved with it, the more she learns about the country itself.