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Mythes et héros : expression écrite Le sujet d'expression écrite proposé dans cette fiche est un exercice d'argumentation personnelle lié...

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« Mythes et héros : expression écrite Le sujet d'expression écrite proposé dans cette fiche est un exercice d'argumentation personnelle lié à la notion de mythes et de héros. Il s'agit de répondre en prenant position de façon nuancée et en s'appuyant sur des exemples. Sujet We live in a society obsessed with celebrity and fame .

Discuss and illustrate .

(300 words) $ 1.

Guidelines (pistes) • Who hasn't ever watched or read about celebrities? Fame is fascinating to most of us, no doubt.

The lines of fans waiting for autographs from their favourite pop stars after a concert are quite amazing .

The number of celebrities' followers is absolutely fabulous! • Teenagers used to collect pictures and paste them on the walls of their bedrooms.

But with new technologies, things have dramatically changed: you can now publish a picture of yourself on social networks, hoping for immediate fame .

You know you won't get long-lasting fame but the idea of becoming famous for a short while, even for one day only, can be very attractive to some of us. Posting selfies on a wall has grown part of some people's everyday lives .

Fame is fun and walls are the place to be.

So, yes, to put it in a nutshell, people of the 21'1 century are obsessed with instant fame. • Nowadays, there are ail sorts of contests and beauty pageants that will give you celebrity.

But actually, these events have always sort of existed.

The only difference now is that some are broadcasted on TV channels thus giving the winners more visibility.

Yet, that difference is big and raises important issues .

ls it a good thing that children should be exposed nationwide while competing for a beauty pageant,.... »

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