Devoir de Philosophie

oraux anglais

Publié le 07/05/2015

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I am going to talk about the notion of « myths and heroes ». First of all, I would like to give a quick definition of that notion. Briefly, a myth can be defined as a story about gods or heroes, it can be a popular belief or a tradition or a false notion. Then, a hero is a person admired for his achievements, noble qualities and great courage. Moreover, they can be fictional like Superman, Batman, or real. To speak about this notion, I've chosen to speak of the place of hero in society. To illustrate this notion, I will use six various documents. The first document is text « Father » of Andre Brink. The text talk about in generally of the segregation of black people in South Africa . The narrator was born into a wealthy and privileged white family . Her father is a magistrate . They are a the top of the social lader and despise black people . He is treated as a slave and is deprived of any fundammental rights . The father was racist . She regards his as a coward .  We were asked to choose "Who is your Heroes?", I decided to choose Zorro and Batman because they do not own super-power. These are people who risk their lives to save other. Real Hero. We also saw a part of Frankenstein movie of james whale and the beginning of the chapter five of Mary Shelley. The birth of the creature is a terrible event , but the creature doesn't look like a baby at all . It is not a normal birth , no joy , no noise at all . The creature is ugly , it's a monster . We can say he tried to play god and brake the laws of nature . We have also text : « Runnings with Indians » of Sherman Alexie . The narrator is an old man , he is an America Indian fighting with his tribe against white soldiers . He is tired and wounded . Briefly ,he talks about an old man who sacrifices his life and the white hero who deserted the army to save a child.

« white family .

Her father is a magistrate .

They are a the top of the social lader and despise black people .

He is treated as a slave and is deprived of any fundammental rights .

The father was racist .

She regards his as a coward .

· There is also the text « That is our tragedy » of Monica Ali .

Monica Ali deals with woman’s situation in an immigrant society.

There is a theme of feminism in the novel.

This text involves the notion of community, foreign adaptation difficulties, as well as various cultural exchange between people from different countries. · One of the major developments in the most recent years is the internet and the different social networks: Facebook, Twitter, Skype…they are changing the way we live and communicate today.

These networks make it easier for us to stay in touch with friends and family abroad, they open up borders and enable us to communicate with people abroad. I'm going to talk about the notions of « seats and forms of power .

» The power is the ability to exercise a control on somebody, but leads generally to conflict between those who have power and those who don't.

This notion can be approached as an example the following angles: - Institutional emblematic places of power (castle, parliament, prison, capital, etc.); - Power of the media (the press, "fourth estate", public opinion, etc.); - Power and conquests (struggles for equality and freedom ...) - Arts and power (its representation, its staging ...) - Language and power. · We can speak the text " Father" of André Brink .

The text talk about in generally of the segregation of black people in South Africa .

The narrator was born into a wealthy and privileged white family .

Her father is a magistrate .

They are a the top of the social lader and despise black people .

He is treated as a slave and is deprived of any fundammental rights .

We also saw a video on apartheid.

That system was based on. »

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