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The notion of progress : to what extent should we fear progress, or whether should we be reassured by technological advances?
The notion of progress To begin with, I would like to give a personal definition of progress: it’s an evolution, a change towards betterment. It can either be social, technical, or scientific, and contributes towards making the world a better place. These sequences are often the subject of concern as to it possible consequences. In relation with the notion, the subject of my presentation will be “technological advances from fiction from reality”. To what extent:
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The idea of progress : to what extent the cinema is related to progress ?
SYNTHESE Going to the cinema is my hobby and I have always found it interested how it changed since the beginning. The notion I am going to deal with is "The Idea Of Progress". To start with I would like to define the notion. Progress is a change, an evolution for a better life. There is a lot of forms of progress but I'd like to focus on the cinema. We may wonder to what
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Myths and heroes : The American dream
Notion 1 Myths and heroes : The American dream Introduction 1. What is a myth and what is it for (Why do nation need myths?) A myth is a fictional story. It keeps the nation together. It builds a common identity Myth is based on historical story, but they are transformed. 2. What myths made America? Many myths compose a common identity in order to keep the nation together. The pilgrims went to the new
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Myths and heroes spé anglais
Cette synthèse pour l'oral de baccalauréat est en accord avec le module "Myth and Heroes". Introduction : Phrase d'accroche : placer la définition de mythe puis d'héroïsme + son évolution dans le temps Problématique : can we consiedred women are heroes and why ? Développement : - Hidden figures : Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson et Dorothy Johnson Vaughan (film ou affiche, histoire de ces trois femmes amies et génies scientifiques, accomplissement dans un millieu d'hommes
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Anglais oral bac / Myths and heroes
I’m going to talk about the notion Myths and heroes. First of all, we can define a hero like a person who is admired for his bravery, outstanding achievements or noble qualities, sometimes a hero is a person endangering his own life. So, we are going to look at this question: How did Rosa Parks contribute to the improvement of black American’s rights? From 18 in the United States, the Jim Crow’s laws established a
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Myths and heroes : Maoy history
A myth is a popular belief on which social values are often based. A hero is often the main character of a myth. A hero can be someone who is ready to sacrifice his life in order to make things involve positively. A hero is known for his achievements. We can find a hero in a book, a movie but also in the real life. This document is an extract from the novel Once Were
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Myths and heroes : Why do people need heroes and how can these heroes sometimes turned into antiheroes?
To speak about the notion of Myths and heroes, we could start from the English poet and author John Tolkien’s definition “I believe that legends and myths are largely made of truth”, and say that a myth is a story that may or may not be true. Myths are built around history, religions, the creation of the world and heroes of course. As they have an important symbolic power, they survive from one generation to
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Notion myths and heroes
Myth and heroes So i will present you the notion of myth and heroes. First i will define the two quee worlds of this notion. Hero is somebody who inspire us and can be a model for us . Heroes save peoples, they change your life for the better, somebody you want to be liie and who sacrifices his life, they serves the peoples. - A hero is a person who is admired for
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Myths and heroes : is a hero always a role model ?
MYTHS AND HEROES This notion I’m going to deal with is Myths ans Heroes. I’m going to give the definitions of myth and I will focus more on heroes. A myth is usually a popular belief or an ancient story that has grown up around something or someone. It could be true or not : for example the American myth. Now I will present my presentation on heroes. Since Antiquity, heroes have been considered as
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Idea of progress : to what extent does consumerism equal progress in a civilized society ?
I'm going to talk about the notion "Idea of Progress". First of all, Idea of Progress can be defined as an improvement, a development or a change in society. During the study of the notion, we worked on consumerism, in this theme we discovered that it meant overconsumption in today's society. The issue of this notion is «To what extent does consumerism equal progress a civilized society ?» At first, we will see that consumerism
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Myths and heroes vocabulary
A hero, heroes Un héro, des héros Anti-hero, Superhero Un anti-héro, un super-héro Superhuman Surhumain Supernatural Surnaturel A heroine Une heroine An icon, A legend, A myth Une îcone, une légende, un mythe A figure, a protagonist Un personnage, une personne importante A character Personnage (dans un livre) A god, a goddess Un dieu, une déesse A sacrifice Un sacrifice Heroic Héroique Glorious Glorieux Outstanding Remarquable To embody Incarner (représenter) Evil / Good Le mal
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Synthèse MYTHS AND HEROES
SYNTHESE ANGLAIS – MYTHS AND HEROES Maya Angelou once said « I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place fo all people ». This makes me think about a notion we studied this year. Indeed, we talked about the notion of myths and heroes. A myth is a traditional narrative of prodigious events realized by supernatural or extraordinary characters as gods, demigods, heroes or still monsters and hero
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Myths and heroes : how do myths and heroes deal with different themes impacting our society?
ANNIBAL Béatrice TS3 Fiche Notion: Myths and Heroes A myth is a story or a legend about gods, heroes or kings. The myth of a superhero is a story about a hero coming from popular culture. A hero is a person who is admired for his courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. It can be a fictional character who has super power (which we would call a superhero), or it can be a real and
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Oral anglais Myths and Heroes
Our world is full of people, some who had a biggest importance than others, some famous, some respected and recognized. Human story have seen lots of men and women who changed the world by their acts. That’s why I’m going to talk about “Myths and Heroes”. Myths are defined as stories about gods or heroes, it can be a popular belief or a tradition. A hero can be a mythological figure, a person who is
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Oral de BAC Myths and Heroes
I am going to talk about the notion myths and heroes by answering this following question. How are soldiers portrayed in American war films? First of all I will explain why in certain films they are portrayed as heroes. Then in a second part, I will discuss the fact that in other films they are depicted as fallen heroes. I. Soldiers are heroes - To start of, in the We were soldiers' trailer, a
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Myths and Heroes
Oral d’anglais Notion : Myth & Heroes The notion I’m going to talk is Myth & Heroes. First of all, I’m going to define this notion. A myth is a true or fictitious story. It tells important and extraordinary, facts. Traditionally, the myth is an oral narrative, transmitted from generation to generation to explain events that form the culture, identity, and practices of a society. It can also carry a moral. The myth is always
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Myths and heroes - oral bac anglais LV2
Myths and Heroes A myth is a traditional story used to explain certain social or historical phenomena. It is a widely held though partly false belief that usually involves a hero. Per se, when we say « hero », we consider him/her as an extraordinary person that has extremely noble qualities such as altruism or wisdom. Today I’m going to talk about Segregation in the US, and you may wonder how it is related to
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Myths and heroes
Myths and heros Today I m gona speak about the notion Myths and heros.First of all i will give you a definition of this notion.A myths it’s a fabulous story, often of popular origin, which depicts beings (gods, demi-gods, heroes, animals, natural forces) symbolizing energies, powers, aspects of the human condition. A hero it’s a person who performs a very altruistic action in a noble cause. So i will answer the next question which is
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Myths and heroes : the Sixties in the UK
Anglais Myths and Heroes Intro: A myth is a famous story that generally cames from the fiction but it can be represented a decade, period or a particular event in the history and for an hero, an hero is the protagonist or a important character of a story (famous musician, good person etc...), after we explained the two notions, we can take the case of Sixties in UK for illustrate these two notions of myths
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Myths and heroes : the American Dream
Myths and Heroes I am going to talk about the notion of Myths and heroes. I would like to give a definition of this notion : it is about stories concerning heroes and explaining the origins of a community, often with some universal messages about the human condition. I have studied documents about 3 American heroes from the twentieth century : Henry Ford, Steve Jobs and Elon Musk. And I am going to talk about
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Fiche anglais myths and heroes
MYTHS AND HEROES Introduction: The notion Myths ans Heroes can be defined by, a person who is admired for their courage, outstanding or noble qualities. It can be the main character in a book, a film... And a myth is a story that may or not may be true. These stories are passed down from generation to generation. How can ordinary people, trough their extraordinary actions become myths ? In order to answer the problematic
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To what extent does the idea of family has changed?
Throughout time, the concept of what a family is and should look like have changed a lot. Family can mean more than just being related by blood or by the law, as it can also mean people that you are really close with or you feel safe around. Since the 1980’s the number of nuclear families are dropping while the single-parent ones are increasing. The idea of family nowadays presents a wider range of family,
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Essays Anglais, myths and heroes
« La sociologie compréhensive (telle que nous la concevons) considère l’individu isolé et son activité comme étant son unité de base, je dirai : son ‘atome’ » écrivait Max Weber dans ses Essais sur la Théorie de la Science (1904). Dès la naissance des sciences sociales dans le monde, deux tendances agonistes ont vu le jour : l’individualisme méthodologique de Max Weber, et le holisme méthodologique de Émile Durkheim. Ces deux modes de pensées ont longtemps été
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Myths and heroes
Expression orale : Notion Myths and Heroes Introduction : I am going to talk about the notion of Myths and Heroes. First of all, I am going to define this notion. A myth is a popular belief or tradition embodying the ideals and institutions of a society. This ancient story is with gods, heroes and magic. A myth may or not may be true. However, a hero is a person who is admired for his
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