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[melle05]

Bonjour,

voilà, il y a deux questions que je ne saisie pas totalement, pourriez vous m'aider svp

voici les questions qui me posent problème :

What happened when the main character was eighteen?

J'ai répondu : When the main character was eighteen « he had brought honour to his village by throwing Amalinze the Cat. »

What happened at the beginning of time?

Pour cette question, je ne sais pas si c'est "Okonkwo’s fame had grown like a bush-fire in the harmattan. " ou le fait que Analinze the Cat était imbatable etc .. ?

Who is watching the wrestling match? What are their feelings during and after the match?

est-ce : "The drums beat and the flutes sang and the spectators held their breath. " c'est-a-dire les gens du village ?

voici le texte :

Chapter one (an extract)

1 Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond. His *fame rested on solid personal achievements. As a young man of eighteen he had brought honour to his village by throwing Amalinze the Cat. Amalinze was the great *wrestler who for seven years was unbeaten, from Umuofia to Mbaino. He was called the Cat because his back would never touch the earth. It was this man that Okonkwo threw in a fight which the old men agreed was one of the fiercest

5 since the *founder of their town engaged a spirit of the wild for seven days and seven nights.

The drums beat and the flutes sang and the spectators held their breath. Amalinze was a wily craftsman, but Okonkwo was as slippery as a fish in water. Every nerve and every muscle stood out on their arms, on their backs, on their thighs, and one almost heard them stretching to breaking point. In the end Okonkwo threw the Cat.

That was many years ago, twenty years or more, and during this time, Okonkwo’s fame had grown like a bush-fire in the 10 *harmattan. He was tall and huge, and his bushy eyebrows and wide nose gave him a very severe look. He breathed heavily, and it was said that, when he slept, his wives and children in their out-houses could hear him breathe. When he walked, his heels hardly touched the ground and he seemed to walk on springs, as if he was going to *pounce on somebody. And he did pounce on people quite often. He had a slight *stammer and whenever he was angry and could not get his words out quickly enough, he would use his *fists. He had no patience with unsuccessful men. He had no patience with his father.

15 Unoka, for that was his father’s name, had died ten years ago. In his day he was lazy and improvident and was quite incapable of thinking about tomorrow. If any money came his way, and it seldom did, he immediately bought gourds and palm-wine, called round his neighbours and made merry. He always said that whenever he saw a dead man’s mouth he saw the folly of not eating what one had in one’s lifetime. Unoka was, of course, a *debtor, and he owed every neighbour some money, from a few *cowries to quite substantial amounts...

Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, 1958

merci bcp pour votre aide

[Jean B]

Bonjour,

voici les questions qui me posent problème :

What happened when the main character was eighteen?

J'ai répondu : When the main character was eighteen « he had brought honour to his village by throwing Amalinze the Cat. »

En principe, tu ne dois pas citer le texte mais en extraire la réponse.

Par exemple : When the main character was eighteen he had beaten the reigning wrestler Amalinze in a fierce fight.

What happened at the beginning of time?

Pour cette question, je ne sais pas si c'est "Okonkwo’s fame had grown like a bush-fire in the harmattan. " ou le fait que Analinze the Cat était imbattable etc .. ?

Comme cette question paraît être un prolongement de la précédente, je pense comme toi qu’elle fait allusion à la victoire d’Okonkwo sur Amalinze, victoire qui marque l’essor fulgurant de sa renommée.

Who is watching the wrestling match? What are their feelings during and after the match?

est-ce : "The drums beat and the flutes sang and the spectators held their breath. " c'est-a-dire les gens du village ?

Qui regarde le combat ? Tous les habitants du village bien sûr, hommes, femmes, enfants, vieillards.

[melle05]

Merci beaucoup

j'ai une derniere question

excusez moi :s

Find a metaphor in paragraph 3 and explain its effect on the reader.

Je ne sais pas si c'est à propos des ressorts ou The Harmattan

[Jean B]

Merci beaucoup

j'ai une derniere question

excusez moi :s

Find a metaphor in paragraph 3 and explain its effect on the reader.

Je ne sais pas si c'est à propos des ressorts ou The Harmattan Vu que, si ma mémoire est bonne, tu as déjà répondu à la métaphore du feu de brousse attisé par l'harmattan, il ne reste que celle de la marche sur des ressorts.