English people of French descent

“Liberty Leading the People” was painted by Eugene Delacroix in 1830 in response to the July Revolution in France. This painting is very famous and that is why it is displayed in the Louvre. In the center of the painting is Lady Liberty herself. She is wearing a tattered yellowish gold dress that is secured around the waist by a dark red ribbon. The upper portion of the dress has fallen off of the upper portion of her body exposing both of her breasts. Her hair is up and she is wearing some sort…

criticizing the idea that freedom should allow people to be idle and not work. He insists that to “ensure freedom” everybody must work in order to contribute to the public good. In the case of the word freedom on page 38, I think he means freedom from another country ruling over them. France or Spain could more easily take them over if they do not have a productive agricultural system or economy. To reach a state where some people can be idle it necessary for most people to work hard. France…

Algeria in France: Transpolitics, Race and Nation by Paul Silverstein, provides ethnography of the Algerian existence in France as well as the transnational Berber movement. Silverstein approaches his subjects through the medium of everyday life, following the random individuals he met during his field work in the 1990s, using an ethnographical methodology with a very critical and self-reflexive alertness of the environment he shared with them. His book is a critical work where it gives a…

Tutors name Janine Kopp Word Length 1614 Introduction; Why redefine what it is to be French and what are the dangers of engaging in such a debate? This is a complex question. It is complex because in order to attempt to redefine what it is to be French then first of all an attempt has to be made to deduce what exactly defines French identity in the present day. Only then perhaps can any reason be found why the French identity should in fact be redefined. In fact how can any cultural…

1. Explain through examples taken from Tea in the Harem how the main protagonist, Majid, maintains two cultural identities, one French and one Algerian. Which one seems to predominate in your opinion, if one does? For me the best example of the cultural differences that Majid is living in, is the door to home. “Majid goes straight into his flat without knocking. The front door’s always open…Levesque, on the other hand, has to ring his doorbell several times before his wife comes to let him…

and injured thousands of people. Since then Haiti has been doing its best to rebuild up the country. Let the adventures began to discover Haiti’s culture, background history, and uncontrollable damage that has been done.…

The voice that delivered by Jack Parker has British accent and is able to speak French fluently. Those two different languages were presented by Jack when he helped the policemen dealing with French smugglers. Jack’s British accent revealed his own geography; a guy who was born and raised in Blackpool, England along with having the ability to speak French fluently inherited from his mother who is also French. The bilingual ability shows that he has a close relationship with his mother since it…

desire for me. There is not one specific reason to explain this desire, but rather a collection of things that draw my specific attention to Paris. Perhaps my first visit to Republic of Congo and the French language being their lingua franca got me intrigued. I love to experience the original French cuisine, the art, the fashion, the architecture, and everything Paris has to offer and their smooth language. Also I have always brought up this ideal vacation with my wife and we share the same…

Joan Wallach Scott's book the Politics of the Veil, she addresses the reasons French officials saw the headscarf as a threat to their culture. France's political beliefs caused them to misunderstand the meaning of the headscarf.…

The basic message of this movie is that sometimes, when being too nice and kind, it can make someone a pushover, and when they are different as well, people will be mean to them. It may not be good to be where one can’t say no to anything, however, in the end, it is better to be a kind person because there will always be someone that will be able see more than what is on the outside. Two point of views that could be seen within this movie is that of the protagonist Melanie, and that of…