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AT THE RESTAURANT
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The
second part of the scene takes place in a segregated restaurant.
A group
of students, both black and white are sitting at the counter.
At that time,
restaurants in the south were segregated .
Blacks were not allowed to sit at
the counter.
The
students are taking part in a sit-in so they are breaking the law in a peaceful
way.
They say
they would like to be served but they are sitting in a section reserved to
white people.
The white customers are shocked; they can’t believe what’s
happening.
The waitress refuses to serve them.
They stay
for hours without moving.
Then a
small group of angry white men come in and attack the protesters violently.
They insult them, they punch and kick them, they throw food in their faces...
But the
black students still don’t react (they are poker face) .
They
never break down.
Finally
they are arrested but they don’t resist arrest.
We can
consider that they win even though they are arrested: they are courageous,
the white men are cowards.
SO THE BLACKS STUDENTS BECOME MORE POWERFUL
THAN THE WHITES
BECAUSE THEIR CAUSE IS RIGHT AND THEY FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AND
EQUALITY -
THEY HAVE TO FIGHT TO GAIN POWER
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lundi 2 avril 2018
THE BUTLER - THE SIT-IN SCENE - AT THE RESTAURANT
THE BUTLER - SIT-IN SCENE / THE WORKSHOP
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THE WORKSHOP
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Main
character = Louis Gaines: the butler’s son.
The scene
takes place in Tennessee in 1960.
There is
an underground organisation called ‘the school of love’to fight against SEGREGATION
The goal
is to build an army whose only weapon is love.
The
students learn about Ghandi’s techniques. It is based on non-violence and
peaceful resistance.
The
students have no weapons and they can get killed.
4
qualites are necessary to challenge white power : patience, persistence,
intelligence and thought.
The
students are trained to resist insults, physical and mental (psychological)
violence.
They must
not break down when they are attacked.
This
training gives them power: the power to fight and the power to resist and to
reach their goal
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EXPRESSION ORALE - METHODE
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I’m going
to talk about + NOTION (myths and heroes//places and forms of power//the idea
of progress https://englishinartauditec2018.blogspot.fr/
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To begin
with
First I
would like to give a
short definition of
First of
all
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So my key question is:
why are anti heroes so popular? (or: are
anti heroes the new modern heroes?)
how do
ordinary people react when power is abused? // to means can be used to
challenge power?
what
makes progress possible?
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I have chosen 2/3 documents that we studied in class to
illustrate the notion:
(myths and
heroes: a video called top ten TV anti heroes/ an article called: Villains do
it better )
(places
and forms of power: film poster of The Butler / trailer of the Butler / a scene
from the film: the sit-in )
(the idea
of Progress: trailer of The Butler/ a scene from the film The Butler: the
sit-in / an article about Oprah Winfrey’s influence)
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Description,
présentation des documents en lien avec la notion et la problématique
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To conclude, I would like to say that
In conclusion
So all things considered, I would say that…
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lundi 8 janvier 2018
POWER - THE BUTLER, FILM POSTER
Film
Poster : THE BUTLER
The hero is
standing with his back to us. He is a butler, he’s wearing white gloves. he is
in fact in the White House and he is looking out of a window. To the right there is the American flag (the Star and
Stripes) with a bald eagle on top and to the right, there is the president's
flag. They are symbols of power, of the power of the US.
In the
background, in the distance, there is a white building on top of a hill: it’s
Congress, the seat of legislative power.
Between
this building and the White house there is a crowd of people. Thye are protesting. We can see a peace sign so maybe they are protesting against the war
in Vietnam.
The butler
is just observing the scene, so he is not involved, he is not taking sides he is just an observer
So, several
forms of power are represented: symbolic power (the flag)
Political power: the White House and Congress
The power
of the people who challenge authority
The film is
based on the true story of an African-American butler who served at the White
House for 30 years. He served 7 presidents: Truman, Eisenhower,
Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter,
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