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Oral Test
by SMariuz - (2019-10-08)
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PICTURE’S ANALISYS

 

 

 

  1. First of all the names of the protagonists: the kissed woman died in September 2016 at the age of 92 years. Her name was Greta Zimmer Friedman and she was a nurse at a Times Square dentist. The sailor was called George Mendonsa instead. At least according to most of the journalists who have investigated that photo, given that many have come forward after the publication of the image
  2.  NO ROMANTICISM. »It wasn't really a kiss - Friedman revealed in a 2005 interview for the Veterans History project - it was just someone celebrating, it wasn't a romantic event. But just a way to thank God that the war was over ". And then: "'That man was very strong. I wasn't kissing him. he has kissed me ».3.
  3.  NO ROMANTICISM. »It wasn't really a kiss - Friedman revealed in a 2005 interview for the Veterans History project - it was just someone celebrating, it wasn't a romantic event. But just a way to thank God that the war was over ". And then: "'That man was very strong. I wasn't kissing him. he has kissed me ».4.
  4.  4. BUT NO LAYING. The romantic pose of the kiss was very much in vogue in the 40s and photographers often requested it from subjects immortalized. But in that case Eisenstaedt was attracted by a spontaneous, unplanned event. Who knows, maybe Mendonsa really wanted to repeat what he had seen done in a photo. "We arrived in Times Square," he told CNN, "when I saw the nurse." I drank a few drinks, and I had the instinct to grasp it. "

 

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English:   Normal People, Sally Rooney -> Relationship between men and women.

Connell Marianne
He is popular, well-adjusted cool, star of the school soccer team;Social Class: medium-low She is lonely, proud, friendless and private.  Social Class: upper class

 

Their relationship changes completely during years, just providing some exemples:

 

 

 

During High School

Duering Trinity Collage

During high school, when the connection between Connell and Marianne was born, Connell certainly held a superior position: he was popular, well-regarded and highly sought after among the girls, consequently when he began the love story with Marianne, on the contrary shy, without friends, he asked her to keep their secret history, for fear of the reactions of her friends and peers.

Consequently we can affirm that in this phase, Connell, is the one who controls the relationship, "submitting" Marianne to his wishes and making her assencodare his requests;

A year later, both are studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Marianne found her feet in a new social world while Connell is on the sidelines, shy and uncertain, because of his low social position, which until then had never been felt. During their college years, Marianne and Connell surround themselves, moving away from other people and possibilities but always together.