Our boarding passes are like a magical ticket to somewhere like Hogwarts. I feel like I don’t deserve to hold this ticket. I walk through billions of lines in the airport. My stomach definitely has butterflies in it. I wonder what Saige thinks. She gets to see her dream place and we get to get out of this stupid, boring town. I step out of the airport in Paris. The air feels different. It feels magical, and free. My bossy parents are gone. They are relaxing on the lake. My sister is in so much shock I don’t even think she can be mean to me. We get a taxi. They drive on the wrong side of the road, but it's really the right side of the road in France. Saige walks differently here. More graceful and elegant but also with more of …show more content…
I didn’t really see new things but I did make a friend. I think I’ll ask him to take me around the city tomorrow. We walk down a famous street called “Rue Cler”. Louis says Rue means street in French. There are little shops, bakeries, and restaurants on each side of the street. It looks amazing. I buy a crepe. Crepes in France taste a lot better than in America. Everything seems so expensive here. My parents gave me lots of money so I’ll be fine with the expensive thing. Saige is doing her own thing. Boys are always surrounding her when I see her on the street. I’m pretty sure she loves all the attention she is getting plus she’s in her favorite city in the world. There’s a bunch of boys crowding a bench so I assume that she is there. I walk to the bench and I sit down to talk to her. She waves me off. I get up from the bench and one of the guys says hello to me. I miss the normal Saige. I really am starting to miss my mom. I think we’ve been here for four days now. I also miss my dad and his funny dad …show more content…
She even has a ball gown. I didn’t even know she owned one of those. Its her first day of the pageant. The first sections are swimsuit and questionnaire. She is next in the swimsuit category. She walks in like she owns the place. Not scared at all. Even though she is just walking I’m pretty proud to be her brother. Never knew she could do this. I have to stay in the audience the whole time. No boys allowed in the dressing room. She is getting ready for the questionnaire when Louis walks to support Saige with his sister. “Hey! She’s about to go on.” They stare at the stage. Waiting. We watch many other contestants. Louis’s sister Ella points out that Saige is definitely the prettiest one up there. I can’t agree because I’m her little brother who has to think she ugly but I couldn’t agree more with Ella’s statement. We walk out of the convention center. I tell her she did amazing and that she was born for doing this. “Awh thanks bubba.” She hasn’t called me “bubba” in a very long time. When I was little I didn’t like it but right now it seems right. When we get back to our hotel we go straight to sleep. Saige has a big day
In this section, the readers are introduced to the idea that rich American tourists influences Parisian shop owners and city officials to Americanize to attract customers. Consequently, creating a hub for Americans that influences Parisian and can be influenced by Parisians. She focuses on how this hub changed views on both sides. Americans seeing it as an exclusive club, Parisians understanding it as a betrayal of the ‘true’ Paris. Tensions from the preferential treatment of Americans become the basis for many of Blowers subsequent chapters.
Explaining the many issues with pageants. There is two studies that explain all the developmental and emotional problems these girls can experience while growing up. In division four it goes back over to Eden Wood. Her agent talks about the money that can be made and how many girls she is an agent for. It continues with talking about a possible tour for Eden Wood and how her mother is comparing her daughter’s career to a fairy tale. Hollandsworth concludes the article focusing on a pageant itself and focuses not only on Eden Wood, but a little girl known as Mia Spargo who has a chance to beat the famous Eden Wood. It explains the pageant in detail and drags it to a close with the three finalist standing on stage, Mia Spargo, Eden Wood, and Alex Howe an older girl from another division. They announce Alex is the supreme winner over the whole group, Eden cries in disbelief before leaving the stage only to be followed and comforted by her mother. (Hollandsworth,
Unfortunately, Marion consideration of allowing him his daughter is postponed. In end of the book it says “But he wanted his child, and nothing was much good now, beside that fact. He wasn’t young anymore, with a lot of nice thoughts and dreams to have by himself” (Fitzgerald 400). Charlie wanted to make changes in his life, but the people around him do not accept that he is a better man and his alcoholic past will continue to hold him back from living the future he wants with his daughter.
Every French citizen is falling into the clutches of consumerism and conformity. We are turning into a trinket society, worshipping of a mammon, and witnessing to the death of our beloved culture. I shed a tear to think we are turning into a materialistic society like that of America where as whose society is dynamic and derived from consumer-driven economic growth. In falling into consumerism we are generating an endless increase of desires that can not b satisfied by the means that which we live in France. This lifestyle alienates the consumer to form bondage around them; it does not free them. The society in America is of destruction, not to b...
“It’s difficult to recall the first time I went to Switzerland. The actual experience of flying across the ocean at a young age felt like journeying to a different world. That eleven-hour flight was such a tedious part of the very exciting journey ahead. I remember once looking out the window of the plane as we touched down and feeling such a deep comfort and contentment. I felt as though I was home. What awaited me were days of family and friends, hiking and exploring, and delicious food. It was always such a beautiful experience being i...
My second cultural plunge was a rather different experience. I wanted to do something different that I hadn’t already experienced before. Choosing my second cultural plunge experience proved to be more difficult. Ultimately, I choose to go to Café Beau Soleil since it was close to UCI. I never been to Fashion Island, so I didn’t know what to expect going there. When I researched places to visit on the internet I became interested in this café. Before going to the café I already started having misconceptions of what it would be like. Some of the thoughts that I had was that it would probably have foods such as French bread, pasta and croissants and that all the workers would know French. Yet, when my friend and I went inside the café, I concluded
It is not apparent until later in the film that ‘Playtime’ is set in the heart of Paris because classic tourist attractions such as the Eiffel Tower and Sacré-Coeur are only seen in a reflection showing that traditional Paris scarcely exists. Tati demonstrates how traditional Paris has been spoilt by humanity who by selling their souls to mass production, destroy their own history for this new modern obsession. Interestingly it is the youngest tourist Barbara, who is intent on seeing the ‘real Paris’. This is evidenced when she sees a traditional flower seller stall and tries to take a photograph. She is unable to do so as the people obstruct her in the busy streets, even spoiling the last fragment of Paris. Her day seems continuously spoilt as she is rushed onto the bus by other tourists to various venues without being able to see any of the sights. There is a pitiful moment when she catches the reflection of the Eiffel Tower in the glass door of the building however she is only able to gaze at it momentarily before she is called inside. Instead she is shown modern technology such as silent doors, a broom with lights on the end and a Greek pillar bin. None of these ridiculous objects have any link to France at all and ironically they are not very useful. Tati wants the audience to question why the tourists have come here as they could see all these things everywhere therefore we could argue that ‘playtime’ is not a criticism of the modern city but a criticism of the American influence on French Values as Tati purposefully makes the tourists American. Tati blames businessmen who, thinking of profit, adapt Paris to create a replica of what Americans enjoy in their own country rather than remaining traditional. There is a sense of loss for the Parisians, like Tati who have lost the city they knew; therefore you could argue that Tati does
An American in Paris took place in Paris, France, and embodied the color, atmosphere, and spirit of Paris. At the beginning of the musical, it showed the streets of Paris, which were beautiful and elegant, even almost mesmerizing. As I watched the musical, it seemed like we were in the streets of Paris. There was huge architecture and buildings and a lot of the musical took place at a café or their homes. Everything was elegant. This set definitely enhanced the musical. Everything including props and the set, helped bring it all together. For instance, in the café, there were tables with chairs set around them, there was a basket with food set on the table. Also, the production was in color, but what stood out to me was that the clothes seemed
I was surprised when I was in the cafe, and suddenly the weather changed from a sunny afternoon to a stormy dark afternoon. I had seen many rain showers, but this one seemed different. This seemed different, because I had a different view and perspective of the storm. A storm like this had never left an impact on me.
As you might know, Louis was born on La Chaux-de-Fonds, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. This is located in Europe, is the 137th largest nation in the world. Like I have said before this is going to be different as what you have read. In this place people Wear Layers, Upon Layers of Layers. They have traditional food that have keep till today and you might love it, one of them is Pizza, pasta or just food that include cheese and chocolate. Not only they have good food, they also, have movies, an example is The Lonedale Operator. A car invented during that time was the classic six designed by Chevrolet Company. This car was a success for Chevrolet and Durant, but specially for the company. La Trattoria des Bains, Le Vieux Valais and Restaurant de la Tour were restaurants in the 90’s that might still exist. The money used in Europe is called francs. Francs are monetary units of various nations until the euro was adopted. One franc is equal to one dollar. Comparatively, to the prices worldwide this is much more expensive because the Price of gas per gallon was 5.69 Fr, the Price of bread was 2.34 Fr per pound and the Price of gallon of milk was 5.65 Fr. …...William Howard Taft was the president of the United States and James S. Sherman was the vice president. Switzerland’s head of state was Doris Leuthard. Equally important, political events that were
Once upon a time there was an American man named Jerry Mulligan who lived in Paris. When he was discharged from the army he decided to become a painter and continue to live in Paris so he could just paint and study art. Paris is a place that a painter or artist is inspired. This is why Jerry loves it so much. Jerry lives 2 floors above a café in a little cramped apartment. But he is not complaining, he is lighthearted and fun. Jerry is popular with the children on the block because he gives them American Bubble Gum. Adam Cook is one of Jerry's very good friends in Paris. He is currently unemployed and keeps winning scholarships to stay overseas. Though, he is not doing much with any of them.
Bill Bryson, in the given segment of his novel Neither Here Nor There: Travels to Europe, emphasizes the drastic differences in societies across the Atlantic. Bryson’s purpose is to inform Americans on the substantial changes in culture from the USA, especially New York, to Europe. He adopts a humorous and sincere tone in order to express his experience to the audience, being the American people.
France and America are both allies of one another, and both beautiful countries that most people want to visit and mark off their bucket list; from the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower, National Parks, and French cuisine, no wonder people want to visit, when comparing France and America, it seems as only a few select things are all they have in common; the two don’t have much alike and are vastly different. France is more individualistic while America is more influenced and pressured by society. The two also differ in fashion, food, romance, and more, but this all leads to the intriguing and differing experience it has for its people.
The arts portray what humanity feels about itself, making it very important as a self-refection of society. The movie Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen deals with a screenplay writer named Gil, who wants to move from the simple screenplays to writing actual novel. He travels to Paris with his fiancé, Inez, and her family. Every night at midnight he enters a taxi, and travels to the 1920’s meeting famous writers and artists. Through people Gil meets like the writer Ernest Hemmingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Gertrude Stein, Gil receives help with his novel. By the end of the movie, Gil realizes that Inez is having an affair, and that he wants to live in Paris with it’s art and beauty. Gil juxtaposes his fiancé Inez because he realizes the importance
In this chapter, you will learn some of the most commonly used French words when traveling and on