No et moi ESSAY QUESTIONS

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trouvez-vous le personnage de Lou crédible?

INTELLIGENCE - "QI de 160" KINDNESS - "t'es toute petite et t'es toute grande, pépite" MATURITY - "je croyais que la violence.."

examinez la vie de no avant qu'elle n'arrive chez bertignac

ABUSE - she was the outcome of rape and so her mother did not want her. after living with her grandparents her mother abused her and she left BEING HOMELESS - "putain des bêtes" - becomes violent and animalistic SOLITUDE - "dehors on n'a pas d'amis" she is alone MEETING LOU- although she likes lou, she is scared to be friends with her because she does not want to involve lou in her lifestyle "c'est pas ta vie!"

examinez comment les actions des adultes influencent les personnages dans no et moi.

ANOUK - lou's mother is depressed, lack of affection towards lou "maman n'aime plus" NO'S MOTHER - was raped so she doesnt want to be around no. how no became homeless M MARIN - influenced lou on her project, advises her to be careful talking to a homeless person.

examinez le personnage de lou et comment elle évolue dans le roman.

BEGINNING: SHY - "j'ai horreur de prendre la parole devant la classe" "asociale et muette" MIDDLE: GROWING MATURITY - learns about the difficulties of living on the streets, discovers no is an addict, understands more about the world "avant de rencontrer No, je croyais que la violence était dans les cris, les coups, la guerre et la sang" END: GROWN IN CONFIDENCE - "Quelque chose venait de m'arriver qui m'avait fait grandir. Je n'avais pas peur" she says she will go to Léa's birthday party

dans le livre, Vigan montre une société cassée, égoïste et hypocrite. dans quelle mesure êtes-vous d'accord avec ce jugement?

CASSÉ: "notre monde malade" describes the world as sick ÉGOÏSTE: ""je pense à l'égalité, à la fraternité, à tous ces trucs qui n'existent pas" wew are too selfish to help the homeless and instead focus on ourselves HYPOCRITE: "les chiens on peut les prendre chez soi, mais pas les SDF" we are willing to rescue a dog from living on the streets but people will let the homeless die on the streets.

dans quelle mesure Lou peut-elle être vue comme un héro?

HER KINDNESS - helps a homeless woman by inviting her to live with her, something not many people would do let alone very young people SHE IS YOUNG BUT VERY MATURE - "t'es toute petite et toute grande, pépite" HER DETERMINATION - she stuck with no and was prepared to go to ireland with her. in the end it was no that abandoned her

analysez en quoi No et Moi est avant tout un roman sur la société moderne française

HOMELESSNESS - "selon les estimations, il y a entre 200,000 et 300,000 personnes sans domicile fixe, 40% sont des femmes" DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY - "ma mère ne sort plus...mon père pleure en cachette" SOCIETY - "notre monde malade" SOCIETY - "on est capable de laisser mourir des gens dans la rue" SOCIETY - "je pense à l'égalité, à la fraternité, à tous ces trucs qui n'existent pas"

examinez le rôle des parents de Lou dans le livre

LACK OF LOVE FROM ANOUK - "depuis que Thaïs est morte maman n'aime plus" RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LOU AND ANOUK -"un jeu de rôle" SADNESS - "ma mère ne sort plus...mon père pleure en cachette"

examinez les rapports entre lou et ses parents

LOU AND ANOUK - "maman n'aime plus" "un jeu de rôle" lacks love from her mother LOU AND BERNARD - "mon père pleure en cachette dans le salle de bains" she is aware of her fathers deep sadness LOU AND HER PARENTS - "je suis fière de mes parents" LOU AND ANOUK AT THE END - "elle pleurait comme jamais je ne l'avais vue pleurer"

examinez comment les rapports entre lou et les autres personnages ont un effet sur son comportement

LOU AND HER PARENTS - damages her self worth at the beginning of the book due to the lack of love. wouldn't go to the party without her mums validation LOU AND NO - her friendship with no helps to build her confidence and makes her act more maturely LOU AND LUCAS - develop a friendship which becomes a relationship. makes her more confident as she is more respected at school now she is with lucas

dans quelle mesure le thème de l'amitié est-il le plus important dans ce roman?

NO AND LOU - their friendship is the cause of all the main events in the novel. lou is saved from solitude by no and no is saved by lou. "moi j'avais peur. peur que No soit partie. Peur d'être toute seule, comme avant." LOU AND LUCAS - lucas helps lou throughout the novel and helps her to become more confident in herself. this friendship becomes love later on "je suis sûre qu'il comprendrait" LOU NO AND LUCAS - the three all experience solitude so are drawn together. "je sens la chaleur de leurs corps contre le mien et il me semble que plus rien jamais ne pourra nous arriver"

analysez comment Vigan explore le thème du mensonge dans le livre

NO ASKING FOR REASSURANCE - "celui qui s'assure sans cesse de ta confiance sera le premier à la trahir" NO ABANDONING LOU - "on est ensemble, hein, Lou" FAMILY LIFE - "noël est un mensonge" ANOUK AND LOU - "un jeu de rôle"

dans quelle mesure peut-on décrire no et moi comme un roman optimiste?

OPTIMISTE OU PESSIMISTE? OPTIMISTE: KINDNESS - shows the kindness of lou and her family to take in a homeless girl to live with them PESSIMISTE: ADDICTION - even though no has been 'saved' she struggles with addiction (shows lack of hope for effectively helping the homeless) OPTIMISTE: CONFIDENCE - lou grows in confidence towards the end of the novel: makes friends, relationship with lucas and better relationship with parents PESSIMISTE - ENDING - no abandons Lou at the end

"lou et no s'entendent si bien parce que leurs vies sont similaires" dans quelle mesure êtes-vous d'accord avec ce jugement?

Oui et non: NON: LIVING SITUATION - lou lives in an expensive part of paris and no lives on the streets OUI: LONELINESS - "peur que No soit partie. Peur d'être toute seule comme avant" "une petite fille abandonée" NON: EDUCATION - lou is highly educated "ils m'appellent le cerveaux" no has had no education "elle n'a rien appris" OUI: SOCIALLY EXCLUDED - "dehors de l'image de la conversation" "dehors, on n'a pas d'amis"

analysez le personnage de No dans ce roman

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE - "ses mains noires, ses ongles rongées jusqu'au sang" SOLITUDE - "personne pour l'attendre" "dehors, on n'a pas d'amis" BEING HOMELESS - ""seule au monde, une petite fille abandonée" ADDICTION - "les bouteilles d'alcool renversées par terre"

expliquez comment l'arrivée de No transforme la vie de la famille Bertignac

REPLACES THAÏS - "un grand vide comme un trou noire" "en l'espace de quelque semaines, No a trouvé sa place parmi nous" ANOUK GETS BETTER - when anouk asks no questions "ça m'énerve un peu" LOU FEELS LESS ALONE - "peur que No soit partie. Peur d'être toute seule comme avant"

examinez la vie scolaire telle que lou la connaît

SHYNESS - she is too shy to talk to other people "asociale et muette" INTELLIGENCE - "ci-gît lou bertignac, meilleure élève de la classe" other people call her 'the brain' EXCLUDED - she feels excluded from the others because she is much younger and smaller. "ils m'ignorent ou me fuient, comme j'avais une maladie contagieuse"

examinez les similarités entre lou et no

SIMILARITY - they are both "dehors" (excluded) DIFFERENCE - no relies on alcohol and drugs, lou relies on books and school work SIMILARITY - they both feel alone DIFFERENCE - no has had to live on the streets and lou has been brought up in a parisian apartment

examinez les similarités et les différences entre lou et lucas

SIMILARITY - they are both alone "toute seule" and he lives on his own in a big apartment DIFFERENCE - she is focused on school work " je suis la première de la classe" and he does not care "le rebelle" never takes notes SIMILARITY - both very caring, "je suis sûre qu'il comprendrait" DIFFERENCE - physically different - she is 13 and he is 17, he is tall and she is short. he is confident and she is timid

examinez le rôle de lucas dans la vie de lou et comment il influence les rapports entre lou et no

SOMEONE LOU LIKED - a character completely opposite to lou, but she admired his casual behaviour and outlook THEIR FRIENDSHIP - "Lucas connaît tout le monde mais il reste avec moi" INFLUENCED LOU AND NO - he helps no as well as lou which pushes lou to maintain her connection with no. THE THREE - the three friends share the fact that they are all "alone". makes their relationships stronger as they can be there for eachother

examinez l'efficacité de l'écriture de Vigan dans le livre

STORY STRUCTURE - linear story line with several flashbacks. the structure is easy to follow LANGUAGE - casual language (not using 'ne' in negatives), swearing - demonstrates no's anger "putain des bêtes" LOU'S RAMBLINGS - the way lou talks, sometimes without full stops shows how fast her mind works and that shes always thinking

analysez comment de Vigan explore le thème de l'exclusion sociale dans ce roman

explores theme through CHARACTERS: LOU - excluded because of her intelligence "ils m'appellent le cerveaux" NO- lack of intelligence "elle n'a rien appris" LOU- her shyness "dehors de l'image de la conversation" NO- her living on the streets "dehors, on n'a pas d'amis"


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