Fatima Drar
Professor Avis Rupert
English Composition 1301
28 April 2014
One of My First Reading Experiences
Literature is any written work that was written in a language that foregrounds the ordinary language. It can be a novel, a short story, or a drama, and it can be classified according to if it is fiction or non-fiction and if it prose or poetry. “Les Fourberies de Scapin” was one of my literature experiences in my childhood. It is a comedy written by Molière and it is composed of three acts in prose. It was first staged on 1671. Its main character is named Scapin. He is tricky. By his behavior and his words, it is clear to us that he is courageous and smart.
I read Molière’s novel when I was in eighth grade in a class of 13 students. I don’t remember my teacher’s first name, but I remember her family name which was “Naitlho”. She was an amazing professor. We used to read a certain number of chapters almost every two weeks and answer the questions about them in our French book. I was most of the time reading the chapters at Sunday night. I hated one thing which was about cheating. On the next day, before starting the class by a few minutes, some classmates were asking to have the answers without doing any effort. I still remember that once, I had an insomnia because I was so stressed of having a lot of questions to answer about the novel.
From the perspective of an adult, the story taught me that a certain group of people is so tricky. These people are ready to do everything just to satisfy themselves and have things that others don’t have.
From the perspective of a child, it was funny, and somehow hard because it seemed long for me at that time. As I think back about the p...
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...rgante, Octave’s father, who is known by being miser. He also lied to Géronte, who is Léandre’s father and told him that if he doesn’t give five hundred shields, his son will be taken to Algiers.
To conclude, I learned from my childhood novel that there are some people who are ready to do anything to feed their greed. Their main concerns are self-interest and self-preservation. They are like a fox. They only look for their benefit and they are tricky. But at the same time, they may help others if they ask them to. That is what Scapin did. In this story, we can learn how the dialogue and the comic are conducted.
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