anyway the conditions were very bad for the french....

they've been booed from the beginning and i really find that this is not a sportive behaviour...
the red card for trezeguet was VERY arguable....

besides this that's true that les bleus are not what they used to be...

he's been excluded ;D that the same ;D

LOL

A very confident/arrogant young man!!

Welcome to the forum mate ;D

goog gooog a joob

jooba jooba joob-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah ;D

Same here ;D

I will have to stop listening to it soon though, otherwise I'll become sick of it

i'm going for my 500th post.....nearly there

look, its my english essay so far!

The theme of drastic cultural change is explored in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve and the Poetry of W.B. Yeats. These pieces explore the differences of cultures, and the consequences of their collisions. The works that are examined are conveyed from the perspectives of those whose cultures are being met with another, commonly being the western civilization. The societies are left with drastic changes to them, and in some cases the previous civilizations are extinguished.
Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart follows Okonkwo, a member of the Nigerian Ibo clan. Okonkwo’s character parallels his tribe; he is full of confidence and physical strength. It is these qualities and their excess that ultimately leads to his downfall. Because he has become so successful, he has no respect for those who are not thriving. “He [Okonkwo] had a slight stammer and whenever he was angry and could not get his words out quickly enough, he would use his fists. He had no patience with unsuccessful men. He had no patience with his father (Achebe, pg 3)”. Okonkwo’s heavily apparent disrespect for his father, Unoka, is the prime example of his pride and arrogance.
Okonkwo and his family are exiled from the village after an accident at Ezendu’s funeral where Okonkwo’s gun misfires and kills a boy. It is during this period of banishment that the connection between Okonkwo and his tribe becomes apparent. It is during this time that a group of British missionaries begins to colonize the area. The civilizations and cultures of the British and Africans collide with violent effects. The first white man to make contact with the people Adame is killed, because the people fear the stranger. This reflects Okonkwo’s character, who resorts to his strength when communication is not an option. In turn, the British destroy the Adame for the murder they committed. Both Okonkwo and his tribe experience a separation from their own culture when the missionaries come to the tribe while Okonkwo is in exile. These missionaries attempt to enforce their religion, Catholicism, to the natives. Many of the Ibo remains skeptical of the religion, out of respect and fear for their native religion. However, Okonkwo’s son Nwoye takes an interest in the new religion and converts. Okonkwo becomes infuriated when he learns of his sons alteration and disowns him. Many natives in the town begin to show interest as well when the church that the missionaries have erected and the British settlement both last longer than the Ibo had expected. Eventually, the friction between the missionaries and the village escalates, as a missionary kills a sacred python. The Ibo banish the Missionaries, which precipitates the return of Okonkwo to the tribe.
Upon Okonkwo’s return, he notices that the tribe has changed severely.

you are already 500! cheers ;D

finally friggin done!

Sudden cultural change is an important theme in literature and history. The experiences of those who had to relinquish their civilization for another are significant, as they are frequently are the only tie that we have to that culture, which may now be lost. The theme of drastic cultural change is explored in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve . These pieces explore the differences of cultures, and the consequences of their collisions. The works that are examined are conveyed from the perspectives of those whose cultures are being met with another, commonly being the western civilization. The societies are left with drastic changes to them, and in some cases the previous civilizations are extinguished.
Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart follows Okonkwo, a member of the Nigerian Ibo clan. Okonkwo’s character parallels his tribe; he is full of confidence and physical strength. It is these qualities and their excess that ultimately leads to his downfall. Because he has become so successful, he has no respect for those who are not thriving. “He [Okonkwo] had a slight stammer and whenever he was angry and could not get his words out quickly enough, he would use his fists. He had no patience with unsuccessful men. He had no patience with his father (Achebe, pg 3)”. Okonkwo’s heavily apparent disrespect for his father, Unoka, is the prime example of his pride and arrogance.
Okonkwo and his family are exiled from the village after an accident at Ezendu’s funeral where Okonkwo’s gun misfires and kills a boy. “It was a crime to kill a clansman, and a man who committed it must flee from the land. (Achebe, pg 88)” It is because of the Ibo tradition and culture that Okonkwo is separated from his tribe. However, it becomes another culture that the Ibo are separated from each other. It is during this period of banishment that the connection between Okonkwo and his tribe becomes apparent. A group of British missionaries begins to colonize the surrounding area, and the civilizations and cultures of the British and Africans collide with violent effects. The first white man to make contact with the people Adame is killed, because the people fear the stranger. “The first people who saw him ran away, but he stoop beckoning them. In the end the fearless ones were near and even touched him. The elders consulted their oracle and it told them that the strange man would break their clan and spread destruction among them…and so they killed the white man (Achebe, pg 97)” This reflects Okonkwo’s character, who resorts to his strength when communication is not an option. In turn, the British destroy the Adame for the murder they committed. Both Okonkwo and his tribe experience a separation from their own culture when the missionaries come to the tribe while Okonkwo is in exile. These missionaries attempt to enforce their religion, Catholicism, to the natives. Many of the Ibo remains skeptical of the religion, out of respect and fear for their native religion.
However, Okonkwo’s son Nwoye takes an interest in the new religion and converts. “Then the tragedy of his first son had occurred. At first it appeared as if it might prove too great for his spirit. But it was a resilient spirit, and in the end Okonkwo overcame his sorrow (Achebe pg. 121)” Okonkwo becomes infuriated when he learns of his sons alteration and disowns him. Many natives in the town begin to show interest as well when the church that the missionaries have erected and the British settlement both last longer than the Ibo had expected. Eventually, the friction between the missionaries and the village escalates, as a Christian convert kills a sacred python. The Ibo banish the Missionaries, which precipitates the return of Okonkwo to the tribe.
Upon Okonkwo’s return, he notices that the tribe has changed severely. “Umuofia had indeed changed severely during the seven years Okonkwo had been in exile. The church had come and led many astray…the white man had also brought a government (Achebe pg 123)” The tribe itself is divided on the new teachings of the missionaries. This division among the tribe matches the struggle of Okonkwo, as he feels his tribe has fallen apart and he does not belong to it since the arrival of the westerners.
The tribesmen have taken a fondness for Mr. Brown, as he had respect for the culture of the Ibo and had also developed social relations with members of the tribe. But because of ill health, Brown was replaced by James Smith, who creates turmoil between the Catholics along with their converts against those in the tribe who are unwilling to convert. Again, this climaxes with the convert killing the sacred snake, and the Ibo retaliate by burning down the church. The British arrest those who burnt the church and fine them. Those who remain with the tribe hold a meeting to decide what to do about the British. Okonkwo is quick to announce that he will oppose the British even if no one else will help him. A messenger arrives to stop the meeting and Okonkwo kills him. This action parallels the early spirit of the tribe, which Okonkwo still seems to embody; using force when words are not working. This kind of action was not seen since the tribe killed the first white man they saw because they feared him. The British come to arrest Okonkwo, but he has already committed suicide. This action shows the death of the original Ibo tribe. The tribe (and by extension, Okonkwo) had always shown that they favored using action, but when a foreign influence came upon the tribe, their civilization quickly fell apart. As with Okonkwo, when the British came in and others began to convert to the western civilization, Okonkwo attempted to fight them, but instead gave up that fight and ended his own life.
Nectar in a Sieve follows the life of Rukmani, a peasant woman living in India. They are poverty stricken and often fall upon hard times due to the weather and family problems. Rukmani’s family and most of their neighbor are heavily dependant on the land to survive; they farm and then sell their produce to make their money. But when the land does not supply them with their crops, they seem to face hardships at every turn.

wtf??

lol yeah.. but you don't have to go mad