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they usually use, Bernard deliberately releases the brake pedal while
Georges is there. The car picks up speed and heads straight for the cliff edge. Irène rushes to Georges' rescue and saves him at the last moment. While the identity of the latter remained unclear and led the reader to believe that
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Fred Kassak increasingly sows clues about
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levels. From a literary standpoint, studying the short story requires attentiveness to the lexical and pronominal substitutes used. Students must make hypotheses, interpret the text, and guess its twist ending. The ambiguity of the text aims to introduce students to a new approach to literary
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This is the story of a man (Bernard) who falls in love with a young woman (Irène) and seeks to get rid of what he considers his rival (Georges). The story reveals the true identity of this latter at the end: Georges is Irène’s son.
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as they have to construct the story based on the information they gather. All the elements of the detective story are gathered: the reason (Bernard's jealousy), the weapon (the car), and the crime (the attempted murder).
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Georges was an adult man, it is only at this moment that the reader understands that the vehicle is a pram and that
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on which the short story is based. Professors
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is "a spectacular short story." For
Jennifer Wagner, "Bernard's jealousy towards the relationship between Irène and Georges plays a driving role in the story."
857:(Document used to write the article) (in French). Vol. Lettres ouvertes. Rennes: Centre régional de documentation pédagogique de Bretagne. pp. 65–67.
374:(Act I, Scene 4) where Arnolphe, determined to marry his ward Agnès, meets Horace, who has also fallen for the same woman. Molière adopts the same practice in
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reveals an "atmosphere of suspense and mystery" and is a story likely to interest young readers. According to the French writer David Bellos,
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describes the short story as “a model of a twist ending." According to
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Georges cries out and Irène rocks him to calm him down.
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