DOC 3.

Treebeard
Merry and Pippin are suddenly addressed by what appears to be a fourteen-foot-tall walking tree. The creature is an Ent,
an ancient treelike creature, named Treebeard. He is kind to the hobbits, and he explains his history to them. Treebeard
identifies himself as one of the oldest creatures in Middle-earth. He is the shepherd of the other trees in the forest, many
of which are Ents like him.

'Who is Saruman?' asked Pippin. 'Do you know anything about his history?' 'Saruman is a Wizard,'
answered Treebeard. 'More than that I cannot say. I do not know the history of Wizards. They appeared first
after the Great Ships came over the Sea; but if they came with the Ships I never can tell. Saruman was reckoned
great among them, I believe. He gave up wandering about and minding the affairs of Men and Elves, some time
5 ago -- you would call it a very long time ago: and he settled down at Angrenost, or Isengard as the Men of Rohan
call it. He was very quiet to begin with, but his fame began to grow. He was chosen to be head of the White
Council, they say; but that did not turn out too well. I wonder now if even then Saruman was not turning to evil
ways. But at any rate he used to give no trouble to his neighbours. I used to talk to him. There was a time when
he was always walking about my woods. He was polite in those days, always asking my leave (at least when he
10 met me); and always eager to listen. I told him many things that he would never have found out by himself; but
he never repaid me in like kind. I cannot remember that he ever told me anything. And he got more and more
like that; his face, as I remember it-I have not seen it for many a day-became like windows in a stone wall:
windows with shutters inside.
'I think that I now understand what he is up to. He is plotting to become a Power. He has a mind of metal and
15 wheels; and he does not care for growing things, except as far as they serve him for the moment. And now it is
clear that he is a black traitor. […] Down on the borders they are felling trees-good trees. Some of the trees they
just cut down and leave to rot -- orc-mischief that; but most are hewn up and carried off to feed the fires of
Orthanc. There is always a smoke rising from Isengard these days.
'Curse him, root and branch! Many of those trees were my friends. Creatures I had known from nut and acorn;
20 many had voices of their own that are lost for ever now. And there are wastes of stump and bramble where once
there were singing groves. I have been idle. I have let things slip. It must stop!'
Treebeard raised himself from his bed with a jerk, stood up, and thumped his hand on the table. The vessels of
light trembled and sent up two jets of flame. There was a flicker like green fire in his eyes, and his beard stood
out stiff as a great besom.
25 'I will stop it!' he boomed. 'And you shall come with me. You may be able to help me. You will be helping your
own friends that way, too; for if Saruman is not checked Rohan and Gondor will have an enemy behind as well
as in front. Our roads go together -- to Isengard!'
JRR Tolkien, the Two Towers, 1955.
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DEVOIR SURVEILLE - SPECIALITE LLCE ANGLAIS

Durée: 2 heures

Le sujet porte sur la thématique «Imaginaires».

Prenez connaissance des documents 1, 2 et 3 et traitez le sujet suivant en anglais:

Write a short commentary on the three documents (minimum 300 words):

Taking into account the specificities of each document, focus on the way the artists use the
fantasy genre to tackle modern issues from the real world.
⨻ Avant de vous lancer, lisez bien la consigne et analysez les mots-clefs !
Here are a few guidelines to help you:

¤ Analyse the specificities of each document and how they introduce us to fantastical worlds.
¤ Analyse the similarities/differences between the three documents.
¤ Highlight the links between the different stories and the real-world issues they are linked to.
¤ How & Why are those issues presented through the Fantasy genre?
¤ Don’t forget to look for lexical fields, figures of speech/literary devices, etc.

N’oubliez pas :

- De vous relire ! L’anglais est bien entendu évalué au même titre que l’analyse des documents.
- La synthèse n’est pas une étude de chaque document pris séparément ! Il faut croiser vos analyses.
- Vous devez utiliser les 3 documents dans chacune de vos parties !
- Citez les documents pour illustrer vos idées !
- Il ne s’agit pas de résumer les documents… Je les connais déjà !
- Notez le nombre de mots à la fin de votre synthèse.
- You can do this!

Doc 1. Daenerys & Drogon

Still from Game of Thrones, an HBO TV series which aired from 2011 to 2019, based on the book series
entitled A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin.
Daenerys Targaryen is a princess and the heir to the Iron Throne. She had to escape the continent of Westeros
when her family were murdered. She is coming back to reclaim the throne. She is nicknamed “the Mother of
Dragons” and rides a gigantic black dragon named Drogon.