Program Sheet

POST-SCRIPTUM
Program Sheet

Opening of Post-scriptum
The host presents the show with an overview of the features and the guests.
Speaker: Host (Marianne Dunberry)
2 minutes

Feature 1: Ajax Là-bas
The host presents the guests and what they are going to talk about. Mrs Yeshim Ternar and M. Russel Banks have a discussion about immigration
Speakers: Host (Marianne Dunberry), Mrs Ternar (Juliette Côté) and Mr. Banks (Florence Charest)
4 minutes 25 seconds

Ad break- Salon du Livre
Information about the Salon du Livre. Dates and activities.
Speaker : Ad presenter (Marianne Dunberry)
22 seconds

Feature 2: The Moose and the Sparrow
The host presents the guests and what they are going to talk about. Mr. Corbett and Mr. Jim are discussing about the murder of Moose Madon
Speaker: Host (Marianne Dunberry), Mr. Corbett (Florence Charest) and Mr. Jim (Juliette Côté)
4 minutes 13 seconds

Ad break- Post-scriptum
Information about a contest in which people could win a day in the studios and can record a segment of Post-scriptum
Speakers: Ad presenter (Marianne Dunberry)
26 seconds

Feature 3: Theme for English B
The host presents the guests and what they are going to talk about. Mr. Langston and Mr. Smith be interviewed on the poem Theme for English B
Speakers: Host (Marianne Dunberry), Mr. Langston (Florence Charest) and Mr. Smith (Juliette Côté)
4 minutes 24 seconds

Closing of Post-scriptum
The host thanks all the guests, present the shoe that will follow Post-scriptum and tells the auditors not to miss their next show
Speaker: Host (Marianne Dunberry)
1 minute

Total: 16 minutes 30 seconds

Theme for English B

Analysis of literary passage and description of the video

The poem Theme for English B is written by a black student who talks about the differences and resemblances between races, between his white teacher and him. Taking into account the fact that in 1951 racism was a major issue, this student could have written this poem in a very aggressive and denunciative way. However, here, the mood is quite calm. We don’t feel any anger or agressivity. Hughes looks like he is trying to understand what creates the differences and finaly makes us realise that we are all the same. This video represents the acceptance of differences in our society. As he says, we all eat, sleep and drink, no matter the color or ethnicity we are. Since it is a poem, the words are chosen to create a rhythm. It is almost like Langston Hughes is singing. The words like white, colored, color refer to races differences. He also uses words like part of me, part of you so peolple can understand that we complete each other. Langston Hughes is rising above the discrimination to a more comprehensive state of mind.

This video represents the acceptance of black people in the American society. The song used in this creation is a segment of African music. It is a powerful but somewhat relaxing and this is exactly how we wanted people to feel like. Langston wants to get his acceptance message trough but he wants to do it in a smooth way. As the message still is strong, we thought this kind of music was perfect. We can hear an adult and children voices. The two types of voices catch the attention of older and younger generations. As north-americans, we do not hear these musics very often and that leads us to hear someting new. Most of the images we used show black and white people together. But these are not violent or "hard to look at" pictures. They are all images that show us love and acceptance. In every photographs, we can see that people are linked by holding hands, holding the Earth, handcuffs... This complicity showa that colored people are not different from anyone else; we are, all together, representing humanity. A lot of these images were taken from Oliviero Toscani's United Colors of Bentton campaing because they really show the mood in which we wanted our video to be. We have to be open-minded and trun our back to racism.

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Literary Text Summary on Ajax Là-bas

Central character: The main character is Saliha. She is a Turkish immigrant who now lives in Park Extension. She is 26 years old and works as a cleaning lady. She used to be a teacher and now wants to learn English and French. She wants to rebuild her life, here in Montreal, but it is not always easy for immigrants to do so. However, she is perseverant and determined. She has a high sense of organization.

Other characters: The Rivest are a French couple who take good care of Saliha and they travel a lot. Her other clients are: The two spinster sisters (suspicious, very messy people, greedy), the old Czech (quiet and lonely man) and her friend Eleni. Saliha cleans her house in exchange for hair and nail treatments. There also is the principal and her mother.

Setting: The story takes mostly place in Monsieur and Madame Rivest’s house, in Longueuil. They live in a building. We know it because Saliha has to take the elevator to get to their residence. In her flashbacks, she also remembers being in the schoolyard filled with children in Turky.

Narrator: The narrator is limited-omniscient. We primarily see the story from Saliha’s perspective. The principal brings another perspective to the story when he gives his speech. There could also be a third perspective: the unspecified narrator. The narrator speaks in a good English compared to what Saliha could have spoken since she is learning English.

Events in summary: Throughout the story, Saliha cleans the Rivest’s house. 1) Sitting on the washing machine, she is thinking about her cleaning job while smoking a cigarette. 2) She realizes that she always gets her period when she has to work here. 3) She thinks about the first time she had her period at 11 years old. 4) She talks about Canadian culture throughout the detergents. 5) She vacuums the house and thinks about the warning her friend gave her. 6) She thinks about her elementary school while doing the laundry. She thinks about the principal’s speech. 7) She is thinking about her other clients. 8) Madame Rivest comes back and talks to Saliha.

Style and tone: The short story has a neutral tone. It uses an informal language that it is still acceptable. There is no slang. We only hear the accent of Saliha at the end when she speaks French to the women she works for. The author tells a true story in a simple way. The readers follow a normal day in the life of Saliha.

Theme: The themes are ethnicity, immigration, hard work and prejudice.

Symbols: The detergents and Saliha’s monthly period.

Evaluation: At first, the story can be understood as the simple thoughts of an immigrant girl who is trying to start over her life here in Montreal. However, the last sentence makes us realize that there is a strong message in this story: “We come here to speak, like them, she thinks; but it will be a long time before they let us practice.” We accept immigrants, we want them to come and live in Canada, but we do not give them enough opportunities to get adapted.

Video Theme for English B

Précis on The Moose and the Sparrow

This story takes place in a lumberjack camp where Cecil, a 19 years old man, works for the summer. In his working group, there is Moose Maddon, a big and angry-looking man who takes great pleasure in threatening Cecil all the time. One day, Cecil tells Moose that he works as a lumberjack to have money for University. From then on, Moose stars to pick harder on the poor Cecil who finally believes Moose want to kill him. Instead of running away like the Indian chief, who plays a minor role in the story, suggested, Cecil decides to stay to finish his work at the camp. Moreover, Cecil wants to stay to finish Mr. Anderson's wrist watch strap which was made out of wire. As the summer goes on, the verbal jokes become physical assaults notices by the other characters. After being concerned by Moose's meaness, the other campers started to get along with Cecil. A week before going back to the city, Moose is found dead, caused by a fall in a ravine. Campers are not that sad, but this unexpected situation shocks them. Surprisingly, Cecil who works on Mr. Anderson's watch strap during the accident happened, showed no relief or emotion when seeing Moose's dead body. One day in the fall, Mr. Anderson noticed, between two trees near the ravine, a thin wire that could have made anyone fall, even someone as nimble as Moose Maddon. He looked at his wrist, saw Cecil's watch strap and said to himself that he was maybe wearing the proof of a murder.