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The Man With The Scar
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The Man With The Scar
• Retelling
• Maugham’s experience
• Reflection
Summary of the story
• Description– broad, red and crescent-shaped scar– ordinary lottery tickets seller– small and undistinguished features
• Past glory– revolutionary general– sentenced to be shot
Summary of the story
• Say good-bye to his wife– “she was in black, with a veil over her hair,
and her face was dead white”– kissed and stabbed
• A noble gesture– released from execution– had nothing to do with the scar
Guatemala city in Central America
Underlining the local coloring of the place
• Qué tal?• Gracias. • Hasta Luego.• Bueno.
Spanish
• 怎么样?• 谢谢。• 再见。• 好。
Maugham’s life
All of these experiences were reflected in many of
his stories and novels.
Love! Love? Noble! Noble?
• “I loved her.”– free her from grief and sorrow – Loyalty
• “It was a noble gesture” – loyalty – bravery
• egoism and selfishness
Maugham’s love life
• With woman– Syrie Wellcome– Divorced
• With men– Gerald Haxton – Alan Searle
Maugham’s love life
"I have most loved people who cared little or nothing for me and when people have loved me I have been embarrassed... In order not to hurt their feelings, I have often acted a passion I did not feel.”
• Heterosexuality – Written in water
Never judge a book by its cover
• The scar– impressive– caused by a bottle of ginger ale
• The man with the scar– ordinary lottery tickets seller– past story was out the ordinary
Thank You!
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