DANS LA DEPECHE DE TAHITI...
JAMES NORMAN HALL
Les élèves des Quatrièmes PATIA, HAAPUA et PAERE remercient chaleureusement le Foyer Socio-Educatif de leur avoir donné la possibilité de se rendre au musée James Norman Hall à Arue au mois de mars. Ils ont visité la maison du célèbre auteur américain des Révoltés de la Bounty (Mutiny on the Bounty, 1932) qu'ils étudient en classe avec leur professeur d'anglais, Mme Rere.
Ils ont réalisé une enquête sur la vie et l'univers de l'auteur, en tant qu'artiste, soldat et père de famille. Voici leurs travaux et quelques photos...
His biography:
James Norman Hall was born on April 22nd, 1887 in Colfax, Iowa.He was an American writer.
He was a soldier and a pilot too.
He arrived in Tahiti in 1920 and married Sarah Winchester, "Mama Lala".
He married her in 1925 and they had two children, Nancy and Conrad.
They lived in Arue, Tahiti.
He wrote a famous novel (book) with his friend Charles Nordhoff. It is Mutiny on the Bounty in 1932, which was made into two motion pictures (films).
He died on July 5th, 1951 in Arue. He was buried on the hill near his house.
His universe:
As a soldier, he participated in World War 1 and defended the USA, France and United Kingdom (England).He was a pilot in the "Escadrille Lafayette" but had an accident with his plane. He got injured and imprisoned in Germany. He then escaped and returned to the USA.
The US army asked him and Charles Nordhoff to write about the war.
They started to work together in 1918, and many years later they still worked together.
As a writer, he wrote many books. He wrote 12 books with Charles Nordhoff, and Mutiny on the Bounty is one of his best work. It was translated into fourteen languages and adapted into two films.
HIS HOUSE: THE JAMES NORMAN HALL MUSEUM (ARUE, TAHITI)
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| The main front door |
THE PLAN OF THE HOUSE:
Some photos in the house:
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| the biography of James Norman Hall |
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| the typewriter |
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| the desk and the typewriter |
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| Charles Nordhoff (on the left) and James Norman Hall (on the right) |
The rooms:
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| the dining-room |
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| the office |
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| the living-room |
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| the corridor |
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| in the office |
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| relaxing in the living-room |
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| Painting of a breadfruit |
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| a miniature of the famous ship the Bounty |
The office
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| the bedroom |
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| The owner of the house: James Norman Hall's grandson, James Norman Hall Rutgers, and the two guides |
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| Students working outside Mama Lala's kitchen |
The War room:
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| The war room |
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| James Norman Hall's uniforms: as a lieutenant and as a pilot |
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| the American flag: Stars and Stripes |
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| his medals |
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| James Norman Hall's children: Conrad Hall and Nancy Hall-Rutgers |
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| the French flag |
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| the British flag: the Union Jack |
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| 4e PAERE |
ADAPTATIONS INTO MOTION PICTURES:
Les élèves ont eu l'occasion de visionner quelques extraits du film de Lewis Milestone, réalisé en 1962 avec le grand Marlon Brando et sa compagne Tarita. Voici les questions auxquelles ils devaient répondre.
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| Scene one: the departure of the Bounty to Tahiti (Captain Bligh and lieutenant Christian Fletcher) |