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English homeworkMiguel Cano

Group#3

01/19/2016

My biography

I was born fifty years ago in Moscow. My parents were Soviet bureaucrats, and were granted some

privileges. I was raised in the opulence. However, they were thought to be collaborating with the

West, so they decided to flee away while they could. We went to the States, where I finished my

studies in History. Then, hoping to find my roots, I enrolled in the army and fought in the Soviet

!fghan war. !fter seeing the atrocities of war, I deserted by foot, and wal"ed for some years, doing

little #obs here and there. $inally, I reached $rance where I passed the public e%aminations than"s to

the "nowledge I had gathered during my trip and the remains of my studies& and became a professor

at the 'niversity of Montpellier.

My monologue

My dear students, I am not here to tell you which are the characteristics of war. (ou already

"now them. I won)t tell you to hate war. (ou already "now whether you have to. However, I have

carried the weight of atrocity for far too long. !nd this, from my point of view, you must hear* war

is the worst threat to man"ind.

Since I was young, I have seen dead bodies around me. I have seen anonymous corpses

begging for an identity. I have seen women crying at home, waiting for an empty coffin. !nd those

cold strategies and bold menaces which put all of our lives at sta"e. +isgusting re#ection or

calculated disdain* are these behaviours worth our liven

We already reached the technical level to torn apart the remains of our world. -et)s fight to

find another way.