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He wanted a son. He wanted a son so he could teach him all the things he knew, as well as how to learn all the things he didn't know. He couldn't teach his daughter anything, she knew more than he did already. And he wanted a son because he
He wanted a son. He wanted a son so he could teach him all the things he knew, as well as how to learn all the things he didn't know. He couldn't teach his daughter anything, she knew more than he did already. And he wanted a son because he was a man. Simple as that. He suddenly recalled the surge of emotion he had felt when he touched Nathan's head. That was 5 the kind of thing that made a strong man weak for life. And anyway, he had said to Josie, since when was twelve a teenager? “ ‘Teen’ is the clue – thirteen, fourteen, etcetera. She's only twelve.” “Double figures count,” Josie said casually. “They start earlier these days.” “Start what?” 10 Jackson had passed through his teens without ever being aware of them. He had been a boy at twelve and then he had joined the army at sixteen and become a man. Between the two he had walked in the valley of the shadow of death, with no comfort to hand. He hoped his daughter would have a sunny passage through those years. He had a crumpled postcard from her in the pocket of his jacket from when she had been on a school trip to 1 5 Bruges in her half term. The postcard showed a picturesque view of a canal and some old red- brick houses. Jackson had never felt the need to go to Belgium. He had transferred the card from his old leather jacket to the North Face jacket – his disguise – although from no clear motive, only that a message from his daughter, banal and dutiful though it was (“Dear Dad, Bruges is very interesting, it has a lot of nice buildings. It is raining. Have eaten a lot of chips 2 0 and chocolate. Missing you! Love you! Marlee XXX”), seemed like something you shouldn't just throw away. Did she really miss him? He suspected her life was too full to notice his absence. Kate Atkinson, When Will There Be Good News?, 2008 12ANT2ME3/LR3/AG3 Page : 2/4 NOTE AUX CANDIDATS Les candidats traiteront les exercices sur la copie qui leur sera fournie et veilleront : - à respecter l’ordre des questions et à reporter les repères (lettre et chiffre) sur la copie (Example : II- A- 1), II- B- 5), etc.) - à faire précéder les citations demandées