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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