The Man With The Scar
陈雪灵
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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
Spanish
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Qué tal?
Gracias.
Hasta Luego.
Bueno.
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怎么样？
谢谢。
再见。
好。
 Guatemala city in Central America
 Underlining the local coloring of the place
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!
陈雪灵
10300120195