This document provides brief chapter summaries for the book commonly studied at As/A Level French- 'No et Moi'. This document contains information about chapters 1-5, including notable themes and key quotes.
Monsieur Marin explains that everyone has to do presentations and Lou is immediately repulsed by
this idea because she is very shy and does not want to stand in front of her classmates. We discover
that she will study homeless children through interviews. She admires Lucas Muller and is very
observant of him and her other classmates. We also discover some potential family drama at home
at the end of the chapter.
Characters: Lou, Monsieur Marin, Lucas
Thèmes: La solitude, La famille, l’education
Key quotes:
-“Lou Bertignac, meilleure élève de la classe, asociale et muette.” (p11)
-“Lucas me sourit. Ses yeux sont immenses, je pourrais me noyer à l'intérieur, disparaître…" (p11)
-“"Je vais retracer l'itinéraire d'une jeune femme sans abri, sa vie, enfin, son histoire..."
-"Ma mere ne sort plus de chez moi depuis des années et mon père pleure en cachette dans la salle
de bains" (p14)
-"Si je pouvais m'enforcer cent kilomètres sous terre, du côté de la lithosphère, ca m'arrangerait un
peu"(p11)
-"j'ai horreur des exposes, j'ai horreur de prendre la parole devant la classe" (p11)
CHAPTER 2:
Lou likes to go to the train station to watch other people, due to her lack of affection at home.
This is where she meets No and we can see their contrasts. No is described to be very dirty and does
not have a home. The two characters have a connection and for once, Lou does not feel like an
outsider.
Characters: Lou, No
Thèmes: La solitude, L'amitié, les SDF
Key quotes:
-“j’en suis sûre dessiner un cercle autour de nous, un cercle dont je n’étais pas exclue, un cercle qui
nous enveloppait, et qui, pour quelques minutes, nous protégeait du monde.”
-“En même temps il m’avait semblé qu’elle connaissait vraiment la vie, ou plutôt qu’elle connaissait
de la vie quelque chose qui faisait peur.”
-“J'ai sauté des classes”
-"Depuis toute la vie je me suis toujours sentie en dehors… comme si j'etais hors du cadre"
-"j'ai revu la palieur de son tient, ses yeux agrandis par la maigneur"
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