At school, Adele finds herself ostracized by her classmates but she goes on seeing Emma anyway, a stroll through the art gallery, a kiss in the park. Almost… Their ideas are similar… Philosopher, prophet – same thing.” Emma just smiles. Emma talks of Sartre, existence precedes essence, and the freedom to choose one’s own life. Together on a park bench Emma sketches a portrait of Adele. The blue-haired girl, her name is Emma, is there and comes to Adele’s rescue. Her confusion eventually leads her to a lesbian bar where she soon finds herself the center of unwanted attention. He kisses her at the movies and later, they have sex, but Adele feels lost, she cannot stop thinking about the blue-haired girl. He agrees to read La Vie de Marianne, although he has never read a book on his own before. Adele’s world is shaken and she seems momentarily bewildered. They pass in the street and their eyes meet. Then it’s Saturday, but on her way to meet Thomas, Adele catches sight of a girl with blue hair walking with her arm around another girl. He is a musician, he teases her saying hard rock, heavy metal, is what he plays, but then he reassures her that he doesn’t and says he’d like to play for her sometime. She likes all kinds, she says, except hard rock with long hair and screaming. And they talk about what kind of music they like. They talk about the book Adele is reading, La Vie de Marianne. Then, one morning, Thomas sits by her on the bus. She pooh-poohs the idea but she is obviously intrigued. They are all sure that one of the senior boys, Thomas, has eyes for Adele. Wide eyed, her mouth perpetually half-open, she has an insatiable desire to experience life, particularly the life of Adele.īetween classes, the girls like to talk about boys. Adele is enchanted, she loves this book and is immersed in the life of Marianne. I tell my story.” The passage being discussed considers the possibility of ‘love at first sight’. In class they are reading from La Vie de Marianne, “Ideas take hold of me. Every morning Adele comes out the door, adjusts her pants, and hurries down the street to catch the bus that takes her to school.
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