검은 몸속에 두 개의 영혼으로, 두 개의 양립할 수 없는 이상으로 존재하게 된다(Du Bois 38). 미국인이면서도 한 사회 안에서 물에 뜬 기름처럼 미국의 문화와 섞일 수 없는 존재로서 미국 흑인이 겪는 존재론적 딜레마를 드 보이스(W. E. B. Du Bois)는 “이중의식”(double-consciousness)의 개념으로 설명한다.
du Teil, Bourcet and
Guibert.
EXT. DRILL FIELD - DAY
A calm, winter day, snow on the ground. Napoleon and
group go through the ordered drill of loading and firing a
musket. Their targets are painted figures of soldiers.
EXT. FIELD - DAY
The edge of a wood near Valence. A windy, spring day.
Napoleon and nine other young officers are gathered around
a leathery-looking Captain with steel spectacles,
du Midi.
- Show her your trick. - It뭩 not a very good one.
- Would you care to sit down? - I like just hanging round.
- He뭩 American. - A real American?
- You seem more like a German. - That뭩 what I said.
I뭭e met Germans who sound American, but not the other way round.
- We뭨e from New York State. - Where I want to be.
- You haven뭪 told me your name. - Randolph C Miller. I뭠l tell you
who was the CEO of the company at the end of the 19th century created the Cognac appellation XO – a blend of very old eaux-de-vies. Today, most of the cognac houses produce an XO bottle, it has become somewhat of a standard product to offer.
The rarest products are Cognac Ellipse, the Cognac Richard and of course the “Beaute du Siecle”, a particular blend of reserves designed by
privileged customers by showing them what Hermès is trying to achieve ultimately: the high quality of life. This kind of targeting is possible and effective because of the company’s craftsmanship history which was mentioned above. Also the ‘being as scarce as possible’ strategy enabled them to position as a legendary high-end luxury brand. You have to wait one or two years to get a s