The Stranger By Albert Camus
Written Task Two Outline
Literature- Critical Study
??? ??? ?How and why is a social group represented in a particular way??
??? The Stranger by Albert Camus highlights the relationship between protagonist, Meursault, and the encounters that he faces with the Arabic ethnicity. Throughout the novel Camus portrays Arabs as an inferior race with demeaning morals and values, correlated heavily with the time period that this novel was initially written in, the 1940s. This essay will prove how the Arabs were represented in inferior negative connotations, and the overall purposes behind this plot using the following points:
Factual evidence of the characters within the novel such as Raymond?s mistress and her identity as an Arab woman
Key characteristics of Arabs such as tobacco shops, knives instead of advanced artillery (guns) used by Algerians
Historical background of French versus Palestinians (French vs Arabs)
Show comparisons to modern day Islamophobia, bias against Muslims and Middle Eastern Arabs
Excessive cruelty and punishment of Arabs …show more content…
The peak of the demoralizing portrayal of the Arabs was when Meursault murdered one of them on the beach. Even though the Arabs had done nothing to Meursault, he still regarded them in a degrading matter. After Raymond had his altercation, Meursault continued to spend his time at the beach when he saw an Arab lying calmly on his back, where he decided to take action. ?This burning, which I couldn?t stand anymore, that made me move forward. I knew it was stupid?? (Camus 59), proving that Meursault knowingly took up conflict with an Arab. As natural instinct the Arab drew his knife, and Meursault reacted by shooting him with a gun. Meursault shot the Arab once, seconds later ?fired four more times at the motionless body?like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness? (Camus 59). The unnecessary extremity that Meursault displays during this scene reflects upon the French Algerian perspective toward the
Literature- Critical Study
??? ??? ?How and why is a social group represented in a particular way??
??? The Stranger by Albert Camus highlights the relationship between protagonist, Meursault, and the encounters that he faces with the Arabic ethnicity. Throughout the novel Camus portrays Arabs as an inferior race with demeaning morals and values, correlated heavily with the time period that this novel was initially written in, the 1940s. This essay will prove how the Arabs were represented in inferior negative connotations, and the overall purposes behind this plot using the following points:
Factual evidence of the characters within the novel such as Raymond?s mistress and her identity as an Arab woman
Key characteristics of Arabs such as tobacco shops, knives instead of advanced artillery (guns) used by Algerians
Historical background of French versus Palestinians (French vs Arabs)
Show comparisons to modern day Islamophobia, bias against Muslims and Middle Eastern Arabs
Excessive cruelty and punishment of Arabs …show more content…
The peak of the demoralizing portrayal of the Arabs was when Meursault murdered one of them on the beach. Even though the Arabs had done nothing to Meursault, he still regarded them in a degrading matter. After Raymond had his altercation, Meursault continued to spend his time at the beach when he saw an Arab lying calmly on his back, where he decided to take action. ?This burning, which I couldn?t stand anymore, that made me move forward. I knew it was stupid?? (Camus 59), proving that Meursault knowingly took up conflict with an Arab. As natural instinct the Arab drew his knife, and Meursault reacted by shooting him with a gun. Meursault shot the Arab once, seconds later ?fired four more times at the motionless body?like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness? (Camus 59). The unnecessary extremity that Meursault displays during this scene reflects upon the French Algerian perspective toward the