Based on a Patricia Highsmith novel The Strangers on a Train (1951) revolves around the inexplicable and unnatural link between Bruno Antony (Robert Walker) and Guy Haines (Farley Granger) which is established from the very first shot. Hitchcock draws parallel between the two. The opening shots introduce us to two pairs of men’s feet as their owners arrive at the station‚ the shoes characterise the two-one showy‚ vulgar‚ brown-and-white brogues and the other plain‚ unadorned walking shoes. Visual
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Two complete strangers is a short descriptive love story that involves the main protagonist who meets a beautiful woman in the beaches of Hawaii. He falls in love with her instantly‚ primarily based upon her physical appearance. Within less than a day‚ he expresses his love for her‚ and regrets it shortly afterwards as she abandons him within the same day. The story was written to create an emotional understanding of the protagonist to the readers as he experiences both joy and tragedy throughout
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confliction of what “law” is and what is “justice” that becomes prevalent towards the end of The Stranger‚ and deems the question as to whether true justice was given to Meursault. As respectable as it is to deem that justice was served to Meursault in regards to his crime‚ if it can be called that‚ due to the very nature of justice and law‚ justice was in fact not served at the end of The Stranger. While law may hold an unbiased face and appear to be clear cut‚ the problem remains that its structure
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Strangers are Non-Judgemental It is going to be a fabulous day; I knew that because the first thing I had done the previous day was to get myself the earliest possible appointment with my favourite salon for an indulgent morning. The spoilt brat that I am‚ I like to get my services from a particular lady at that salon. She is‚ by all means‚ practically responsible for my glowing skin. The lady in question is a beautiful‚ warm person called Catherine‚ a motherly figure. It is a relief to see her
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means of contributing. James Baldwin published Stranger in the Village as a means of expressing his views of African-American racism. As a result‚ their efforts helped set the foundation for equal rights among blacks for generations to come. Although the basic needs were met‚ there is still a lot to be done today. In Stranger in the Village‚ Baldwin expressed how common he found racism within a remote Swiss village‚ which is thousands of miles away from the white-supreme America. "It did not occur
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In the novel The Stranger by Albert Camus‚ the protagonist Meursault is a man who is indifferent to major events in his life which would deserve a "proper" reaction according to society. Also‚ the decisions he makes in his life are done carelessly and without a second thought about whether what he is doing is good or bad. As a result‚ Meursault is a stranger to society because of how differently his view on life is based on how he approaches certain aspects of life. Eventually‚ death is what connects
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Alienation due to rejection of society The Stranger and The Metamorphosis Alienation due to rejection of society and the Metamorphosis In the novel‚ The Stranger by Albert Camus and The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka‚ the main characters in the novels have differences that cause people to reject them from society. In The Stranger‚ the character Meursault had social differences such as Meursault had a lack of emotions due to his sole acknowledgement of the physical world. In The Metamorphosis
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When I picked up The Stranger by Albert Camus‚ I first flipped through the pages to familiarize myself with the format of the book. One of the major things I noticed was that the novel was divided up into two sections: Part One and Part Two. After reading the novel‚ I conducted a mental comparison of the two parts. I easily concluded that the two parts made a division between before and after Meursault murdered the Arabs. That being said‚ I decided to focus on a deeper question. How does the novel
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The Stranger - Journal Topic Six A human life is made up of patterns. More often than not‚ the events of a day fit into an established schedule for any given person. Reoccurences are the commonality- much more unusual would be the life which was composed solely of originality. It is much the same in books‚ after all‚ most intend to reflect some aspect of reality. However‚ patterns in books tend to have more significance to them than patterns of a real life‚ since the author has painstakingly considered
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James Baldwin: On What it’s Really Like In James Baldwin’s “A Stranger in the Village” and “Sonny’s Blues‚” our eyes are opened to the struggles of African Americans in the 1950’s. Baldwin writes about the struggles with identity‚ social acceptance‚ and racial discrimination. It is apparent that Baldwin has a very strong opinion behind the reasoning for these three struggles and he elaborates on each throughout these two stories. Through bringing these themes to life‚ he helps us to have a
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