The Itinerant One The Stranger by Albert Camus starts off with Meursault‚ who is the narrator of the story (in first person)‚ getting him a sad telegraph that tells him about the death of his beloved mom. Meursault then with no emotion goes to Marengo to see his mother’s body. The director of the assisted living home told him that he could see his mother. When Meursault found out that she was in her coffin‚ he declined the offer to take a look at her with disgust on his face. In the night‚
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In his Novel The Stranger‚ Albert Camus tells the story of a man‚ Meursault‚ a character who shows almost no emotions‚ even though he lives an ordinary life. He has a job‚ a girl who loves him‚ and a life full or purpose‚ yet he still acts as a stranger in his work life‚ social life‚ and love life. From the first line of the story Meursault was strange‚ “Mother died today. Or‚ maybe‚ yesterday; I can’t be sure.” The telegram from the Home says: “Your mother passed away. Funeral tomorrow. Deep sympathy
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Albert Speer was born in 1905 in Manheim‚ Germany. He was born into an affluent‚ upper-middle class family‚ being the 2nd of 3 boys. As a result of a distant and emotionless father and a detached mother‚ Speer’s childhood saw him being emotionally neglected. Speer had a big interest in mathematics but his father had other plans and he persuaded Speer to pursue a career in architecture like himself and his father before him. So Speer attended the Berlin Institute of technology where he completed
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Throughout history many great leaders have risen from both strife and victory. Men and women that have the ability to inspire‚ drive‚ and influence other people and life for generations to come. Albert Einstein (Einstein) is one of those leaders. His accomplishments have forever impacted the world and how its people see it. Einstein was born at Ulm‚ in Württemberg‚ Germany‚ on March 14‚ 1879 to a non-practicing Jewish family‚ something that would become troublesome for him and his family during
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In the book the Stranger by Albert Camus‚ we are introduced to the main character immediately with a very tragic scenario of a death. The main character is a male‚ but he is not your average male shown by his actions and personality. But who is this strange man? his name is Meursault. He seems to lack emotion; because for major events in his life (such as the opening scene) that are full of emotion‚ but he shows absolutely no emotion to these events in his life. He also appears to be very detached
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Unpredictable Genius “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Einstein had said. Albert Einstein was born on March 26th‚ 1876 to a middle-class German Jewish family. His parents were concerned that he scarcely talked until the age of three‚ but he was not so much a backward as a quiet child. He would build tall houses of cards and hated playing soldier. At the age of twelve he was fascinated by a geometry book. Albert was a huge prankster in school. As a student‚ he liked to bring unpleasant things
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The Guest by Albert Camus Before there were movies and films there were stories and books. Many film creators will base their movies on written stories‚ and although they tend to keep the main premise of the plot‚ setting‚ characters‚ point of view and theme the same‚ sometimes the details will differ. To elaborate on these subjects we can compare the short story written by Albert Camus called The Guest published in 1957 to the short film production created by Michael Williams for his film school
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Despite Albert Speer’s claims‚ as Minister of Armaments‚ it is inevitable that Albert Speer was aware of the use and abuse of forced labour and the appalling conditions of inmates at concentration camps and I find it hard to believe anything contrary. As Gitta Sereny suggests‚ Speer knew a lot more than what he led on‚ he knew what he was inevitably going to find out. Although Speer states in‚ Inside the Third Reich‚ “I did not investigate‚ I did not want to know”‚ this position of knowledge places
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The Einstein Letter is a letter to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed by Physicist Albert Einstein to inform Roosevelt of Germany’s plans to develop uranium weapons to use against America. This letter was written on August 2nd‚ 1939 by physicist Leó Szilárd and a group of other physicists at Columbia University in New York‚ which was read‚ agreed upon‚ and signed by Albert Einstein. It is a primary source intended to be viewed by Roosevelt in regards of using such a weapon and Germany’s likelihood
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Warrington English115 March 2014 The Stranger Draft The Stranger by Albert Camus holds a nihilistic theme. Camus‚ being a philosopher‚ wrote a lot about his perspective on life. He discusses how he believes that life has absolutely no meaning besides living in order to inevitably face death. In the story‚ The Stranger‚ Meursault symbolizes Albert Camus’s beliefs through his personality and actions. Neither the external world in which Meursault perceives
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