Social groups are often marginalized or misrepresented in various pieces of literature. In Albert Camus’s novel The Outsider‚ there are a variety of social groups that are portrayed in a negative light‚ but the most prominent is the female population. Throughout the book‚ many women are disregarded‚ or are seen as unimportant. From Marie to Meursault’s mother to Raymonds mistress‚ each woman is portrayed as destitute and desperate for love. Thus‚ Camus uses the character of Meursault to present women
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In the preface of his essay‚ The Myth of Sisyphus‚ Albert Camus states that the story is “A lucid invitation to live and to create‚ in the very midst of the desert. “ I agree with this statement as I believe that life is meaningless unless we create our own meaning. The world is merely arbitrary effects of causes that manifest and create life as we know it. When Camus says that the myth of Sisyphus is an invitation to live and create‚ he is saying that from this story we can learn to live on although
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we can not accomplish it. There are many kinds of thoughts or philosophies of life; some think that life is already determined by God or destiny when they were born‚ while others think that they decide what they do by themselves. In "the stranger"‚ Albert Camus creates Meursault as a protagonist‚ who does not think about anything deeply. Because of that‚ he can not really enjoy his life. However‚ finally‚ he thinks about his life when he faces death; he truly realized how to face to the absurd world
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Albert Bierstadt‚ whose “gigantic and romantic landscapes…introduced Americans to the awesome beauty of their own frontier‚” (Kernan‚ 86) is a good example of how visual representations played a significant role in the dissemination of the mythic West. Being one of the first artists to join expedition tours‚ Bierstadt’s paintings of the West offered Americans visual confirmation of what they had been told through literary media as well as their cultural and religious traditions. Because Bierstadt
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Albert Ellis was born in Pittsburg‚ Pennsylvania on September 27‚ 1913. He was the first-born child of two Jewish parents‚ and with his father being a businessman; he mostly relied on his mother. However‚ in his autobiography‚ Ellis described his mother as a self-absorbed woman with bipolar disorder. His siblings consisted of a two-year younger brother and a four-year younger sister. With both of his parents being emotionally distant from their children‚ Ellis stepped up and helped to care for them
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conflict in and outside of America. Through this dissention‚ America’s role was formed by the desire to expand‚ obligation to help allies‚ and debate over entering the League of Nations. The role of the United States in the twentieth-century world should have been dominated by the hunger for power but also the desire to help those in need. America should have designed their role including these two ideas as one. For example‚ Albert Beveridge gave an excellent opinion of how he believed America should
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* Albert Camus. Born Nov 7‚ 1913‚ in French colonial Algeria. * His father was killed in World War I‚ at the Battle of the Marne. * He lived with his mother‚ and brother sharing a two-bedroom apartment with his grandmother and a paralysed uncle. * He attended the University of Algiers‚ supporting his education by working odd jobs. However‚ he was forced to drop out of school due to ill-health. * The poverty and illness he experienced as a youth greatly influenced his writing.
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The Lone Stranger To some a life has a purpose‚ but to others a life is only a life. In The Stranger by Albert Camus is not a typical romance novel. It is about a man named Meursault‚ who endures the sudden loss of his mother but feels no pain or remorse in her passing because he lives for the sensual pleasures of the present moment‚ free of any system of values. The next day he reunites with a long lost love and they reconnect with each other. Meursault later kills an Arab and is convicted of premeditated
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they are bound all in all in the possibility of kinship and fun: "The bond between them was giggling. They could see together similar absurdities and disjointed qualities in things. The most unimportant and scarcely recognizable thing to others would stimulate them to death" (10). Henceforth‚ the universe of the kids is appeared in all its virtue without making partners to the issues talked about on the cutting edge. Note that youngsters‚ not at all like most grown-ups‚ can converge with each other
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Albert Fish: A Man Made Murderer Albert Fish was irreversibly affected by his environment and the people in it. In the case of nature vs nurture‚ Fish’ abusive and twisted upbringing and his state of mind was permanently alternated and forever corrupted. With his traits of sado-masochism‚ being a sex pervert‚ cannibalism‚ coprophilia‚ urophilia‚ and pedophilia being introduced to him at a rather young age his actions towards his victims were beyond cruel. In the beginning‚ Albert grew up as the
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