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    reader for the first time that Meursault is capable of controlling his actions‚ and for the first time‚ Meursault reveals his emotions (specifically his happiness and unhappiness). By finally showing that Meursault is capable of feeling emotions‚ Camus emphasizes how detached Meursault truly was before‚ because after finally taking agency of his actions‚ it is made clear that all the other irrational things that Meursault did could have been controlled but weren’t because he was so detached. Taken

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    Existential Themes In Camus’s The Stranger‚ Kafka’s The Metamorphosis‚ and Soborio’s The Nihilists‚ we see a parallels of existential themes. These three sources fall into many different terms under the broader theme of existentialism‚ however the most apparent among them is nihilism. Through these three works of art‚ some aspect of them address the concept that life is meaningless and that nothing in the world has real existence. In the story of The Stranger‚ the main character‚ Meursault‚ is

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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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    fiction. In at least two works you have studied‚ discuss the use made of the interplay between personal history and the background within which that personal history occurred. In the texts The Great Gatsby by F. S. Fitzgerald and The Outsider by Albert Camus‚ the backdrop of events during the writing of the novels as well as the personal histories of the authors have noticeable effects. The themes and characters the texts are based on personal events of the author’s lives. The setting of the novel in

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    In Albert Camus’ “The Stranger” the “story of an ordinary man who gets drawn into a senseless murder” is told. Taking place in Algeria this man‚ Meursault‚ is constantly in a climate of extreme warmth‚ as are all the inhabitants therein. The sun‚ the source of light and the cause of this warmth‚ is thus a vital and normal part of his life. It brings warmth and comfort yet it can also cause pain and sickness. Throughout most of his life Meursault has lived with the

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    portrayed in Robert Bolt’s A Man For All Seasons‚ and Albert Camus’ Meursault from The Outsider‚ an apparent murderer who does not believe in God‚ possibly have in common? For starters‚ both men have led similar lives in a search for the truth‚ and have very strong personal belief systems. It is for this that they are persecuted and “who‚ without any heroic pretensions‚ agree...to die for the truth” (The Outsider‚ Camus‚ p. 119). Both characters‚ More and Meursault refuse to compromise

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    Utilitarianism and the Lonesome Stranger Utilitarianism is the ethical theory that believes one should do what will promote the greatest utility for as many people as possible‚ that utility is often considered to be happiness or pleasure. There are different kinds of utilitarian views; hedonistic‚ preference‚ rule‚ and act to name a few‚ but they all have the same main objective. This theory does indeed seem good at first‚ but it is flawed. The case of the lonesome stranger challenges utilitarianism

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    IB SL English 2 Commentary on The Comfort of Strangers In one part of the novel‚ The Comfort of Strangers‚ the English writer Ian McEwan describes the admiration with which his male character‚ Robert‚ contemplates his sisters playing dress up. Though the speaker’s age is never divulged‚ we readily jump to the conclusion that he is around ten years old because of the childish and rudimentary language. The structure of the sentences is also very reflective of the child’s young age‚ as well as

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    Camus ’s Observations on Dogmatic Systems Camus ’s The Stranger‚ illustrates the absurdity of human existence. Through Meursault ’s bereavement‚ Camus emphasizes his philosophy that individual human life has no rational order or structure. Also‚ as life is connected through the certainty of death‚ it inevitably faces the same meaningless end. Camus ridicules the inanity of dogmatic systems as an attempt to establish meaning in an otherwise trivial existence. In Camus ’s The Stranger‚ Meursault

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    The Stranger Situation study was used by Ainsworth and Bell (1970) to measuring attachment. The aim was to see how infant act under conditions of mild stress. Three participants were mothers‚ infant and stranger. A child is placed in 8 different situations and combining mothers and stranger connects with an infant. Mother and child put into a room alone and the child explore the toys. A stranger enters the room and

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