generally think that means someone who lives a life without any meaning. However‚ this is not true because a life can be lived out rationally or irrationally and be meaningful at the same time because it is a choice. The Stranger‚ written by Albert Camus‚ takes place in Algeria in the mid 1940’s. Around this time period‚
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Sandra Newton Dr.Kay English 102 22 April 2013 The Guest “The Guest” is a short story about a schoolteacher who refuses to take sides in the colonial conflict in Algeria. The short story was written by Albert Camus‚ winning author‚ journalist and philosopher. The short story was first published in 1957. The story takes place in Algeria with two men climbing a rocky slope. Daru is a schoolmaster‚ who also lives in the school house. There is no school when it is a blizzard; all the
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understood. Camus strings a complex web of emotions well beneath the reader’s consciousness: through the display of a seemingly simple series of events‚ the author is able to soak the reader with heavy feelings of uneasiness and estrangement. Because of this‚ the unsuspecting reader comes to have some sympathy for an otherwise unrelatable character‚ the “cold-blooded killer” Meursault. Through his artfully uncomfortable illustrations of Meursault’s environment‚ such as the drowsy desert heat‚ Camus overpowers
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Modernism • The period was marked by sudden and unexpected breaks with traditional ways of viewing and interacting with the world. Experimentation and individualism became virtues‚ where in the past they were often heartily discouraged. Modernism was set in motion‚ in one sense‚ through a series of cultural shocks. The 1st of these great shocks was WWI • Preoccupation of Modernism is with the inner self and consciousness. • Modernist cares rather little for Nature‚ Being‚ or the overarching structures
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The Stranger: The Essay In the philosophical novel “The Stranger”‚ written by Albert Camus‚ the story ended with Meursault’s last thoughts. He thinks‚ “For everything to be consummated‚ for me to feel less alone‚ I had only wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate” (Camus 123). The question is: Why does Meursault hope for this? Why does Camus end the novel at this point? And who is the “Stranger” and why? “The Stranger” ends
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Camus depicts the individuality of Meursault’s existential character through his disbelief in a higher power and an afterlife. Notably‚ Meursault believes that death holds to seem inevitable. Even with the belief in God‚ people will die at any point in their lives‚ there is no escaping it. Innumerable times society strives to confront Meursault on his religious beliefs by forcing the priest to push catholicism on him. With all of the pushing of religion‚ Meursault still refuses to find interest and
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The most popular reaction to Albert Camus’ The Stranger is to say the trial is inequitable and Meursault did not deserve a punishment as severe as death. When I started the novel I did not agree with that statement at all‚ it was understood that Meursault had shot the Arabian man‚ five times at that‚ how could one find this as an “unfair retribution”? As I kept reading though‚ I was almost mortified by the conduct and the overall atmosphere of the trial. There is no way to deny that the lawyers
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The Stranger‚ originally published in France in 1942‚ is known for its existentialist overtones. The author‚ Camus‚ is a famous proponent of absurdist philosophy‚ prominent in the post-World War II era. Absurdism‚ as Camus describes it‚ argues that the human desire for order‚ meaning‚ and purpose comes into conflict with an irrational universe. The solution to this‚ he asserts‚ is to accept and embrace absurdity‚ rather than to seek meaning where there is none (Simpson). The protagonist of The Stranger
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The novels The Stranger by Albert Camus and Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky are both murder novels that explores the inner thoughts of the killers. Camus and Dostoevsky wrote novels that portrays a young man committing murder and how the young man faces the consequences and deals with the horrible crime the which he has committed. Albert Camus and Fyodor Dostoevsky uses two different points of view in each of their novels‚ first person point of view and third person point of view‚ respectively
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The Plague Paper The Plague‚ written by Albert Camus‚ is a thought-provoking piece of literature. The novel is centered around the fictional Algerian town of Oran. The town is plunged into chaos and suffering when a mysterious plague appears and ravages the citizens who live there pushing them towards the brink of collapse. There are two distinct themes in this novel. The two themes of indifference in death and the value of human life are seen throughout the novel ’s entirety. Death itself is indifferent
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