“Strangers are just friends waiting to happen.” -Anonymous When I first started Hardaway‚ I thought that I would have classes with everybody I knew in eighth grade. Things somehow did not go that way. I ended up not knowing anyone in my classes. I felt alone and by myself. I was too shy to speak to anyone and scared I was going to be judged if I said the wrong thing. In my first class‚ I was embarrassed because I was the only one late‚ and I sat in the wrong chair. I did not understand what the
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The sun continues being Meursault’s enemy and friend. Meursault spends time with Marie in the beach relaxing‚ having fun with her. The first time Meursault encountered Marie‚ he laid his head back and rested it on her stomach under the sun. They floated on ocean until the sun got too hot. The beach was relaxing perfect amount of sun and water‚ although later in the novel the peaceful beach becomes joyless. Raymond invited Meursault and Marie to spend Sunday at a friend’s little beach house‚ near
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In Albert Camus’ Nobel Prize winning piece of work‚ The Stranger‚ he presents to his readers one of the most confusing and “strangest” character in the history of literature‚ Meursault. Meursault lives in a town called Algiers‚ and there‚ he gets himself into an unavoidable series of events that will lead up to his unfortunate end. Albert Camus does a wonderful job of weaving hints and traces of significant symbols and references to other famous works of literature to build the atmosphere and the
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terms of existentialism and nihilism? 	In both Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonegut and Good Country People by Flannery O’Connor the authors show how a character is corrupted and changed from an existentialist to a nihilist. The existentialist ends up losing their faith in life‚ and is left believing in nothing. They then turn to being nihilist after having the only thing they believed destroyed. In both stories the author uses both existentialist which is corrupted by nihilist. Existentialism is a
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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 ’s indifferent behavior
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Meursault as “The Stranger” The way a person reacts to ordinary situations determines the opinions of others based on their behavior. Yet‚ when this behavior is abnormal or different from the rest of society‚ it causes society to form an opinion based totally on a person’s behavior not their true personality. In Meursault’s case‚ his strange opinions and unexpected remarks put him in this position‚ without ever really giving him an opportunity to be truly understood. However‚ Meursault cannot change
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The Stranger by Albert Camus is one of his best works. This novel tells the story of a man‚ Meursault‚ who is a moralist. Nothing seems to matter to him and his or anybody else’s actions makes no difference. Camus’s use of language allows readers to discover the mood and meaning being conveyed through diction and word choice. His use of figurative language can be seen throughout. Such an example of figurative language is imagery. From reading The Stranger‚ one can clearly picture whats happening
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Existentialism is the theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free responsible agent determining their own development through acts of will. Some people find their own purpose in their life such as family‚ job and religion. However‚ as soon as people get old‚ they realize that their purpose is not what they thought it was. For instance‚ in the story‚ “A Clean‚ Well- Lighted Place” an old man had his purpose‚ which was his wife‚ and lost it. He had to find a
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In the film Stranger than Fiction‚ directed by Marc Forster‚ IRS agent Harold Crick attempts to save his life from his narrator Karen Eiffel after discovering that he is the ill-fated protagonist of her upcoming novel. In this film‚ Harold’s nature is revealed by his response to various events including initially hearing a voice in his head and later finding out that he is going to die. The first reveal about the character of Harold Crick is made when he hears a mysterious‚ all-knowing voice in
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individuals. In The Stranger by Albert Camus‚ Meursault was used to show the consequences of killing and how Meursault was not the only one affect by his actions. Meursault’s actions not only landed him in jail but caused his girlfriend‚ Marie‚ to suffer. Søren Kierkegaard used the story of Abraham and Isaac in Fear and Trembling to show how Abraham’s decision could affect his son and wife. These two philosophers use their works to highlight the fact that every action
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