The Stranger‚ written by Albert Camus‚ is set in the time period right before World War II‚ around the early 1940s. The protagonist of the story is a frenchman named Meursault who struggles throughout much of the story in a battle with the legal system of his society; this is person vs. society conflict that shows up often. In the exposition of the story‚ Meursault has received a telegram informing him of the death of his mother. However‚ Meursault doesn’t really care that his mother has died. In
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constant throughout his life despite many traumatic and difficult experiences. From what I have seen in the movie‚ I can conclude that Jamal is a kinesthetic learner‚ meaning that he obtains his knowledge physically. These events shaped Jamal positively‚ because through his life experiences‚ he has acquired and obtained a great amount of general knowledge‚ more than what is expected from a “Slumdog”. As the great Albert Einstein says‚ “The only source of knowledge is experience.” 2. Although brothers
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anti-social person. As it stated in the story “the only thing worse than having a party that no one attends is having a party attended only by two vastly‚ deeply uninteresting people.”(John Green‚ Pg:4). This quote proves how he really didn’t have basically any friends. Miles shows in this quote how he was independent at school and really wasn’t interested in making friends. The two people that showed up really weren’t Miles friends since he said they were “deeply uninteresting people”‚ he just considered
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Albert Camus’s "The Myth of Sisyphus" was the basis for future reference to what literary critics and the like would refer to as the "tragic hero". The tragic hero‚ as defined by Camus‚ is a character in a story‚ play‚ or novel that is forever doomed to an undesirable fate. In The Stranger‚ the story’s protagonist Monsieur Meursault would be defined as a "tragic hero". He is eventually doomed to a most horrible fate‚ he feels no hope for himself or his survival‚ and he accepts what he has to do with
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¨He was shaking me and I wished he’d stop. ¨ (pg.6) is one of the quotes from the story ¨The Outsiders¨ proving that Ponyboy who is the main character of the story‚ is more sensitive than tough. Ponyboy is raised by his brothers who are pretty tough so he is expected to be the same. The quote up above shows that Ponyboy is sensitive because he was shaking and that is a sign of sensitivity and fear. With all of the evidence from the book‚ it has proved that Ponyboy is more sensitive than tough.
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Civil Disobedience My favorite quote from the first couple of paragraphs was‚“ I think we should be men first‚ and subjects after.” I believe Thoreau’s thinking behind this quote was men were treated as government’s projects‚ instead of being themselves. From this quote the reader is able to see how men had no freedom and were treated like slaves of the government. They were forced to do things the government wanted them to do‚ instead of doing things they liked to do. Thoreau also shows that
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Hi Peeps‚ Today’s Quote "We can all use the same words but‚ clearly will not have the same actions and meanings behind them‚ based on your intent‚ integrity and heart!" ~ Jon Barnes The Same language We all have the same capacity for language‚ but God divided us up to separate the amount of foolishness we will try to get away with. Even when you speak the same language‚ people still get wires crossed‚ half hear a message‚ or misunderstand what was being said or even seen. People still
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Fonquello Gardner 03/23/2015 Introduction to Fiction Discuss the following questions using examples/ quotes from “Tots” and “Androids” “Can a story be true‚ even if it isn’t?” Fiction is the classification for any creative informational work it is almost‚ always a narrative. From the quote “ can a story be true‚ even if it isn’t?” what comes to mind is the curiosity of what- ifs? A story can be as good as reality and reading a great story can take a reader to another world where it can actually
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Passage Analysis 1.Sometimes home isn’t always the most comforting place that we’d like it to be. Sometimes we feel trapped and in prison‚ with no escape. “Those who got out always left something themselves behind” this means that they must leave a piece of their character or who they were behind to live a better life. This represents a cultural idea‚ anybody who has ever lived in a bad neighborhood‚ has had to leave a piece of himself behind. 2. “If the snake sheds his skin
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to the next level. The University of Virginia put out of study of brain activity. The group scanned twenty-two different people who were warned of receiving a small electrical shock to one of three options: themselves‚ their best friend‚ or a stranger. Through this study‚ scientists have learned that the brain activity of the person in danger‚ versus the friend‚ is essentially the same. James Coan‚ director of the study‚ stated that‚ “People close to us become a part of ourselves‚ and that
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