The Stranger Reading Journal Essay In Albert Camus’ The Stranger‚ the story is told in a first person point of view from Monsieur Meursault as the narrator. For a more obvious reason‚ the book is told in his point of view because he is the main character‚ but there are multiple other possibilities for why Camus did so. The book is a memory of what happened leading up to his execution‚ which is why it needed to be in first person point of view. Camus did this because there are a lot of things
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“Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe‚ I don’t know.” (Camus‚ 3). These opening lines of The Stranger by Albert Camus gives a feeling for how the rest of the novel will continue to go. The reader’s initial reaction may be shocked. How does someone not know when their mother died and why do they not care? Albert Camus was an existentialist and wrote in such a way. Existentialism is a philosophy that focuses on the ideas of existence and not believing in a God‚ the freedom of choice and responsibility
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even realize what they are doing. In her story‚ it may focus on race but Morrison actually shows the psychoanalytic behaviors from lack of care in each encounter between her main characters. For example‚ the first at St. Bonny’s was based off of race where she writes “Roberta must have thought I meant that my mother would be mad about my being put in the shelter. Not about rooming with her” (Morrison 199) Although Morrison gives off the impression that Twyla doesn’t like Roberta because of
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nation‚ the United States. More than a century later‚ Toni Morrison‚ the great African American novelist‚ publishes Beloved. Her novel supplements the story of Frederick Douglass by adding an emotional and almost maternal insight to the horrors of slavery. While Douglass gave the perspective of a young boy growing over time‚ he somehow is able to make the story of his own life objective to readers on both sides of the slavery argument. Morrison on the other hand brings her own fictional character to
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Is Life Meaningful? The Stranger‚ written by Albert Camus‚ is a novel full of existentialism. This nonfiction story begins with the main character‚ Meursault‚ attending his mother’s funeral. As the story proceeds‚ Meursault befriends a man and becomes involved in something that will cost him his life. Camus portrays the meaninglessness of human life through the attitudes and lifestyle of Meursault. Camus uses a number of different elements of style to convey his message. Three elements of style
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even at this age“ (Morrison 2). Though‚ Twyla believes that she is just born mute “even for a mute‚ it was dumb-dressing like a kid and never saying anything at all” (Morrison 3). She still underestimates Maggie‚ by calling her dumb‚ because she is different in terms of her physical appearance compared to the people in St. Bonnys. Even Twyla recognizes the importance of communication‚ “but what about if somebody tries to kill her? Or what if she wants to cry? Can she cry?” (Morrison 3). According to
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Viewing life through a lense that focuses on race and physical features‚ rather than one that looks deeper than the skin distracts you from seeing all someone or something has to offer. In the story “Recitatif” by Toni Morrison‚ the author purposely tests the reader as to what lense they are viewing the story through by never revealing the race of any individual character. In the beginning of the story‚ when Big Bozo first introduced Twyla and Roberta‚ Twyla says‚ “My mother won’t like you putting
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The Stranger Essay If people were to accept that absurdism exists then that would mean that life is irrational and has no arrangements of any sort. This would mean that everything mankind has done so far to progress itself through society and religion means absolutely nothing because both are used to control chaos from happening in the first place. Consequently‚ if a person is known to be an absurdist‚ people would generally think that means someone who lives a life without any meaning. However
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John Rawl said‚ “the principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.” Justice policies or principles‚ is a very important concept that is embedded within our society. There are different rules and regulations among different cultures as well as it being practiced and experienced differently‚ but for the most part‚ there is a lot of similarities universally. The goal in the end‚ or what it seems like‚ is to try to be successful‚ and try to be “just” while doing so. In the readings we
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The Stranger The book that I read was called The Stranger written by Albert Camus. The book is globally famous and was translated to many different languages and texts. The original was called L’Étranger which was written in French in 1942. The plot of this story involved a man in his late twenties or early thirties. The man’s name is Meursault. In the beginning of the novel‚ Meursault is notified that his mother had passed away in the nursing home that he occupied her to. Meursault’s income
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