Literary analysis: How Meursault is indifferent in The Stranger‚ by Albert Camus Although Meursault is the title character and narrator of Albert Camus’ short novel The Stranger‚ he is also a somewhat flat character. His apparent indifferent demeanor may be a convenience to Camus‚ who mainly wanted to display his ideas of absurdism. And as a flat character‚ Meursault is not fully delineated: he lacks deep thought and significant change. His purpose is that of a first-person narrator whose actions
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The Stranger and The Myth of Sisyphus? Why That’s Absurd! Before the mid-twentieth century‚ “tragedy” was a special word reserved‚ as Aristotle wrote‚ only for those in power. Modernist literature (spearheaded by Arthur Miller’s Tragedy and the Common Man)‚ however‚ muddied the waters — depicting many different types of people as tragic heroes. Among the first of these so-called commoner tragic heroes was Albert Camus’ Meursault. Like the classically tragic Sisyphus in ancient Greek mythology
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In “Stranger in the Village” Baldwin describes the importance of race relations and how it leads to identity formation. Baldwin spends a winter in the remote village of Leurkerbad‚ Switzerland in which he finds a population that has never encountered a black man before. These villagers treat him with a dehumanized‚ exotic wonder (363) before become personally interested and attempting to integrate him into their society. Baldwin notes that these villagers are not innately unkind but in their innocence
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“‘I shouldn’t ought let no stranger shoot my dog”’(61). Everyone wants a life with no regrets and Candy ends up regretting not killing his own best friend‚ instead of killing his dog he lets Carlson shoot him‚ and now he regrets it. The killing of Candy’s dog foreshadows the death of Lennie because the dog was shot in the back of the head like Lennie is‚ this quote is extremely important in the book because it is a statement that sticks with George especially when Lennie is being chased and Curley
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Many books have been written by many authors that deal with a struggle between society and individual. Albert Camus’ The Stranger (L’étranger) deals with this same topic‚ but it can be analyzed from a unique and very interesting point of view. The way of life of people can be analyzed by classifying them into two main forces that oppose each other. These forces were named after the Greek gods Apollo and Dionysus. Theses terms were first used by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The main
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The article “If Hitler asked you to electrode a stranger‚ would you? Probably” by Philip Meyer discusses the Milgram experiment that took place in the 1960’s at Yale University. The experiment was designed to test obedience to authorities of higher power and how they can transform and individual to do things they could never do‚ without being pushed past their moral limits. I do believe that people today still value conformity and obedience to authority as they did in Milgram’s time. When people
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Reflection In the third chapter of Takaki’s book‚ ‘Stranger from a different shore- Gam Saan Haak’‚ talks about many Chinese immigrants moves to America for getting jobs. At first‚ the majority of Chinese immigrants went to California for the gold mining or the Gold Mountain. Takaki mention that‚ at first the Chinese were welcome to the America and offering working opportunities to them. However‚ because of their skin tone‚ language‚ faces were considered to the threat to the mining area. In
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it turned out his case really offered frustration and a bite mark. Along with the lack of evidence linking Bundy to cases‚ there was a lack of scholarly resources to be found. I was able to find some resources‚ but the most prevalent one used was Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule‚ who was a long time friend of Bundy. I personally feel many lives could have been saved if the authorities across the country had a better way to communicate‚ which is a great solution that came out of this ordeal. Also Bundy’s
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hypocrite is something we all strive to avoid. Philip Meyer takes this emotion to the extreme by examining a study done by a social psychologist‚ Stanley Milgram‚ involving the effects of discipline. In the essay‚ "If Hitler Asked You to Electrocute a Stranger‚ Would You? Probably"‚ Meyer takes a look at Milgram’s study that mimics the execution of the Jews (among others) during World War II by placing a series of subjects under similar conditions of stress‚ authority‚ and obedience. The main theme of
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J. D. Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye - Albert Camus: The Stranger /comparison/ Albert Camus’ The Stranger and J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye are both among the most important and innovative novels of the twentieth century‚ however it is not the only similarity shared in common by these two masterpieces. The modern world’s general moral change and the individual’s alienation from the society serve as the main‚ basic topic for both novels. The most visible and outright similarity lies
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