Reaction Paper: 2 The Stranger In Albert Camus’s The Stranger‚ he shares with the reader‚ the life of an immensely complicated character. The story is presented to the reader by the character himself in most of the story. The character’s name is Meursault‚ a detached and semi-normal shipping clerk. Meursault appears to be rather stoic and is devoid of emotions. Meursault remains unaffected by passion and emotions throughout the story: however as the story progress towards the end Meursault is showing
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himself on both sides of the argument created during his narration. Paul’s experience with a distraught stranger has him search for answers on how one should respond to another’s suffering. Paul initiates the first stage of a monomyth as he enters an elevator with a stranger. He is unaware of "what was about to take place." An unlikely event causes Paul to be led into confusion. The stranger burst into tears while dropping his briefcase. The trickster‚ which can be observed as a societal norm
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The Stranger (expository essay) In The Stranger‚ by Albert Camus portrays Meursault‚ the books narrator and main character‚ as detached‚ and unemotional. He does not think about others or consequences‚ nor does he express much feelings in his relationships or during emotional times. Meursault is vey impassive throughout the book. After his mother’s death he doesn’t even cry! He shows limited feelings for his girlfriend‚ Marie Cardona‚ and shows no remorse at all for killing Arab. His reactions
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An overview of The Stranger Critic: Patrick J. Moser Source: Exploring Novels‚ Gale‚ 1998 Criticism about: Albert Camus (1913-1960)‚ also known as: Albert Mathe Nationality: Algerian; French [Moser is an assistant professor at the University of California[pic]Davis. In the following excerpt‚ Moser describes The Stranger in terms of its Existential elements‚ Camus’s philosophy of the absurd‚ and other viewpoints.] The Stranger is probably Albert Camus’s best known and most widely read work
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The Expression of Absurdism In Albert Camus’ Novel “The Stranger” The Stranger by Albert Camus is a novel written in an absurdist point of view. The main character Meursault is faced with the death of his mother‚ the conflict between his neighbor Raymond‚ and Raymond’s girlfriend‚ and finally the decision to shoot the Arab. Camus suggests through his main character Meursault that being an absurdist is not living a life without meaning but rather living a life with a meaning while admitting
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The stories “A&P” and “Greasy Lake” are similer to each other due to the fact that they both are about a young man still trying to figure out what they plan to do with there life‚ they both feel that rebellion is cool‚ and they both learn a lesson threw there rebellious acts. Both charactors are the age of nineteen. This is a time of life when you start to experience some new freedoms. Most of your friends own and can drive cars so you are no longer bound by your parents and the bus to get you to
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My understanding of the poem was to figure out if I was going to go through with killing my step-brother or the neighbor’s child or my last chose‚ to sacrifice myself. This poem had a lot of meaning. The poem meant the world is a beautiful place without continuous violence‚ people being unhappy‚ people stressing‚ some people dying‚ and even some people being on drugs or people starving or people striving to do good things. This meant to me that I need to take life and my education much more serious
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and sneaks to the tobacconist’s shop run by his father whom he doesn’t love. His mother is sleeping and his father isn’t supposed to be at home. But when Charlie finds himself at the shop he hears footfalls in the street. It is his father and two strangers. They have a brief chat
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Newton Jeanette Winterson’s Newton describes the isolation of her “stranger”‚ Tom. In Newton‚ Winterson uses imagery to show Tom’s differences in contrast to those of his neighbors. Tom’s conflict lies between his neighbor and he due to the way he doesn’t fit in. Winterson adds in Albert Camus L’Étranger in which Camus’ character‚ Meursault‚ finds himself a stranger in his own society. Winterson begins her story with an almost nursery rhyme like poem; “This is the story of Tom. This is
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Combining the writings of “Queen” and Albert Camus Albert Camus was one of the most renowned authors during the early twentieth century. With writings such as The Stranger‚ and The Plague‚ Camus has struck the world of literature with amazing works that are analyzed to a great extent. This amazing success was not just handed to Camus on a silver platter however; Albert endured many hard times and was often encumbered with great illness in his short life. These hardships that Camus had to face
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