One September night a family had gathered round their hearth‚ and piled it high with the driftwood of mountain streams‚ the dry cones of the pine‚ and the splintered ruins of great trees that had come crashing down the precipice. Up the chimney roared the fire‚ and brightened the room with its broad blaze. The faces of the father and mother had a sober gladness; the children laughed; the eldest daughter was the image of Happiness at seventeen; and the aged grandmother‚ who sat knitting in the warmest
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The Stranger‚ originally published in France in 1942‚ is known for its existentialist overtones. The author‚ Camus‚ is a famous proponent of absurdist philosophy‚ prominent in the post-World War II era. Absurdism‚ as Camus describes it‚ argues that the human desire for order‚ meaning‚ and purpose comes into conflict with an irrational universe. The solution to this‚ he asserts‚ is to accept and embrace absurdity‚ rather than to seek meaning where there is none (Simpson). The protagonist of The Stranger
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Sara Prusik Mrs. Quick English 11 6 November 2009 Ties to Holden’s Problems “I felt like jumping out the window. I probably would ’ve‚ too‚ if I ’d been sure somebody ’d cover me up as soon as I landed. I didn ’t want a bunch of stupid rubbernecks looking at me when I was all gory” (104). Holden is a complex character with mixed emotions about everything; many times contradicting his own thoughts and beliefs. Holden’s struggles are due to the lack of parental attention‚ the death of his
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Stranded In the middle of a derelict‚ isolated village‚ torrential rain hammered down. The midnight moon hovered over the rough snowy mountains. Werewolves howled louder than the foghorn in the distance. We were marooned and stranded feeling anxious about what our next move was going to be. It felt like a life or death moment. This sought of excitement seemed to be only in novels‚ not real life. We really needed to act quickly to stand a chance of survival. It was happening to us and our chances
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In Camus’ The Stranger‚ the author exposes a tension between society and the protagonist’s perspective of society. The reader comes to understand the pointlessness of existence through the protagonist’s lens. Although society defines people by actions‚ Meursault rejects ideas of categorization and embraces a nihilistic view of life. This judgment passed on individuals is based on an individual’s actions. Meursault realizes that everything that lives must die‚ therefore no matter what one does in
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is central to his novel‚ The Stranger. Albert Camus uses both Meursault‚ the main character in his novel‚ and Sisyphus‚ the main character in his essay as marginalized figures to essentially question the meaning of human condition. Through the act of storytelling Camus is able to establish his philosophical standpoint of faith‚ using this to prove that existence has little to no meaning. Camus characterizes God throughout his novel as this
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Strangers‚ Again Writing a relationship story from a video clip is so difficult and so inherently uninteresting‚ that there really needs to be some compelling reason to include one in the story. And that reason has to do with how characters are getting along or not. To put characters in this overused and fairly boring situation‚ something more has to be happening than simply hugs‚ kisses and cuddles. What else is love about in this video clip except getting along or not getting along? To put
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sleep.In the subsequent scenes‚ the play takes an interesting turn. The entry of a stranger is mentioned. The stranger is the convict who carries a long knife and seizes the Bishop from behind. The convict asks for food and threatens to kill him in case he informs others about his presence. The convict reveals his true identity to the Bishop. The Bishop comes to know about the circumstances by which the stranger became a convict‚ the torture meted out to him by the police and so on and so forth
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Dumpling By Armin It is pretty hardly to see a sixteen-year-old girl‚ hanging around the outside nearly half past ten o’clock pm. She is Lisa who has been escaping from home for around 5 hours. Lisa does not care about how long she has been out. The only thing she considered is to run as far as she can from that rigid mother and cold family. It is not the first time that Lisa’s mother applies for extracurricular courses for Lisa without Lisa’s permission. In fact‚ Lisa has been tired of such diverse
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poetic attempt at condensing my impression of the key moments in L’Étranger (The Stranger) by Albert Camus". The lyrics describe a shooting on a beach‚ in which the Arab of the title is killed by the song’s narrator; in Camus’ story the protagonist‚ Meursault‚ shoots an Arab on a beach‚ overwhelmed by his surroundings. Meursault is condemned for his honesty about his feelings. He is considered an outsider (or "stranger") because "he refuses to lie" and "doesn’t play the game". Lyrics Standing in
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