In the second part of “The Stranger‚” Meursault is on trial for the assassination of an Arab man. Camus simply utilizes the trial as a metaphor for life to promote his notion of the absurd. Camus believes that the absurdity of our inherently meaningless life is our quest to find meaning or validity in a world where there is no absolute truth. Similar to our ambition to find meaning in our life‚ the trial attempts to search for Meursault’s motive to murder the seemingly innocent Arab. As the case
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pre-arranged destiny‚ but to forge our own collective meaning. Independently‚ walking down the path to find your meaning is daunting and baffling‚ so‚ the idea of forming relationships helps ease the pathway to find happiness and a meaningful life. In The Stranger‚ Albert Camus illustrates the importance of relationships‚ as they help provide meaning but also the realization to cherish and hold life with significant value. The ideals of an existentialist philosophy reveal that there is no coherent
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Reading Journal: Stranger in The Village James Baldwin expresses very strong feelings throughout the reading. He shows discomfort‚ anguish‚ and nostalgic about the indifferences between black and white men. However‚ he ends with positive and powerful words‚ changing the setting from the Village in Switzerland to America. He states two comparisons in the lecture which caught my attention. He compares life of black men in the slavery period and life of black men in his period. He also compares how
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Alec and Angel both represent different figures in society; they are both from a fairly respectable and high class‚ but they symbolise different aspects of high society. Alec is the "evil" side of society‚ he doesn’t care for anyone else’s well being‚ not even his own mother’s‚ he seduces Tess not because he loved her‚ but because of his own need. He doesn’t even apologize for it until he "reforms" when he has a "calling from God". He is described in great detail; his lips are described as "badly
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vote in federal elections or is it something much more? Ambrose Flask attempts to unravel the true meaning of freedom in his short story “The Strangers That Came to Town.” This story outlines the journey of the Duvitch family as they rise from the depths of oppression to obtain a sense of equality and acceptance from their society. In his short story‚ “The Strangers that Came to Town”‚ Ambrose Flack is showing that true freedom is about being accepted. First of all‚ the Duvitches’ dark‚ mysterious
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THE STRANGER AND METAMORPHOSIS: A COMPARISON By WEI YUDAN School of Government‚ 1000016939 [Abstract] Kafka’s novel The Metamorphosis and Camus’ The Stranger both lie an essential absurdity‚ and they both feature situations out of which come to light existentialist values. While The Metamorphosis highlights that one must interact with society in order to have a meaning in life. As for the differences‚ each novel has its individual narrative point of view and typical writing style. [Key Words] The
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Reflection #5 “Understanding Other People’s Stories‚” is an article written by Roger C. Schank‚ who was the chair of the computer science department at Yale University until 1946. Schank had also worked as a linguistics and computer science professor at Stanford University. Lastly‚ Schank moved to serve as the director of the Institute for Learning Science. In this article‚ the author mainly discussed how everything human being perceives is based on their background and their past experiences. For
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then and who we are now. This photograph is not much of an experience‚ but a reflection on my life as a child itself. I had no idea back then that I would be who I am today. I pictured my future many times‚ over‚ and over again. I would make up stories and ideas of the types of friends I would have and what we would do for fun. Imagining your own perfected future is all the innocence of being a child. The unknown reality of the world going on around you. And then all of a sudden you’re a part of
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THOMAS WOLFE Thomas Clayton Wolfe (3 Oct. 1900-15 Sept. 1938)‚ novelist and short story writer‚ was born in Asheville‚ the eighth child of William Oliver‚ a stonecutter from Pennsylvania‚ and Julia Elizabeth Westall Wolfe‚ a native North Carolinian. In 1904 he went with his mother and some of the other children to St. Louis‚ where his mother kept a boardinghouse during the World’s Fair and where his brother Grover died‚ an event that he was to use with distinction in his fiction. In 1905 he began
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thoughts. Even a plain girl like Jane Doe‚ with no talent‚ no skills‚ no extraordinary gifts‚ can find her own remarkable story. Her story involves pirates‚ evil twins‚ and a whole lot of laughs for anyone looking for a new twist on the ordinary “talented kids story”. This story is a shout out to all the misfits‚ rejects‚ outsiders and to all of those who feel truly‚ ordinary. The story Remarkable by Lizzie K. Foley must be included in our Little Free Library for its teachings about how being true to
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