COMMUNICATION S skills | BOOK REVIEW | HASSAN NAWAZ LALEE NUST-201201264 | SECTION:A | STRANGER BY ALBERT CAMUS ABOUT THE BOOK: WRITTEN BY: ALBERT CAMUS TRANSLATED BY: STUART GILBERT PUBLISHED: IN 1942(FRENCH)‚ IN 1943(English) ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:
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AP English MAJOR WORKS DATA SHEET Title: The Stranger Author: Albert Camus Date of Publication: 1942 Biographical Information about the Author Born November 7‚ 1913 Died on January 4‚ 1960 He was also a journalist and philosopher. He won a Nobel Prize. Genre (indicate special characteristics‚ if applicable) Fictional crime drama Philosophical novel Point of View/Narrator Cultural/Social/Historical Context First Person Narrator: Meursault
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The Stranger Chris Drusbosky 3/5/12 Professor Krauss In the story “The Stranger” by Albert Camus‚ the belief that the themes of loss and retrieval are at the core of Mersault’s mythology‚ and that they illumine the notion of exile to which he returns so often is widely discussed. I however do not believe that either one of those themes has anything to do with the Mersault and the exile to which he returns to so often‚ rather I believe that Mersault’s own attitude is the reason for the exile
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society decides what is moral and what is not. Everyone has their own values‚ beliefs‚ and right-action‚ but society gets to accept whether they agree with your opinions are valid (Sparksnotes). This is the ultimate driving force for the novel The Stranger. The final argument to condemn Meursault to death is his lack
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The Stranger is written by Albert Camus‚ who was a legendary twentieth century French novelist. Camus believed in existentialism‚ which is the idea that there is no higher meaning to the universe or even man’s existence. Many believe that Camus’s novel The Stranger is an example of a man who is an existential. Meursault is the narrator in the novel‚ who really does not care about those around him. Meursault in addition has no feelings in his body‚ as he did not grieve over the lost of his mother
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