The Stranger is a very great book in my opinion. I thought it was very unique and interesting the first time I read it. I did not know nearly as much about the book and what was in it when I first read it. The second time I read The Stranger, i noticed more motifs like windows. At first, I noticed just the basics of the sun and cigs and coffee. I also recognized red, black, and white to be main colors he describes. Also, the second time I read this book, I realized that this book is very twisted and has various of messafes in it like freedom and absurdism. I realized thge myth of syphisis when Mersaullt was in jail and how life was pointless and death is a great punishment. (I don't think deth is good). Overall, this book was great and very interesting. I prefer it over Their Eyes Were watching God by far.
Theme: Camus uses contratand conflict between characters to show that thoughts will become meaningless and that one's beliefs may not mean anything to another person's belief. This shows that people tend to contradict eachother's opinions or argue with them.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Journal #7
Camus expresses that a person's own emotions are meaningless to other people, but the physical aspects of life will give off different values and meanings to everybody.
Ciggrettes and coffee: Mersault greatly values these and make him feel relaxed.
"I drank the coffee. Then I felt like having a smoke" p8
"I was smoking Raymond's ciggrettes because i was out"p31
"By the time the coffee came, my head felt heavy and i smoked a lot."p52
Windows.
""We hadnt open the blinds, the day, already bright with the sun, had hit me like a slap in the face." 47
"There was some commotion behind the windows, theneverything quieted down again." p12
"I left the window open, anbd the summer night air over our brown bodies felt good." p35
beach
"With every blade of light that flashed off the sand, from a bleached shell or a piece of broken glass, my jaws tightened."p57
Maria
"Her hair were in her eyes and she turned towards me."p20
These quotes are just to try and put a puzzle together. I feel like I can somhow tie them together to make an improved thesis.
"You could make out the shape of her firm breasts, and her tan made her face look like a flower."p34 SIMILIE
"I felt my her legs wrapped around mine and i wanted her."p51
Sunday. Saturdays
"I would have had Saturdayand Sunday off anyway. Obviously, that still doesn't keep me from understanding my boss's point of view." p19
"Sunday was over [...] nothing had really changed." p24
meaningless
"But when i had to give up my studiesI learned that none of it really mattered."p41
"I explained to her that it didn't really matter and that if she wanted to, we could get married."p41
"I noticed that he had a habit of finishing everfything with "and heI'd even say" when really it didnt add anyhting to the meaning of his sentence."p50
Ciggrettes and coffee: Mersault greatly values these and make him feel relaxed.
"I drank the coffee. Then I felt like having a smoke" p8
"I was smoking Raymond's ciggrettes because i was out"p31
"By the time the coffee came, my head felt heavy and i smoked a lot."p52
Windows.
""We hadnt open the blinds, the day, already bright with the sun, had hit me like a slap in the face." 47
"There was some commotion behind the windows, theneverything quieted down again." p12
"I left the window open, anbd the summer night air over our brown bodies felt good." p35
beach
"With every blade of light that flashed off the sand, from a bleached shell or a piece of broken glass, my jaws tightened."p57
Maria
"Her hair were in her eyes and she turned towards me."p20
These quotes are just to try and put a puzzle together. I feel like I can somhow tie them together to make an improved thesis.
"You could make out the shape of her firm breasts, and her tan made her face look like a flower."p34 SIMILIE
"I felt my her legs wrapped around mine and i wanted her."p51
Sunday. Saturdays
"I would have had Saturdayand Sunday off anyway. Obviously, that still doesn't keep me from understanding my boss's point of view." p19
"Sunday was over [...] nothing had really changed." p24
meaningless
"But when i had to give up my studiesI learned that none of it really mattered."p41
"I explained to her that it didn't really matter and that if she wanted to, we could get married."p41
"I noticed that he had a habit of finishing everfything with "and heI'd even say" when really it didnt add anyhting to the meaning of his sentence."p50
Friday, March 11, 2011
Journal #6
1. Why does Camus have Mersault have more physical feelings then emotional feelings?
2. What purpose is the use of short and simplistic sentences used in The Stranger? What effect does Camus try to make with it?
3. Is there any significance when Camus repeats Mersault's feelings of specifically, "wanting" Maria? Why does Camus not mix up the words?
4. Why is the setting heavily described with imagery at certain times?
5. Do the repeating windows mean anything?
6. Does Mersault really love Maman?
Megan's Blog:
Why does Albert Camus create a character who's emotions are dependent on the environment?
Camus uses a character who's emotions, for the most part, are dependent on the environemnt to establish that other people's thoguhts are meaningless or less important comparing to physical things which canc generally effect everyone in similar ways.
1. on Tate's Blog:
Camus only describes saturdays and sunday to reflect on Mersault. Mersualt thinks work is the same thing over and over again, so it isn't as meaningful to talk about meaningless days comparing to unexpected things happening on the weekends.
Shannon's Blog:
3. Camus uses the symbols of ciggerettes and coffee to represent Mersualt's freedom.
Montana's Blog:
1. Camus creates a character, that at first appears as a sociopath, but he is not entirely different. Camus puts his ideas of absurdism into Mersault, which does not make him crazy, it makes him interesting. He does things to which he believes, and he believes that not much actually has meaning. Like everybody else, he chooses to what he believes.
2. What purpose is the use of short and simplistic sentences used in The Stranger? What effect does Camus try to make with it?
3. Is there any significance when Camus repeats Mersault's feelings of specifically, "wanting" Maria? Why does Camus not mix up the words?
4. Why is the setting heavily described with imagery at certain times?
5. Do the repeating windows mean anything?
6. Does Mersault really love Maman?
Megan's Blog:
Why does Albert Camus create a character who's emotions are dependent on the environment?
Camus uses a character who's emotions, for the most part, are dependent on the environemnt to establish that other people's thoguhts are meaningless or less important comparing to physical things which canc generally effect everyone in similar ways.
1. on Tate's Blog:
Camus only describes saturdays and sunday to reflect on Mersault. Mersualt thinks work is the same thing over and over again, so it isn't as meaningful to talk about meaningless days comparing to unexpected things happening on the weekends.
Shannon's Blog:
3. Camus uses the symbols of ciggerettes and coffee to represent Mersualt's freedom.
Montana's Blog:
1. Camus creates a character, that at first appears as a sociopath, but he is not entirely different. Camus puts his ideas of absurdism into Mersault, which does not make him crazy, it makes him interesting. He does things to which he believes, and he believes that not much actually has meaning. Like everybody else, he chooses to what he believes.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Journal #3
Angnogg's Pilosophy
1:One can never be 100%
2: No matter how one achieves their goals;sucess is happiness.
3:some say time is meaningless, they are wrong. Time is very important, you only live once for a certain period of time. Live to every minute of your life at the fullest.
4:A true couple will only work if both people are affectionate with for eachother.
5:There is never such a thing as too much because it would have to be over 100%, which unattainable, although there is an exception. Too much for one to handle is possible.
6: Everything is contradictory due to cause and effects.
7:Everything has a cause and an effect. There is a why for everything and it's meaning.
8:Everybody does learn something from their mistakes, but its how much they learn and their will to fix them that matters the most.
9:Everybody is different, yet they are also the same.
10:Responsibilities are important, but not required.
1:One can never be 100%
2: No matter how one achieves their goals;sucess is happiness.
3:some say time is meaningless, they are wrong. Time is very important, you only live once for a certain period of time. Live to every minute of your life at the fullest.
4:A true couple will only work if both people are affectionate with for eachother.
5:There is never such a thing as too much because it would have to be over 100%, which unattainable, although there is an exception. Too much for one to handle is possible.
6: Everything is contradictory due to cause and effects.
7:Everything has a cause and an effect. There is a why for everything and it's meaning.
8:Everybody does learn something from their mistakes, but its how much they learn and their will to fix them that matters the most.
9:Everybody is different, yet they are also the same.
10:Responsibilities are important, but not required.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Journal #2
Part 1: I would say that Ward was the best translator. I feel like he characterized Mersault the best. The other translator made him seem too thoughtful on everything. It's hard to explain for me. The main reason why I like Ward's translation the best is that the dialogue and the narration are different. They are similar at times, but it shows that Mersault speaks out loud differently then when he speaks in his head. The other translator make him speak the same to himself and to others. THe reason why I dont like this is bthat one usually speaks to themselves differently. Well, maybe I am just biased to myself for dong and maybe nobody else does it.
Part 2: I would call this book the stranger. The outsider and foreigner make him seem too distant from everything, but he really isnt. The stranger, in my opinion, is more close because a stranger can come from the same town as everybody, but a foreigner and outsider makes me feel like Mersauly is from different areas of the world which impacted on his distances form everything. So The Stranger just makes more sense because he would be strange due to his own thinkings that were probably influenced from what he experienced. It just sounds better, The Stranger. It gives Mersault a more awkward and weird appearance. Foreigner and outsider dont match in my opinion.
Part 2: I would call this book the stranger. The outsider and foreigner make him seem too distant from everything, but he really isnt. The stranger, in my opinion, is more close because a stranger can come from the same town as everybody, but a foreigner and outsider makes me feel like Mersauly is from different areas of the world which impacted on his distances form everything. So The Stranger just makes more sense because he would be strange due to his own thinkings that were probably influenced from what he experienced. It just sounds better, The Stranger. It gives Mersault a more awkward and weird appearance. Foreigner and outsider dont match in my opinion.
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