"...with such glee and with such a triumphant look in my my direction that for the first time in years I had this stupid urge to cry, because I could feel how much all these people hated me."
This statement clearly supports the lack of emotions and Meursault's fight to withhold his feelings that we knew existed the entire time. We often argued that it was just simply "part of his personality". Do you believe, however, that maybe these personality traits were a front put on by Meursault? He had never before showed care for what others thought of him, so why cry about it now?
Friday, February 8, 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008
"For the first time in a long time I thought of Maman. I felt as if I understood why at the end of her life she had taken a 'fiance'... So close to death, Maman must have felt free then and ready to live it all again. And I felt ready to live it all again too... I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world" (Camus, 122).
Do you believe that at the end of his life, Meursalt was ready to start over and start new? To maybe express opinions and open up to a new way of life? Or do you believe that Meursalt just wanted to start again and live the same monotonus life as he did before?
Do you believe that at the end of his life, Meursalt was ready to start over and start new? To maybe express opinions and open up to a new way of life? Or do you believe that Meursalt just wanted to start again and live the same monotonus life as he did before?
Muersaults conviction
During Meursault's trial, the prosecutor states, "Has he so much as expressed any remorse? Never. Gentlemen" (Camus 100).
Do you beleive this is the first time that a character in the story shows a negative reaction to Meursault's personality? Does someone in the story see that he is not a normal man?
Do you beleive this is the first time that a character in the story shows a negative reaction to Meursault's personality? Does someone in the story see that he is not a normal man?
Meursault's Relationship
"A minute later she asked me if I loved her. I told her it didn’t mean anything but that I didn’t think so."
How do Meursault’s and Marie’s feelings differ in their relationship?
How do Meursault’s and Marie’s feelings differ in their relationship?
Mocha-The Stranger Quote
"Throughout the whole absurd life I'd lived, a dark wind has been rising toward me from somewhere deep in my future, across years that were still to come, and as it passed, this wind leveled whatever was offered to me at the time, in years no more real than the ones I was living."
Is Meursault finally realizing that his future is no longer going to exsist because he lives his life now so negatively? Has it occured to him that his life has had no meaningful purpose?
Is Meursault finally realizing that his future is no longer going to exsist because he lives his life now so negatively? Has it occured to him that his life has had no meaningful purpose?
Juno- STANGER QUESTION
In the novel of The Stranger, Meursault the main character says, "I had only one wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my excustion and that they greet me with cries of hate."
~Do you feel that his statement should be an appropriate from Meursault who is about to die, or do you feel that Meursault should have confessed, and been more sincere towards everything he has done. Inluding the people that he has encountered, like Marie, raymond, and even Salamano.
~Do you feel that his statement should be an appropriate from Meursault who is about to die, or do you feel that Meursault should have confessed, and been more sincere towards everything he has done. Inluding the people that he has encountered, like Marie, raymond, and even Salamano.
Non-Stop Negativity
"For the first time in a long time... rememebering Marie meant nothing to me" (Camus 115).
During this section Meursault has once again refused to see the chaplain and the isolation of his jail cell is beginning to get to him. He states that for the first time in awhile he is thinking about Marie. For a short time I believed that maybe he did have a heart and was begining to show so emotion. I was wrong. As Meursault continued to ponder he soon arrived at the idea that his true feelings for Marie did not matter, that she did not matter at all. Why, even when he is isolated from the opinions of other people and finally in an environment where he can not be judged, does Meursault continue cut of the emotion he obviously wants to reveal? Will he carry this burden to his grave?
During this section Meursault has once again refused to see the chaplain and the isolation of his jail cell is beginning to get to him. He states that for the first time in awhile he is thinking about Marie. For a short time I believed that maybe he did have a heart and was begining to show so emotion. I was wrong. As Meursault continued to ponder he soon arrived at the idea that his true feelings for Marie did not matter, that she did not matter at all. Why, even when he is isolated from the opinions of other people and finally in an environment where he can not be judged, does Meursault continue cut of the emotion he obviously wants to reveal? Will he carry this burden to his grave?
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