6 Discussion Questions
1. Why does Camus use commas when he should use periods and periods when he should use commas?
ex: "Once out in the street, because I was so tired and also because we hadn't opened the blinds, the day, already bright with sun, hit me like a slap in the face" (Camus 47).
ex: "The beach wasn't far from the bus stop. But we had to cross a small plateau which overlooks the sea and then drops steeply down to the beach" (Camus 49)
The conjunction make it seem like there should not be a sentence break.
2. Why does Camus describe the physical surroundings on the way to some place and once they get to the destination not go in to as much detail?
ex: "We got off in the outskirts of Algiers. The beach wasn't far from the bus stop. But we had to cross a small plateau which overlooks the sea and then drops steeply down to the beach. I was covered with yellowish rocks..." (Camus 49)
3.What is the significance of using silence in this chapter, and why is it used like a paradox?
ex: "They were staring at us in silence, but in that way of theirs, as if we were nothing but stones or dead trees." (Camus 48).
ex: "The whole time there was nothing but the sun and the silence, with the low gurgling from the spring and the three notes." (Camus 55)
ex: "...and the double silence of the flute and water..." (Camus 56)
4. Why does Camus repeatedly use the word face? What does it signify?
ex: "...and the sun on my upturned face was drying the last of the water trickling into my mouth." (Camus 50)
ex: "...and put my face on the sand. "(Camus 51)
5. Why does Mersault have arbitrary physical emotions he cannot control?
ex: He said he was not hungry, and then proceeded to say that he was starving and ate allot of the lunch(Camus 51).
6. What is the effect that Camus gives by using the alliteration of s?
ex: "...and everything came to a stop there between the sea, the sand and the sun, and the double silence of the flute and water." (Camus 56)
7. What is the significance of this day being like Maman's funeral?
ex: "The sun was the same as it had been the day I'd buried Maman..." (Camus 58)
ex: "The whole time there was nothing but the sun and the silence, with the low gurgling from the spring and the three notes." (Camus 55)
ex: "...and the double silence of the flute and water..." (Camus 56)
4. Why does Camus repeatedly use the word face? What does it signify?
ex: "...and the sun on my upturned face was drying the last of the water trickling into my mouth." (Camus 50)
ex: "...and put my face on the sand. "(Camus 51)
5. Why does Mersault have arbitrary physical emotions he cannot control?
ex: He said he was not hungry, and then proceeded to say that he was starving and ate allot of the lunch(Camus 51).
6. What is the effect that Camus gives by using the alliteration of s?
ex: "...and everything came to a stop there between the sea, the sand and the sun, and the double silence of the flute and water." (Camus 56)
7. What is the significance of this day being like Maman's funeral?
ex: "The sun was the same as it had been the day I'd buried Maman..." (Camus 58)
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