5 Analytical Questions
- Is Meursault really insensitive or does he have emotions?
- Why does Camus have a newspaper artical about Czechoslovakian? What is it's significance?
- Why does Camus say that life has "come to a stand still" when Meursault was first in his jail cell and when Meursault killed the Arab?
- Why is Camus surrounding Meursault by Arabs in jail? Is he doing this to portray discrimination or is it something different?
- Why does Meursault seem to not fit in to society?
(6. Is there a power struggle thoughout the novel? )
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1. Camus makes Mersault's emotions dependent on the environment because Mersault doesn't know how to distinguish between his emotions and therefore must rely on his surroundings to express emotions (Tanner Bean's 1st question).
2. Camus expresses that if one’s emotions are repressed they will display irritation when others show emotion due to one’s envies for the others ability to show emotion (Megan Davis' 2nd question).
3. Albert Camus uses the title "the Arabs" to stereotype that all Arabs look for trouble or do not like other people messing with them and will go to extremes to do defend what is right to them. I base this off that the Arabs followed Raymond to the beach, and there were only Arabs at the jail (Tate Bankston's 4th question).
4.Camus shows that Meursault indulgence and pointless life style is due to the fact that Meursault cannot tell his emotions apart from one another and therefore he doesn't care about anything. He is incapable of distiguishing his emotions (Anthony Nguyen's 3rd question).
5. Camus ties both the events together to show that during both events Meursault is experiencing the same emotion. Since Meursault's surrondings are how he experiences his emotion the harsh sun means he is experiencing anger (Shannon Graham's 4th question). I am assuming during both event's Meursault was experiencing anger because of the sun being portrayed as harsh.
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1. Camus makes Mersault's emotions dependent on the environment because Mersault doesn't know how to distinguish between his emotions and therefore must rely on his surroundings to express emotions (Tanner Bean's 1st question).
2. Camus expresses that if one’s emotions are repressed they will display irritation when others show emotion due to one’s envies for the others ability to show emotion (Megan Davis' 2nd question).
3. Albert Camus uses the title "the Arabs" to stereotype that all Arabs look for trouble or do not like other people messing with them and will go to extremes to do defend what is right to them. I base this off that the Arabs followed Raymond to the beach, and there were only Arabs at the jail (Tate Bankston's 4th question).
4.Camus shows that Meursault indulgence and pointless life style is due to the fact that Meursault cannot tell his emotions apart from one another and therefore he doesn't care about anything. He is incapable of distiguishing his emotions (Anthony Nguyen's 3rd question).
5. Camus ties both the events together to show that during both events Meursault is experiencing the same emotion. Since Meursault's surrondings are how he experiences his emotion the harsh sun means he is experiencing anger (Shannon Graham's 4th question). I am assuming during both event's Meursault was experiencing anger because of the sun being portrayed as harsh.
The victim of Meursault's crime as well as most of the inmates are Arab to show the ineffectiveness of the legal system and the hypocritical aspect of society as a whole.
ReplyDelete#1: Camus gives Meursault emotions, but he is not capable of expressing them. This is clear through the short, choppy, methodical sentences.
ReplyDelete3. Camus says that life has "come to a stand still" when Meursault was first in jail because Meursault's repitious life was flipped upside down and Meursault's routine is changed. Meursault has a repitious life, going to the movies, making love to Marie, swimming, observing the town, and when Meursault is first in jail he is not used to things. Meursault is a person who lacks motivation and caring, and when he is first in jail, he must take time, as all people need, to adjust to his new environment. Camus uses Meursault's quick adjustment to his new environment and routine to show that people need to be able to adjust quickly in life, this allows for a less painful, less dramatic effect to the person.
ReplyDelete(2.) Camus uses the newspaper article about the Czechoslovakian to furhter reiterate Mersault's exestential/absurd view that decisions in life are pointless as the outcome is death, regardless.
ReplyDelete5.) Mersault does not fit into society because he focuses on his own needs, rather than a greater picture for society. It is not that he is selfish as much as it is he has a different set of values. For example, when Marie asks him if he loves her he does not see the value in knowing that.
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