... , when he comes to his mother's coffin, chooses to have the lid left on. This surprises the caretaker and becomes very important later on in the book. It is also another indicator of Mersault's persistent lack of "normal" human emotion. Most people when faced with such a significant event as the death of ... to the surface and manifest themselves in the murder of another human being. It is at this point of significance that the first half of the book ends and part two begins. This significance of the event is twofold: firstly Mersault has finally made a significant choice about the course...

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... , when he comes to his mother's coffin, chooses to have the lid left on. This surprises the caretaker and becomes very important later on in the book. It is also another indicator of Mersault's persistent lack of "normal" human emotion. Most people when faced with such a significant event as the death of ... to the surface and manifest themselves in the murder of another human being. It is at this point of significance that the first half of the book ends and part two begins. This significance of the event is twofold: firstly Mersault has finally made a significant choice about the course...

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... cost; 3) saying openly that you are acting on your understanding of right and wrong. I think that according to this definition, in the book The Stranger, by Albert Camus, the character Meursault, does not act with integrity. His complete indifference to life and his emotional isolation from others ... the consequences. He has no concept that Raymond might not be a good friend or a person of integrity himself. In the climax of the book, Meursault commits murder. He does not commit this crime intentionally, but rather because the intensity of the moment causes him to do it. While ... lik...

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... Or yesterday maybe, I don't know"(1). This, the opening line of The Stranger, foreshadows Meursault's attitude toward everything else in the first half of the book. Instead of being mournful and depressed about the death of his mother, Meursault drinks coffee, smokes, and naps in a relaxed manner during the wake at ... causing him physical discomfort. His socially unacceptable indifference to his mother's death was a major factor in his conviction in the second half of the book. Meursault's absurdity is also evident in his relationship with his mistress, Marie. The day after his mother...

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... up for what he believes in, just like Meursalt. Finally, Meursalt shows how he is a hero, by telling the truth all the time. Throughout the whole book Meursalt is honest. In the middle of the book, Meursalt is on trial for murdering the Arab. His lawyer asks him to lie about certain things, to get him a less severe sentence, but Meursalt refuses ... could've lived, and had to stay in jail for awhile, but he chose to be honest, and accept the punishment. There is a saying which has some irony to this book: A free person is someone who is honest to themselves and others. The people of the...

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... story of a man named Meursault who lives in French Algiers. Meursault is an observer and rarely a participant. I believe that this helped seal his fate. There are many examples in the book where Meursault has observed rather than participate. One of these examples is crying at his mothers" funeral. At the funeral he watches others mourn rather than mourning himself. Meursault feels ... of the trial where the jury did judge his reaction as cold hearted and callous, and therefore making him capable of murder. Meursault meets a girl named Marie whom throughout the book he spends a lot of t...

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... , the choices he makes throughout the novel and the realization he makes in the end all promote the idea that Meursault is the absurd hero. Throughout the course of the book, Meursault is developing an existential philosophy, which he is not even aware of until the very end. He is often more interested in trivial details of everyday life instead of ... is prepared to fight off the mistress's brother but ultimately kills him. On top of all this there is the one fact, which seems to affect the outcome of the book and of Meursaults life "he never cried at his mother's funeral. At his mother...

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... is in such a nonchalant manner that one wonders what it takes to make him tense. Camus's way of creating a contrast between the two faces of Meursault is by separating the book into parts. The first part describes Meursault as an indifferent character, the second as a changed and intellectual man. This separation is helpful in understanding the changing nature of Meursault. Part ... is that he is a very interesting character. His character is interesting for several reasons, the most important being his contrast to members of conventional society. At the beginning of the book he is an a...

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... meaningless. Although slow paced, this novel uses the simple plot to emphasize the protagonist's final epiphany. Meursault, a young man living in Algiers, serves as the protagonist and narrator in this book. The reader begins to see his strange indifference to "emotional"" issues, such as his mother's death, wedding proposal, and criminal acts. After being sucked by fate into murdering an Arab ... their remaining days to the fullest. Albert Camus blatantly and effectively presents the controversial themes of human insignificance and the unimportance of the social world. Although morbid ...

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... outcome and growth of Rieux. His relationship with the journalist Rambert may be the most curious, but also one of the most evolved by the end of the book. We see throughout the book that Rambert is focused on escaping the town to return to a loved one. He is insistent and many times inconsiderate of those around him. But even when Rieux ... ...

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... by Albert Camus is a story about an ordinary man who unwittingly is drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach. The book is written in two parts and each part reflects upon the actions occurring in the other. The book is revolved around the main character, Meursault. Meursault is an average individual who is distinctive more in his apathy and passive pessimism ... ...

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Book Report: The Rebel The Rebel, a treatise of Albert Camus reflecting upon man's state of rebellion throughout history up through the Second World War, enthralls oneself with its abysmal depth into ... outstanding and impressive of this particular work and its author, is the total lack of opinionative and thus distorting activities of a meddlesome nature. By and large, The Rebel is a fantastic book that would be recommendable to any and all interested in true stories, of man's evolution and devolution, into that void that we know as the future. Like none other, it ... ...

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... interested in trivial details about strangers. He spends an entire day watching the people on the streets outside his apartment. He remembers details about individuals and recognizes faces. As the book proceeds into Part 2, Meursault begins to develop meaningful memories about his life. He remembers profound statements made by his mother. For example, he says that it was "one of Maman ... [him] about his father" (110). This memory becomes a coping mechanism to help Meursault accept his fate. The protagonist's father had once "gone to watch a murderer be executed" (110). As the book prog...

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... show on television, and it was paused for a commercial. The subplots in some books are relevant and almost necessary to allow them to make sense, but the ones in this book only served as page-fillers. Even though when this happened the rats really did spread the plague, I enjoyed that aspect of the novel the most. The rats symbolized filth and ... ...

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... true, but he is saying this lie simply to get Mersault into further trouble. The society has its own expectations which need to be followed correctly. The society in the book basically kills Mersault, because it needlessly accuses him of his mother's death and makes an impetuous decision to execute him absurdly. At the trial, Mersault was asked a question about his ... ...

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... example of a paper cutter to explain the concept. He says that the paper cutter is designed in a particular way for a specific use. It is used to produce such as making a book. The paper cutter is a method of production, which is the essence because the concept precedes the existence of the paper cutter. How this relates to humans is that we exist ... ...

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... own decisions. Throughout the novel Camus introduces the idea that if one accepts death, one will be free because one will have nothing to fear. In the opening of the book, Monsieur Meursault finds that his mother has recently passed away. "Mother died today. Or, maybe, yesterday; I can't be sure" (1). Most people would know when their own mother died and would ... ...

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... attitude. has towards the work reflects attitudes and feelings towards a situation or to its readers. In Albert Camus" The Stranger Camus" language and phrasing shows that he has aimed the book towards and older crow, one that would understand the message he wants to portray. Even when the language is written in a simple tone, it still seems aimed at an older ... ...

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... graffiti at Phoebe's school in order to protect the minds of the innocent children he is becoming the catcher in the rye. This is reinforced at the end of the book when he purports to miss everyone mentioned, one feels that he would like to have protected them and caught them in the rye like the children, he doesn't want them ... ...

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