This act explains all of the blood, yet it also explains the type of consequences that one faces when they fall to the grasp of human nature. All things considered, the author of “The Scarlet Ibis” teaches us that we consistently attempt to make unnecessary changes, and therefore suffer the great consequences as…
Albert Camus wrote The Plague using several literary devices to further the novel. It is often said that an author inserts their own character traits and beliefs into the characters of their novels. Camus is no different in this aspect, especially when it comes to his protagonist Dr. Rieux. The event of the plague which is the main focus of the novel is a catalyst that shapes and changes the characters, some for the better and others for the worse. With the rest of this essay Dr. Rieux, Cottard, Father Paneloux and Tarrou will be broken down and analyzed.…
In part one, chapter six of The Stranger, Camus utilizes a multitude of literary devices in hopes of describing and explaining Meursault’s killing of the Arab. Although Camus employs the use of a plethora of literary techniques, some of the most conspicuous include those of foreshadowing, imagery, and intricate diction. In the final chapter of part one, Camus makes use of various literary devices to present the notion that Meursault’s needless murder of the Arab lacks a rational explanation, though the reader attempts to find one. Across the course of chapter six, Camus makes use of foreshadowing as a means of hinting at the disastrous course that Meursault’s life will take at the end of the chapter.…
In the modern world there are many different communities with different social values. While there are “rules” that almost everyone can agree on, such as murder or taking another’s property is wrong, there are several rules that, from inside a community, seem immutable or common sense, but from the outside they are flippant, arbitrary, and restricted. In the story “Good People” David Foster Wallace uses the circumstances of an unplanned pregnancy to examine the social isolation that can occur inside of religious communities with strict and impossibly high standards of “goodness”, and the self hatred that occurs when those inside the community fail to meet those standards. The story “Good People” is shown through the eyes of Lane Dean Jr, and…
In the short story “Stranger in the Village” by James Baldwin, he talks about being the first black man to ever have stepped foot in the tiny Swiss village. He describes how the villagers make him feel distant and alone despite the numerous conversations and interactions with natives. He talks about the different attitudes toward black people between America and Switzerland because of white supremacy. As Baldwin arrives in the small town in Switzerland, with a population of roughly six hundred, he learns that they are unaware of the Black history in America.…
The urgency of so many people dying drives several of the characters to turn to revolt, freedom, and passion. Camus uses the situation of a plague and the imminent threat of deadly disease to illustrate his argument that living without appeal is the best solution to avoiding suicide and confronting the absurdity in the individual, the world, and the conflict between the two. The Myth of Sisyphus describes the sense of absurdity as a person going…
You ain’t my mama So, is it easier to conform or rebel? Are you weak if u conform? or are you strong if you rebel?…
The Strange Character of Meursault In what perhaps is Albert Camus’s most notable work, The Stranger, the main character Meursault can be considered as a vessel for the philosophy of existentialism, an idea prominent in the time period in which the novel was written. Though at first glance Meursault may come off as a simple, uncaring man, as the story progresses, the reader is able to see Meursault as a complex and intriguing person. While in the beginning of the book Meursault is focused only on completing his physical needs, when his ability to fulfill them is taken away from him in prison, he is forced to truly think about his life, becoming fully absurdist in his philosophy. From the very start of the story, the author…
There are various definitions of what freedom means. Each individual has his own understanding of the word freedom. Freedom is having the right to experience your opinion and to live life in a manner consist with your beliefs and interests without judgement from others. Many people may say that freedom is about being accepted as well. This understanding of freedom is demonstrated in the short story “The Strangers That Came to Town” by Ambrose Flack.…
Meursault’s society uses morality as a way to establish structure in a world that is, according to existentialists, fundamentally irrational. Humans, being mortal and having limited understanding, cannot help but make sense of their world through what they know: boundaries. Civilization has shown that humans have a propensity to change their surroundings to a more favorable, comprehendible environment, and they do so partly by instituting rules. These rules provide a framework for people to fall into and constitute what we consider conventional morality – actions and thoughts deemed socially acceptable, limits on what people should and should not do. Meursault’s society tries to make sense of his seemingly unexplainable murder by fixating on…
Tarrou combats the plague by searching for a path to his self-proclaimed sainthood. Father Paneloux combats the plague by accepting it as an ultimate test of faith given to the townspeople by providence. By depicting the plight of different characters in combatting the plague, Camus defines the Absurd as an inevitable reality of the human condition and describes the importance of finding one’s own meaning in the face of an indifferent…
In "Stranger in the Village" by James Baldwin, Baldwin uses the word "stranger" multiple times in the essays to empasize the isolation and he feels in the small Swiss town as the first black man there. As the story goes on he becomes less of a stranger and the people wonder less and less about him in the town. He also talks about how the first white man in Africa was a stranger to those from Africa and compares how the Americans and the Swiss people treat him. As Baldwin begins to place together the comparisons between the village and that of America, he begins to think of the racial inequalities he faces as an African American, racial inequalities that led many African Americans to feel like a stranger in their own nation.…
During his trial his nonchalant behavior after Maman’s death becomes the courts main focus and the basis determination of whether he is guilty or innocent. By using Fletcher I will explore the context of the idea of being guilty and by using Foucault I will explain the idea following the act of punishment. The way Meursault intermingles with society and who he interacts with is the reason behind the court’s guilty verdict. According to the jury, Meursault appeared guilty because he is a person that is detached from his emotions and the prosecutor made a compelling case by linking him to his friend’s (Raymond) crime.…
Throughout a normal day our moods tend to shift based on many external factor whether we had a long day at work, there was too much traffic on the way home or you received some very unpleasant news. We often feel weary or tired because maybe we haven’t had a proper meal or have been in our feet all day long. But at times our mood tends to distort based on more organic factors such as the weather. For example, we often feel sad or under the weather when it’s raining, just as the day becomes dark and opaque our emotions bear the same characteristics of a rainy day. Similarly, main character, Meursault in the novel The Stranger by Albert Camus, whose reactions and mood as influenced by the sun.…
The Stranger, Albert Camus’ debut novel, illustrates and reflects the view of absurdity of life using the main character, Meursault, as a catalyst. On a surface level, absurdism is perceived through Meursault alone. However, on a deeper level through Meursault, other characters act as a source of absurdity as different situations are forced upon them. Camus achieves this level of complexity by creating and establishing Meursault as a very absent and undistinguished main character, who holds no strongly applied emotions or opinions. In doing this, the characters around Meursault who justify his actions are distinguished as being and reacting to him in an absurd way.…