Algiers

1. Title and Author: The Stranger by Albert Camus 2. Summary: Meursault receives news that his mother passes away in Marengo. He returns home (Algiers) after the funeral, and goes to the beach where he meets Marie. Later that night, they have a date where they spend the night together. Later, the character Raymond, Meursault’s neighbor, and Meursault have dinner. Raymond talks about the aftermath of when he suspected his mistress to be on him, which involved physical violence. Raymond wants…

fortresses. Schools are similarly equipped. Young children are drilled in how to behave during times of combat. In a sense, they are young soldiers in training. When I drive home at night, I must drive through the barricade set up at the entrance to my town. Several soldiers will be there and I must drive through a short obstacle course while they eye me. They might stop me and ask me a few questions. When I go to the supermarket or mall, I must stop my car while an armed security guard examines…

Planet of the Slums written by Mike Davis paints a very pessimistic picture of the conditions that were presented in what he calls the “urban South”. By being pessimistic, Davis only see things in the worst aspects and thinks that it will continue to get worse from here on out. The term “urban South” is used by Mike Davis throughout the book, it refers to the third world countries that are all over the globe, hence the title of the book “Planet” of the Slums. When referring to the “urban South”,…

places like Solent Road. The narrator has must heard about the places that Ila and her parents have visited, heard about mosque of Ibn Tulun at Cairo and Great Pyramid of Cheops. He has “imagined her bighting on these day-dream names-Addis Ababa, Algiers, and Brisbane”. When he went to London, he jumped to his feet when he went to London; he jumped to his feet when Ila proposed to go to a film in Brixton or to a Vietnamese Restaurant in Maida Vale. These names he recounts give fillip to his…

The following is an epilogue to Albert Camus’s The Stranger, an existentialist novel where the main character, Meursault, comes face to face with the reality of the Absurd. Being sentenced to death, not because of the murder he committed but because of his radical worldview, Meursault remains true to his belief that there is no God, no meaning, and no hope to the life he lives. Meursault, at the end of the novel, shares his last wish; that at his death, he would have one last bit of…

1. Operation Torch Operation Torch is a code name given to an allied operation of the invasion of North Africa, consisted of the France territories , mainly Algiers and Morocco. Historians had argued that Operation Torch and Patton’s role in it as one of the reason why the allies were able to push back the Axis out of Africa, mainly due to the fact of the importance of the operation itself. Operation Torch marks the first campaign in which there exists an Anglo-American cooperation;…

By December 4, 1979, the US had already frozen Iran’s assets, oil imports were stopped and diplomatic relations were ceased, now the United Nations (UN) Security Council would pass a resolution calling for Iran to release the hostages. The sentiment, at least in the western world, was growing, during the weeks before Christmas of 1979, over the plight of the American hostages, the media which was already giving daily reports on the government’s release attempts, hostage updates or the effects on…

1. The role of art and design in advertising Art and design play an important role in advertising as they help graphic designers to communicate a concise message about the product or service to targeted audience. In business art and design in advertising help to attract the consumers and customers into buying product or using service. 2. Graphic designers role in advertising Graphics are required in our every day’s life. The strong meaning of graphic stimulates a person to reach for the…

Imperialism can be described as a system where a stronger country in terms of weaponry and economy take full control of other countries after a long lasting war. Imperialism can also take the aspect of culture and influence where other nations believe that they are superior in terms of their culture and economy. From the perspective of weaponry we can study Britain as a good case study and France as well, taken to be an imperialist countries. At the beginning of the nineteenth century Britain…

“My key objectives in the design of the Emirates Towers was to create the composition and placement of the twin towers to appear to be constantly changing, depending on the point of view and time of day,” – Hazel Wong (Abdel-Razzaq, 2015) Humans, Body and Building: The idea of harmony and proportion has been haunting the human mind since antiquity. The use of proportion and measurement to create a harmonious city scape can be seen in ancient cities like Athens, Rome, and Cordoba but where does…