Metamorphism
1. You control your own fate.
2.Consequences result in your own actions. Therefore the mistakes you make in life are yours own and you must have consequences for the wrong.
3. You must change to let yourself blossom into who you truly are.
4.You choose what to do with your life. There is no higher power!
Monday, March 21, 2011
Journal #7
The bus and how each emotion changes when Mersault boards or talks about it.
1. "I'll take the two o'clock bus and get there in the afternoon." (3)
2. "And my joy when the bus [...] for twelve hours." (18)
3. " We headed toward the bus stop, which wasn't far." (48)
The bus also ties in with the beach and how when Mersault enters the water he is transitioning into more flowy sentences.
1. "I'll take the two o'clock bus and get there in the afternoon." (3)
2. "And my joy when the bus [...] for twelve hours." (18)
3. " We headed toward the bus stop, which wasn't far." (48)
The bus also ties in with the beach and how when Mersault enters the water he is transitioning into more flowy sentences.
Journal #9
Thesis statement: Albert Camus uses the motif of the bus to express the transitions that Mersault is forced to take, but in the end Mersault wants change in his life and adapts to transition and change.
Journal # 8
I did enjoy this book more than i enjoyed TEWWG. This book was easier to read and Camus really emphasized how short sentences can mean more than long ongoing sentences. And thought went into each phrase of this book. I did not like how Camus never took the time to describe the physical attributes of the people the were around Mersault. If i had to read this book again i would read it even more in depth and pull out more symbols/motifs and find out their meaning.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Journal #6 Stranger
5 Questions:
1.) What is the symbolic significance of Salamon's dog?
2.) Could the bus represent a way of escaping for Mersault?
3.) Do the coffee and cigarettes symbolize freedom?
4.) Why is it that every time Mersault cannot physically escape a situation he gets very irritated with the people around him?
5.) Why does the sun always make mersault sleepy?
5 Answers:
1.) Tania: Camus is trying to give a relation to the reader and emphasize the age of Mersault.
2.) Tate: When Camus is using the sun on the beach i think it is the water that is more emphasized. When Mersault is in the water everything seems to become more calm. Even the sentence structure flows better.
3.) Travis: Camus also depicts the physical aspects of people rather than what the look like or how they act.
4.) Sean S: I believe that Camus could be somewhat sexist. In the fact that Mersault only cares for Marie in a physical and sexual way. And in no way does Mersault know how to love her. He is just infatuated with her.
5.) Omar: Camus divides Mersault away from the other characters to emphasize the relevance that Mersault has somewhat of a condition to distance himself. He doesn't like people.
1.) What is the symbolic significance of Salamon's dog?
2.) Could the bus represent a way of escaping for Mersault?
3.) Do the coffee and cigarettes symbolize freedom?
4.) Why is it that every time Mersault cannot physically escape a situation he gets very irritated with the people around him?
5.) Why does the sun always make mersault sleepy?
5 Answers:
1.) Tania: Camus is trying to give a relation to the reader and emphasize the age of Mersault.
2.) Tate: When Camus is using the sun on the beach i think it is the water that is more emphasized. When Mersault is in the water everything seems to become more calm. Even the sentence structure flows better.
3.) Travis: Camus also depicts the physical aspects of people rather than what the look like or how they act.
4.) Sean S: I believe that Camus could be somewhat sexist. In the fact that Mersault only cares for Marie in a physical and sexual way. And in no way does Mersault know how to love her. He is just infatuated with her.
5.) Omar: Camus divides Mersault away from the other characters to emphasize the relevance that Mersault has somewhat of a condition to distance himself. He doesn't like people.
Journal #5 Stranger
I believe that Camus split the novel The Stranger into two parts because they parallel each other. How do they do this you may ask? Well In Part one Camus shows that Mersault is an uncertain fellow. Who is not quite sure what or who to like. And a lot of the periods in the sentences in part one show that Mersault is uncertain of how he thinks. He over depicts certain things almost as if to try to reason to himself. In part two Camus uses more commas than periods. Almost as if to show that Mersault is adapting and learning to mourn better with all the conditions and bumps along the way.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Journal #4 Stranger
Questions:
1.) Could Camus be emphasizing the symbol of the bus as escape for Mersault?
2.) Could Camus use Salamons dog as a symbol of morality?
3.) Why does Camus emphasize that everytime Mersault is around the sun he feels tired?
4.) Does Mersault really love Marie or is he just infatuated with her physically?
5.) What is Mersaults perspective on race? Why does he only give the Arabians the name "arabs"?
1.) Could Camus be emphasizing the symbol of the bus as escape for Mersault?
2.) Could Camus use Salamons dog as a symbol of morality?
3.) Why does Camus emphasize that everytime Mersault is around the sun he feels tired?
4.) Does Mersault really love Marie or is he just infatuated with her physically?
5.) What is Mersaults perspective on race? Why does he only give the Arabians the name "arabs"?
Journal #2 Stranger
Part one:
I believe that Matthew Ward has more literary value because he uses words that relate the reader to Mersault more than Gilbert's interpretation of Stranger. In the first chapter Ward uses "Maman." This words signifies that Mersault could have been close to his mother, and also shows Mersault as a younger man. The reader can relate to this because they may feel sympathy if Mersault were to be a younger man rather than a 35 year old man who barely knew his mother. Ward also changes the miles to kilometers assuring the reader that could be French that he knew the measurement system they used.
Part two:
If i were to change the title of the Stranger, i would change it to Adaptation. I would use this title because in the book Mersault changes in a way. In part one Camus uses short and choppy sentences yet moving into part two Camus uses more flowing sentences. Placing commas more than placing periods. Camus gives Mersault this change in the book to show his over coming of his mourning and the adaptation to experiencing more of a decisive side of Mersault.
I believe that Matthew Ward has more literary value because he uses words that relate the reader to Mersault more than Gilbert's interpretation of Stranger. In the first chapter Ward uses "Maman." This words signifies that Mersault could have been close to his mother, and also shows Mersault as a younger man. The reader can relate to this because they may feel sympathy if Mersault were to be a younger man rather than a 35 year old man who barely knew his mother. Ward also changes the miles to kilometers assuring the reader that could be French that he knew the measurement system they used.
Part two:
If i were to change the title of the Stranger, i would change it to Adaptation. I would use this title because in the book Mersault changes in a way. In part one Camus uses short and choppy sentences yet moving into part two Camus uses more flowing sentences. Placing commas more than placing periods. Camus gives Mersault this change in the book to show his over coming of his mourning and the adaptation to experiencing more of a decisive side of Mersault.
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