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1. What does the reference to "a soldier" tell you about the time period of the story? **1939-1945**

2. After Meursault arranged for his mother to live in a nursing home, why did he visit her so infrequently? **Because she lived so far away from him, and he felt bad for not visiting her so often.** 3. Why was it odd that Madam Meursault desired a religious burial? **Because her mother had no religion so it was very weird for her wanting a religious burial**. 4. In this context, an open casket to view the body is the norm, however, Meursault does not want to see it. Suggests reasons for why he would respond in this way. Is this normal behaviour? ** Because he didn’t feel like there was no point seeing his mother in it, and he found out that she has changed so much so he thought that there was no need for him to see her body in the casket. **  5. Where is the caretaker from? His age? ** The caretaker is from Paris and he is 64 years old **. 6. What is the purpose of holding a vigil? How long does it last? **The reason why people hold a vigil is so that they can have their last time close to the body of the dead person, is also a sign of respect and they could also want to pray or say their last words to that person. It lasts for one day and one night.** 7. Describe Thomas Perez’s relationship with Maman. Provide a relevant quote. **Mr Perez and Mrs Meursault were very close to each other and they had built a great relationship between them, which is why Thomas is taking so much care in this situation. "He and your mother were almost inseparable"** 8. Describe the journey to the church. How long did it take? How was the casket transported? Use a quote in your answer. **The casket was carried by a horse but all the people were walking behind it "On either side of the hearse, the four men". The length of the journey was never told, but it seemed like a really long journey.** 9. List Mersault’s references to sun and light (include page number).  · ** "And the glare of the sky reflecting off the road" page 10 **  · ** "With his bright eyes" page 10 **  · ** "It was a very bright room" page 12 **  · ** "Late-afternoon sunshine" page 13 **  · ** "Night had fallen suddenly" page 14 **  · ** "The sudden blaze of light" page 14 **  · ** "The glare from the white walls" page 14 **  · ** "The sun had risen a little higher in the sky" page 17 **  · ** "Bright, shiny and oblong, it looked a bit like a pencil box" page 19 **  · ** "The sun was already high in the sky." page 20 **  · ** "The whole landscape flooded in sunshine" page 20 **  · ** "I was surprised how rapidly the sun was climbing in the sky." page 20 **  · ** "The same luminous, sun-drenched countryside." page 21 **  · ** "The glare from the sun was unbearable" page 21 **  · ** "The sun had burst open the tar" page 21 **  · ** "The shiny black hearse" page 21 ** <span style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0.1pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · ** "With the sun and the smell of leather" page 21 ** <span style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0.1pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · ** "Nest of lights" page 22 ** Extension questions The narration is sharp, concise and to the point. Mainly simple action verbs are used, in the past tense, for example, “I caught the two o’clock bus. It was very hot. I ate at Celeste’s restaurant, as usual.” There is very little dialogue. This allows the reader to learn about Mersault through his actions/reactions, rather than his thoughts or feelings. What tone is Camus establishing? ** The **** tone that Camus is using wants to reveal the feeling that the Mersault is very antisocial. It really looks like that he is not the kind of person that looks for company or wants anyone around. He is always talking in first person all the time which shows how private and cold he is inside and how he never wants to share any of his feelings or thought with anyone else. **

Note how often Mersault falls asleep/dozes with reference to his description of the environment in which he falls asleep (pg 10 – “I had to run for the bus. It was probably all this dashing about and then the jolting and the smell of petrol and the glare of the sky reflecting off the road that made me doze off.”). Once again, he is heavily influenced by elements of the situation. Describe a time when you fell asleep uncontrollably. How does this help you to connect with Mersault?

** A lot of us many time doze of and fall asleep when in the bus. He is influenced by the world around him but so are we, there are a lot of things that can influence us in every day life and I think this is what Camus is trying to emphasize that there is a connection of us and our everyday life and the main character. **

**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: red; font-family: Arial;">Chapter 2 ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">1. Who does Meursault meet the day after his mother is buried? **He met Marie Cardona who used to be a typist at the office. She was the girl that Meursault fancied at the time and she fancied him as well.** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">2. On page 21, what hint is the reader given as to where Meursault lives? 3. Describe Meursault’s Sunday routine? What does this demonstrate about his character/personality? Use quotes in your answer. **His Sunday routine sounded all planned** **and already programmed. Everything goes one after the other all of his actions were all so lame and tedious. “I caught the tram”, “I dived straight into the narrows”, it all sounds like he is already planning that from before and that he is just following a timetable.** 4. Page 28: “I realised that I’d managed to get through another Sunday, that mother was now buried, that I was going to go back to work and that, after all, nothing had changed.” Imagine a tragedy that has just struck a friend. The next day, your friend comes to school as if nothing has happened. What would you say to your friend? How would you react to their lack of acknowledgement? **I would know exactly what my reaction would be at the moment, but I think that the first thing I would do if he seems to show that nothing happened is ignore the situation and try not to get into the topic for as long as I can and just go with it. Then if somehow the conversation goes into topic I just try to be out of it and just try and not make him feel uncomfortable.**

5. Despite chapters 1 and 2 being poles apart in terms of content (chapter 1 focuses on the funeral, whereas 2 is about a day at the beach with a girl), an indifferent tone is prevalent in both. Explain how Camus uses language to achieve this. **Camus uses a very descriptive language and he is always looking and talking in to details about the surroundings and about the actions taking place. He uses a lot of sound and images descriptions to make the reader imagine how he would feel in that exact part of the story.** 6. Give some examples of Camus’ use of imagery. Note how this is used in place of Meursault’s emotions. **“the sun had burst open the tar” this is one of the uses of imagery that Camus emphasizes. In this example he wants to show how hot the day was and how strong the sun was by saying that it even had burst open the ground, this creates an image in the reader that could really call attention to** **heat that was given out by the sunn.** <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">**CHAPTER 3**
 * 1) **<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">It's Meursault's first day back at work and his boss, following the socially expected rules of human behaviour, asks Meursault about his mother. When asked how old his mother was, Meursault answers with "about sixty". Do you know how old your mother is? Explain how Meursault would rather be true to himself and approximate his mother's age, rather than follow social protocol. **

Mersaul doesnt believe in lying and always wants to tell the truth and he doesn't care about what other people think about but he just goes with his choice.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">
 * 2) <span style="display: inline !important; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16px;"> **<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">How does this reflect his outlook in the text thus far? Keep this ** **<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">quote in mind - it will appear later in the book.. **

It shows that he rather tell the truth instead of following social protocol and that he ignores anyones opinion or comment and just does what first comes up to his mind.
 * 1) **<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">Meursault displays a moment of spontaneity when he jumps on the truck following Emmanuel's suggestion. How might this add to his characterisation? **

well this add to his character because it shows that most of the time he doesn't think about what he is doing or how random is what he is doing. In this case he just randomly jumper on to the truck and shows that he just does the first thing that he is he wants to do and doesn't really think about the consequences either.
 * 1) **<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">Many characters comment negatively on Salamano and his dog, however, Meursault never judges. What does this tell you about him? **

This tells me that Meursault is not interested in what other people say and neither follows their opinion, he didn't really care about commenting on Salamano and his dog. He just accepts how Salamano is and doesn't care about judging people form the outside like other do.


 * 1) **<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">Imagine Raymond walks in the door and shares his story with **you. **Write a single diary entry, logging** your **reaction to his grotesque story.**

Diary entry on Raymond. Dear diary, Today as I was walking down the stairs I met Raymond, the guy who lives in my building. I stopped and talked to him and we started to have a conversation. I hardly knew him and the conversation got very intense, he started talking about things that are usually not said to the first person you meet one day. He started talking about this mistress he had and that he was with, which sounded really confusing because I have never seen anyone in this building like the person he was describing so I felt suspicious. Apparently she was his mistress and she had no job, and he had to pay everything for her. He suspected that she was having an affair with another man. How he suspected this is because there were items in the house that for sure she couldn’t afford with the money he gave her so it must have been coming from someone else and not him. This was such a shocking moment for me because It has never happened to me for someone to pop up to me and say such things. So I went home and reflected on what happened and really thought it true to try and understand what is really going on between him and his mistress.

Diary entry on Mersault reaction. Today as I was walking down the stairs in my apartment building I met Raymond, the guy who lives in my building. I stopped and started talking to him because I was so shocked of how his face was so full of blood. So I asked him about it. Raymond started talking and he said that he had been in a fight with his mistress and the reason was because she had been buying items and things that for sure she couldn’t afford, since Raymond only gave her enough money to live on, and it was very suspicious that she could buy these kind of expensive accessories. He told me that he beat her up and not just a normal beat up, but he did it until she started bleeding. He thought that she was seeing someone else and that was mainly the reason why I did hit her. After I heard this story he asked me to write a letter to her so that he would have the right to punish her properly like he would. Therefore after all this I really thought he was doing the right thing I mean he even gave her all the money she needed to live since she had no job and then she turns like this on him. So I think he did the right thing hitting her and I think she deserves the punishment that is waiting for her. So I agreed on writing the letter and I told him that if he needed someone to talk about it I was there and that we should have met another time maybe. So I walked down and left the building with my lips shut and thinking about what I should write on the letter. Then later that night as I got home I started writing

PART 2 CHAPTER 3 <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; vertical-align: top;">2. What is Meursault’s first impression of the jury?

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; vertical-align: top;"> Meursault's first impression of the jury was one anonymous man, passenger of the same tram that I was on, they were on him scrutinizing this new man arrival to find his peculiarities. They were trying to find peculiarities but also criminality which could be one clue that could be the same as what the judge is trying to do with him, which is trying to check on him and try to find criminality on him as well. Also he says: " and anyway that was the idea that came to me" which emphasizes that he wasn't sure at all but it was just a little particular that came to his mind.

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; vertical-align: top;">3. Who are the eight witnesses who will testify at Meursault’s trial?

The eight witnesses are : " the warden and the caretaker from the home, old Thomas Perez, Raymond, Masson, Salamano and Marie" and " Celeste"