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= = = = =**Chapter 1 ** =

** Camus uses a very reserved tone, it almost seems like Camus is trying to avoid giving out much information about Meursault. We learn through Muersault's actions because he does not let us establish a very deep emotional connection with the fictional character. **

==**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? ** ==

==I usually fall asleep when I am doing something boring. For example in my IGCSE times, I usually fell asleep when I studied DT, because it was excruciatingly boring. This helps me relate to Meursault because he may feel the same thing, because he is absurdist, he may just not care about anything, and when you have nothing to think about your mind hits a stage of extreme boredom. ==

==**In contrast, the final sentence of the chapter is unusually long. Interestingly, we finally get a glimpse into the “joy” that Mersault is feeling now that he can “go to bed and sleep for a whole twelve hours.” What do we learn about Mersault through this? ** ==

When I read this sentence, in this context it was more of a getting over the loss of his weekend, the joy in my mind lasted for only a short while, because finally he is sleeping for 12 hour, but thenI realized he has been sleeping for the whole day. We learn that Meursault has no excitement, even after he has spent sweet time with the love of his life, nothing is on his mind but sleeping. == ==

=**Chapter 2 ** =


 * 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? **

Being a non- absurdist person who has to stay in his social boundaries, I would stay out of the matter building an awkward phase in our friendship, I may cheer him up and would pretend to be happy for him for getting over the tragedy, because social bounds would stop me from reminding him of the tragedy over and over again, which may dishearten him. At the same time my respect for him may depreciate in my mind as I would start thinking if a tragedy struck me, he would not understand how i feel, and he may not even support me through what has happened. Clearly this person does not want to change anything in his life, which is why being a friend i will support him in doing so.


 * 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. **

The first chapter consists of many short emotionless dialogues


 * 6. Give some examples of Camus’ use of imagery. Note how this is used in place of Meursault’s emotions. **

In the second chapter there has been strong emphasis on the weather, which often has to relate with the emotions of the character, on a little irrelevant note, William Shakespeare often used rain to portray a building sad emotion in the characters mind, he did this because when its raining the sky is very dull and rains can turn a beautiful day into a dull boring day. Camus uses a similar approach in this book using imagery, when Meursault says "the sky began to redden" and "the sky was clear but dull". We usually notice negative things of this sort when we are sad or we have nothing to think about. Since Meursault does not have any emotions, Camus tries to fill that part of the novel with the weather portraying a dull emotion.


 * 7. See the //characters// page and add detail on Meursault’s interaction with Marie. **

= Extension Question (complete Qs 4 - 7 as well) = The very fact that Meursault is absurdist is expressed by the short dialogues we see. Absurdists believe that life has no meaning, and meaning is very closely related to emotions because something would make sense with if emotions are involved with reasoning an example of this is the kind of reaction he gives when he hears that his mother is dead, so because there are no emotions present he only speaks in short dialogues, as though he wants to avoid contact of any sort with anyone and keep himself well reserved which well indicates that this text is an absurdist text.
 * <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: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: top;">1. Because absurdists believe that life is meaningless, the death of Meursault’s mother doesn’t affect him because that is what is expected. Give further detail of how the novel (so far) is an example of an absurdist text. **

=<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff0000; font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"> Chapter 3 =

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-indent: -24px;">**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.**

Meursault is an absurdist, he does not believe in lying to anyone, he does not lie no matter what happens. He is an absurdist which means that life does not mean anything to him, which also means he does not have the social attribute in him, thus he does not need to follow social protocol. My assumption of what he thinks says that, since life does not mean anything to him, he thinks hiding anything from others would not make any difference as he does not fear anything, so he would not have any consequences to worry about.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-indent: -24px;">**How does this reflect his outlook in the text thus far? Keep this quote in mind - it will appear later in the book...** This quote sets the bar to what extent he can think absurdly. After that quote the we can see that he clearly see he is throughly different to everyone in a very weird way.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-indent: -24px;"> **Meursault displays a moment of spontaneity when he jumps on the truck following Emmanuel's suggestion. How might this add to his characterisation?** At this point, it makes me think he is a very affable person. It created an impression in my mind thinking that he blindly trusts anyone he knows.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-indent: -24px;"> **Many characters comment negatively on Salamano and his dog, however, Meursault never judges. What does this tell you about him?**

=<span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff0000; font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"> Chapter 4 ** =

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-indent: -24px;"> **Explain how Marie and Meursault's harmonious morning is juxtaposed/contrasted with Raymond's fight with his mistress. What is the significance of this happening right after Meursault declares that he did not love Marie but that "it didn't mean anything"? (Consider Meursault's reactions to both love and hate in your response)**

The author Albus Camus has been a very successful in portraying the difference between two couples, one of them are fighting and clearly hate each other to the extent where things get viciously physical. In contrast to this Camus places Marie and Meursault who are dating but don't love each other as yet (at this point of time we can't be sure if Marie is in love with Meursault).

The significance of having this little incident right after Meursault has declared that he does not love Marie yet is showing the readers that despite of Meursault's spontaneous attitude, he struggles to grasp emotions and make quick decisions. I think that Meursault does not feel any emotions in this point of the book, but the fact that he says it dint make a difference tells us that he does not want to end the relationship with Marie. This means that he is lost in confusion.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-indent: -24px;"> **Summarise Raymond and Meursault's night out, leading up to: "I found him very friendly towards me and I thought it was a good moment." (pg 40). Describe your thoughts on Meursault at this point.**

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