Throughout this passage from The Stranger by Albert Camus, we get a sense of value for physical things from the protagonist, Meursault. This develops many instances of imagery for the reader of this passage. The protagonists values physical aspects of life and creates a very distinct tone as to how he feels about life, and the events happening around him.
Meursault in The Stranger values physical aspects of life, and creates several instances of imagery. (Camus, para 1&2, line 4-7) “it was families out for a walk: two little boys in sailor are several other instances throughout this passage where imagery is present. (Camus, para 7, line 4-6) “The street lamps were making the pavement glisten, and the light from the streetcars would glint off someone’s shiny hair, or off a smile or a
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The tone throughout this passage was very dark and depressing. Although Meursault seemed interested in the people and things around him, he truly didn’t care. His personality has always been to value the physical aspects of life, but he also believed life to be meaningless which would create a depressing tone. (Camus, para 3, line 8-10) “In the little café chez pierrot, next door to the tobacconists, the waiter was sweeping up the sawdust in the deserted restaurant inside. It was Sunday all right.” This line is very dull. A reader can understand that Meursault doesn’t like Sundays. The tone is this line seems depressing and indifferent to society. (Camus, para 7, line 20-23) “It occurred to me that anyway one more Sunday was over, that Maman was buried now, that I was going back to work and that, really, nothing had changed.” This line is also very sad and depressing. Meursault expresses how life is pointless. He does the same thing over and over again. He also doesn’t have an emotional change when he speaks about his Maman at all. He disregards that her death was a huge event in his
Jonathan Kozol revealed the early period’s situation of education in American schools in his article Savage Inequalities. It seems like during that period, the inequality existed everywhere and no one had the ability to change it; however, Kozol tried his best to turn around this situation and keep track of all he saw. In the article, he used rhetorical strategies effectively to describe what he saw in that situation, such as pathos, logos and ethos.
In 102 Minutes, Chapter 7, authors Dwyer and Flynn use ethos, logos, and pathos to appeal to the readers’ consciences, minds and hearts regarding what happened to the people inside the Twin Towers on 9/11. Of particular interest are the following uses of the three appeals.
Media such as movies, video games and television, in general, are all created to support some form of social context. This helps with generating popularity because people are able to relate to the form of media. In Greg Smith’s book What Media Classes Really Want to Discuss, he describes 6 different representational strategies that justifies people’s way of thinking. The trope that I will be amplifying is the white savior tactic. In addition, I will connect this strategy to the movie The Blind Side. There are clear examples throughout the film where racism and low-income cultures exist in which the white family is there to help. The Tuohy family from the movie “The Blind Side” serves as the white savior for the progression of Michael
In the book Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer wrote about Christopher McCandless, a nature lover in search for independence, in a mysterious and hopeful experience. Even though Krakauer tells us McCandless was going to die from the beginning, he still gave him a chance for survival. As a reader I wanted McCandless to survive. In Into the Wild, Krakauer gave McCandless a unique perspective. He was a smart and unique person that wanted to be completely free from society. Krakauer included comments from people that said McCandless was crazy, and his death was his own mistake. However, Krakauer is able to make him seem like a brave person. The connections between other hikers and himself helped in the explanation of McCandless’s rational actions. Krakauer is able to make McCandless look like a normal person, but unique from this generation. In order for Krakauer to make Christopher McCandless not look like a crazy person, but a special person, I will analyze the persuading style that Krakauer used in Into the Wild that made us believe McCandless was a regular young adult.
Albert Camus’s work of fiction, The Stranger, explores the life of a French man known as Meursault after his mother dies of old age. Meursault does not feel grief for his mothers death as he believes that doing so is pointless since he, as well as Camus himself, is an atheist and an existentialist. As such, he doesn’t concern himself with traditional emotions and beliefs and is instead only concerned with the physical world around him and his physical interactions with it.
Pollan’s article provides a solid base to the conversation, defining what to do in order to eat healthy. Holding this concept of eating healthy, Joe Pinsker in “Why So Many Rich Kids Come to Enjoy the Taste of Healthier Foods” enters into the conversation and questions the connection of difference in families’ income and how healthy children eat (129-132). He argues that how much families earn largely affect how healthy children eat — income is one of the most important factors preventing people from eating healthy (129-132). In his article, Pinsker utilizes a study done by Caitlin Daniel to illustrate that level of income does affect children’s diet (130). In Daniel’s research, among 75 Boston-area parents, those rich families value children’s healthy diet more than food wasted when children refused to accept those healthier but
The movie trailer “Rio 2”, shows a great deal of pathos, ethos, and logos. These rhetorical appeals are hidden throughout the movie trailer; however, they can be recognized if paying attention to the details and montage of the video. I am attracted to this type of movies due to the positive life messages and the innocent, but funny personifications from the characters; therefore, the following rhetorical analysis will give a brief explanation of the scenes, point out the characteristics of persuasive appeals and how people can be easily persuaded by using this technique, and my own interpretation of the message presented in the trailer.
The Letter from Birmingham Jail was written by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in April of 1963. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of several civil rights activists who were arrested in Birmingham Alabama, after protesting against racial injustices in Alabama. Dr. King wrote this letter in response to a statement titled A Call for Unity, which was published on Good Friday by eight of his fellow clergymen from Alabama. Dr. King uses his letter to eloquently refute the article. In the letter dr. king uses many vivid logos, ethos, and pathos to get his point across. Dr. King writes things in his letter that if any other person even dared to write the people would consider them crazy.
Meursault believes that it is futile to try to explain everything in reality and have a rational reason for everything “I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to”, Camus uses the futility of Meursault’s legal appeals to show that all humans approach death at an equal rate, and that you can’t escape it. Meursault tends to not conform to social norms, and he is in a way separated from society. Meursault’s and society’s apathy towards Maman, his mother’s, funeral, displays the way Camus disregards the value of human life. From this you can see his belief that life has no meaning come from this belief. Meursault chooses to be isolated from common human interaction and relationships. In my essay I will studied the character’s view on detachment and alienation from relationships and acceptance of societal views. Looking into the views of his life and how it leads to him murdering a person can give me a better sight on Meursault’s Absurdist qualities.
In The Stranger by Albert Camus, the main character, Meursault, is an absurdist who lives in the moment and refuses to be distracted by societal norms. He views the world as random and is indifferent to it. But to many French people living in Algeria, religion, social order and character are intertwined and are imperative to human life. Camus uses the crucifix and the courtroom to convey the idea that religion is man’s desperate attempt to create meaning in life where there is none.
The novel opens with Meursault having just learned that his mother has died. His reaction to her death is far from typical, and he simply says, “Maman died today, or yesterday maybe, I don’t know.” As he prepares to leave town to attend the funeral, he expresses a sort of general discomfort. This discomfort can be seen in his extremely uncomfortable conversation with his boss, in which Meursault simply tells his boss, “it’s not my fault.” Meursault also wishes that the funeral were already over so that, “the case would be closed, and everything will have a more official feel to it.”
Meursault in the book tries to overcome his emotional indifference within himself. One example shows Meursault emotional indifference against Marie. In this quote, “A minute later she asked me if I loved her. I told her it didn’t mean anything but that I didn’t think so.” The quote explains how Meursault doesn’t really think about the consequences of other people’s emotions. When he said in the quote it didn’t mean anything to him, it shows he believes human life and emotions are meaningless. He also says I didn’t think so, showing he struggles to comprehend and make his own interpretations on human emotions from Marie and other people. Another example shown is Meursault against his mother’s funeral. In this quote ‘Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don’t know. I got a telegram from the home: “Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours.” That doesn’t mean anything. Maybe it was yesterday.’ This quote also shows Meursault idea of human life is meaningless. This shows that Meursault believes it doesn’t really matter if his mother died, he’s probably implying that his mother was dying soon...
Meursault seems to be much interested in the world around him, such as the physical aspects rather any emotional connection. I believe Meursault uses nature as an excuse to escape reality. There are many scenes where he much more interested in his surroundings such as the sky, the weather, or the sun. The author wrote the book in this style to give his readers the thought that there is no higher existence and there is no specific meaning to human life. This connects back to “Existentialism is a Humanism” by Jean-Paul Sartre. Meursault focuses the majority of his attention on things that physically affect his body, the physical relationship with Marie, weather, and anything else that seems to be conspicuous. For example, when Maman was buried, Meursault was very bothered by the heat but he felt no remorse towards his mother. “The Sun was beginning to bear down on the earth and it was getting hotter by the minute … I was hot in my dark clothes.” (Camus
Diction illustrates how Meursault’s lack of emotion toward things that society demands emotion to make him one who determines his own life. In the beginning of the novel, when Meursault just hears of his mother’s death, he states, “For now it’s almost as if Maman weren’t dead. After the funeral, though, the case will be closed, and everything will have a more official feel to it.” (3) In French and most other societies, one of the most basic expectations is some form of grief or emotion at the hearing of their mother’s death. Meursault says that after the funeral “the case will be closed” and that it will now have “a more official feel.” Meursault is treating the death of his mother as a chore or verdict, which goes directly against what society believes he should fee...
Meursault is viewed as an outcast because he doesn 't weep at his mother 's funeral or feel guilty because he put her into a nursing home. Society has developed patterns of behavior for given moments in our lives. Meursault’s insensitivity doesn’t match up with societal expectation of showing some sense of grief. Meursault says that the funeral itself happens “so fast, so deliberately, so naturally” that he can’t remember it. He has only a few fragmented memories, including the “the sun bearing down, making the whole landscape shimmer with heat, it was inhumane and oppressive” and the nurse saying “there is no way out” (Camus