The current interest in what has come to be called "multicultural" literature has focused critical attention on defining its most salient characteristic: authoring a text which appeals to at least two different cultural codes. (Wiget 258)…
2. What do stalking the old man and the post-murder details reveal about the narrator’s character?…
The author uses different literary devices, including point of view and diction to show a character’s struggle in choice between regret and heroism. His use of first person point of view is used to convey regret, while his use of diction is used to show heroism.…
Many people in society can be considered by outsiders by society. These sorts of characters, along with being found in modern day society, are also found in all forms of media such as Scott Pilgrim in Scott Pilgrim Versus the World, Colonel Aureliano Buendia from One Hundred Years of Solitude, and even Doctor Gregory House from acclaimed television series House. These characters provide us with a fascinating viewpoint on how they view society and how they are able to interact with society as a result of this isolation and ostracism from society. Arguably one of the greatest examples of this isolated character challenged by society’s very moral center is the character of Meursault of Albert Camus’ The Stranger. Camus throughout The Stranger…
In the short story “From Behind the Veil,” written by Dhu’l Nun Ayyoub, the author changes how we feel about the main character throughout the sequencing of the plot. We as the readers learn more about how the protagonist really thinks coupled with what her motives are. The author also presents language that clearly expresses how the protagonist feels and uses examples to show an overall theme in the story.…
Meursault, the readers’ eyes and ears in ‘The Outsider’ appears unbelievably detached from anything or anyone around him. The opening line of ‘Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don’t know,’ shows how little empathy this character has. There is no sorrow or regret, it is only a statement. The reader will soon realise that Meursault will only deal in the factual and the concrete. Emotions to this character are meaningless. On the day of his mother’s funeral he notices a man with ‘trembling (lips) beneath a nose pitted with blackheads.’ Meursault’s description of this man is cold and quite unforgiving. He goes into great detail when describing the suit the man is wearing, ‘the black tie with a knot that was too small for the large white collar... the pants with a thin white pinstripe...’ Meursault recognises the physical appearance of this man, but he doesn’t register the emotional reason for this reaction. The reader can appreciate that Meursault is only affected by the environment, he is mentally absent from the funeral. It is not the fact his mother is being buried today that Meursault finds depressing, but it’s the ‘whole landscape’ which ‘is flooded in sunshine.’ Meursault offers a unique view on the world because he is so detached from society. This unique protagonist means his thought pattern will lead us down a different path of thought as we follow his internal monologue. This is a key reason why I…
Meursault’s reactions are rarely what the reader envisions as appropriate. People feel disconnected-- disheartened and confused-- when Meursault claims his Maman’s death “doesn’t mean anything” (3). The level of indifference he feels and the actions he performs: making excuses to his boss, having lunch at Celeste’s, going to swim and a movie with Marie, all have the readers questioning Meursault’s character. This displeased feeling continues through the first half of the novel with Meursault’s uncaring and robotic behaviors of watching “families out for a walk… the local boys [going] by… the shopkeepers and the cats” (21-22). One then starts to wonder. One…
The author utilizes direct and indirect characterization to reveal the characters feelings through thoughts, actions and words they say. Actions and thoughts in which they show that their life is not full of meaning. The characters demonstrate their very unhappiness through the deeper…
Page 65 mentions a couple of issues right away in the International literature principle. The books are not usually easy to find in a classroom and much of the international study books are taught in social studies and history textbooks. Another problem with choosing books with an international…
The author of this essay makes a clear and distinct point that art and aesthetics can be seen and recognized at any time in this story, regardless of gross things, conditions, or ugly visuals. He claims that "even the process of dying has an aesthetic, spiritual dimension." (168)…
In everyday life, there is a constant struggle to create a sense of self within the mind of every person in this world. There is always a conflict present between the importance of self and the influence that others pose on this sense. When this sense is reached in life, there is still constant influence from others to alter this frame of mind. In many works of literature, this struggle can be seen within the characters of the story.…
New Perspectives on Andragogy By: Kimberly Miller Principles and Application of Adult Learning-5 Week 9- Individual Work 1. LEARNERS NEED TO KNOW • The primary core principle for adult learners is their need to know “ why” before they begin engaging in the learning process and they should be engaged in the planning of their learning. • When adults engage in the planning of their learning helps to stratify their need to know and also appeals to their self – concept as a independent learner.…
The simplistic style in “The Road out of Eden” is used to emphasise the childish aspect of the narrator as he tells his story. His use of common descriptive words such as big, little, the focus on colour or temperature and the preference of description over emotional reflection is central to how death is viewed in the text. This descriptive style presents a feeling of innocence and works on the reader to create an atmosphere of lost superficiality, like that of childhood. This can be best seen in the climax of the story when the narrator, having just witnessed murder opts to describe the visual effect the murder had on Steven rather than reflect on the emotions that must surely be present. He notes “He closed his eyes and just began crying, his arms hanging at his sides, the gun still in his little hand.” The simplicity of the way narrator notes defeat (“and just began crying”), the focus of Steven’s now apparent small size (“tiny hand”) and the absence of reflection in the narrator’s observations proves the main character’s lack of maturity and thought processing power. The style is used by the author to approach death from what it looks like to a child, a view completely naive to the implications of death and murder. In practice it highlights to the reader how sudden, shocking and above all else simple death can be. Similarly, the structure in “The School” attempts…
Analyse F. Scott Fitzgerald’s presentation of his first person narrator, Nick Carraway, in Chapter 1.…
Meursault- the protagonist of Camus’ The Outsider is shown as being influenced by nature. His character and actions are indicative of how an individual is affected by the environment in which he dwells and how a change in the surroundings affects his psychology. The character of Meursault also portrays the biological evolutionary notion of adaptability and how a superior species replaces an inferior one. This can be seen, in the novel, in the role Mersault’s natural surroundings plays in determining his actions and how, towards the end, an existentially enlightened Meursault replaces the older one. In the novel we see how the protagonist is continually affected by his surroundings.…