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The Stranger Reflection
My understanding and appreciation of cultural and contextual considerations shown throughout stylistic choices developed throughout this discussion. When I was reading The Stranger, there was a notion of hotness and higher temperatures that Meursault experienced throughout the book. During this discussion, one of the leaders pointed out that there was a reoccurring motif of the sun. Right then it clicked for me that the idea of hotness was really a part of the much larger motif, the sun and its multiple affects, especially on Meursault. This caused me to question, why did Camus have this motif and what purpose does this serve? Later, a participant proposed that this could be a biblical reference to the Son of God (sun being a homophone). To

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