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    “Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe‚ I don’t know.” (Camus‚ 3). These opening lines of The Stranger by Albert Camus gives a feeling for how the rest of the novel will continue to go. The reader’s initial reaction may be shocked. How does someone not know when their mother died and why do they not care? Albert Camus was an existentialist and wrote in such a way. Existentialism is a philosophy that focuses on the ideas of existence and not believing in a God‚ the freedom of choice and responsibility

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    * Albert Camus. Born Nov 7‚ 1913‚ in French colonial Algeria. * His father was killed in World War I‚ at the Battle of the Marne. * He lived with his mother‚ and brother sharing a two-bedroom apartment with his grandmother and a paralysed uncle. * He attended the University of Algiers‚ supporting his education by working odd jobs. However‚ he was forced to drop out of school due to ill-health. * The poverty and illness he experienced as a youth greatly influenced his writing.

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    In his Novel The Stranger‚ Albert Camus tells the story of a man‚ Meursault‚ a character who shows almost no emotions‚ even though he lives an ordinary life. He has a job‚ a girl who loves him‚ and a life full or purpose‚ yet he still acts as a stranger in his work life‚ social life‚ and love life. From the first line of the story Meursault was strange‚ “Mother died today. Or‚ maybe‚ yesterday; I can’t be sure.” The telegram from the Home says: “Your mother passed away. Funeral tomorrow. Deep sympathy

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    Albert Camus The Plague

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    Symbolism in Camus’ "The Plague" For the first essay for Integrative Studies 300 I would like to write on the Camus work‚ The Plague. Since Albert Camus has a philosophical view unlike that of many western writers‚ the book can serve as an excellent reflection on an unpopular view of life‚ living‚ and death. Life without a god poses many ironies; Camus attempts to satisfy those ironies. By using many examples of symbolism‚ Camus conveys his own philosophy in a certain way so that his characters

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    Existentialism in Camus‚ ‘the Outsider’ and Kafka’s‚ ‘The Metamorphosis’ Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and Albert Camus’ The Outsider‚ both feature protagonists in situations out of which arise existentialist values. Existentialism is a philosophy that emphasizes the uniqueness and isolation of the individual experience in a hostile or indifferent universe‚ regards human existence as unexplainable‚ and stresses freedom of choice and responsibility for the consequences of one’s acts. In The

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    Albert Camus The Stranger

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    continues in the time of its life. The field is in him‚ his action that subtracts in all opinion except his. A bigger life cannot mean for him another life. That would be dishonest". The novel The Stranger‚ based on Sisyphus’s Myth‚ shows clearly Camus existentialist point of view of life

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    Albert Camus Changes

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    In the book the Stranger by Albert Camus‚ we are introduced to the main character immediately with a very tragic scenario of a death. The main character is a male‚ but he is not your average male shown by his actions and personality. But who is this strange man? his name is Meursault. He seems to lack emotion; because for major events in his life (such as the opening scene) that are full of emotion‚ but he shows absolutely no emotion to these events in his life. He also appears to be very detached

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    This paper seeks to compare and contrast the philosophical views of two great philosophers‚ namely Albert Camus and Franz Kafka. The works involved in this argument are Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and Camus’ The Outsider. The chief concern of both writers is to find a kind of solution to the predicament of modern man and his conflict with machines and scientific theories. Death‚ freedom‚ truth and identity are themes to be studies here in the sense of absurdity.   Kafka was born in Prague in 1883.

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    Albert Camus The Guest

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    The Guest by Albert Camus Before there were movies and films there were stories and books. Many film creators will base their movies on written stories‚ and although they tend to keep the main premise of the plot‚ setting‚ characters‚ point of view and theme the same‚ sometimes the details will differ. To elaborate on these subjects we can compare the short story written by Albert Camus called The Guest published in 1957 to the short film production created by Michael Williams for his film school

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    writings of “Queen” and Albert Camus Albert Camus was one of the most renowned authors during the early twentieth century. With writings such as The Stranger‚ and The Plague‚ Camus has struck the world of literature with amazing works that are analyzed to a great extent. This amazing success was not just handed to Camus on a silver platter however; Albert endured many hard times and was often encumbered with great illness in his short life. These hardships that Camus had to face‚ emphasized in his

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