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    The Stranger

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    live by completely different Morals yet are able to coexist and interact with them . However the main character Meursault in the stranger lives with the opinions that no one in his community share. Meursault lives to make decisions when he feels it is necessary. Yet the story educates the reader about what it is like to live an existential life. In Albert camus’s The Stranger themes of existentialism were most clearly shown through the expression of free-will‚ alienation and the value of choice.

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    December 11 2013 Symbolism in The Stranger Authors tend to use symbolism to address a profound meaning to what is written. In literature‚ symbolism is the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them illustrative meaning that are different from their literal meaning. In the novel‚ Camus is effective in utilizing many symbols and motifs to symbolize certain aspects of Meursault’s life. This essay will explain the reasons as to how does Albert Camus depict society’s tendencies through

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    Meursault is characterized as a detached and emotionless character‚ which reflects the idea of existentialism in The Stranger by Albert Camus. Existentialism is a philosophy that emphasizes freedom to choose‚ and make choices without outside influences. This can be shown throughout the novel‚ as Meursault makes choices in his everyday life. An existentialist must accept the consequences to their decisions. Meursault is an example of an existentialist. He has a fervor for truth‚ because of this he

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    sub-systems in your social work context. (9 points) Answer: When we see village as a whole system there are branches of subsystem which existed within itself. When we took the branches of the subsistence with intensive they exist as a main system related with one another in order to form a village as a whole system. Let’s see different subsystem that existed in the village. Area Area act as a boundaries for the system of the village. It is a part of system which help to carry out activities that and

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    The Stranger

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    The Stranger by Albert Camus         In the novel The Stranger‚ Albert Camus give his expression to his philosophy of the absurd.  A first person account on the life of Meursault from the death of his mother to his execution for  the murder of an arab. The central theme of the novel is that the significance of human life is  understood only in light of mortality‚ or the fact of death. Showing Meursault’s consciousness  change through the course of events‚ camus shows how facing the possibility of death does not 

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    The Village by the Sea

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    The Village by the Sea The Village By The Sea (1982) is a novel written by the popular Indian American writer Anita Desai. It is based on the poverty‚ hardships and sorrow faced by a small rural community in India. {text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-end} Plot The Village by the Sea is set in a small village called Thul‚ which is 14 km (8.7 mi) from Bombay. Lila‚ the eldest child among the four siblings‚ is thirteen years old. Her twelve-year-old brother Hari is the only person with whom

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    Stranger

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    Discussion Questions for The Stranger (1946); translated by Matthew Ward‚ 1988. Part One Chapter 1. 1. How does Camus set up Meursault’s personality -- how does Meursault respond to others’ conversation‚ to ordinary social situations‚ and to the death of his mother? 2. On page 10‚ Meursault says that at the viewing of his mother‚ he felt as if the elderly people there were judging him. Offer a conjecture about why he might have had that feeling. (It is worth paying attention to such references to

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    Global Village

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    Global Village is a term closely associated with Marshall McLuhan‚[1] popularized in his books The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man (1962) and Understanding Media (1964). McLuhan describes how the globe has been contracted into a village by electric technology[2] and the instantaneous movement of information from every quarter to every point at the same time [3]. In bringing all social and political functions together in a sudden implosion‚ electric speed has heightened human awareness

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    A Village Doctor

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    A Village Doctor Introduction: A village doctor is an important person in the village. A village doctor is known to us. He is more expert in killing than in healing নিরাময়. He is not highly educated. He gets some knowledge in druggists shop. Then he becomes a quack হাতুড়ে. A town has many qualified doctors. Some of them are even specialists‚ বিশেষজ্ঞদের but it is a matter of regret দু:খ প্রকাশ that there is no qualified doctor in a village. His Dispensary: A village doctor has a dispensary

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    Global Village

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    Global Village Today the term global village is common the world becomes approximate day after day via technology which has been making our life style faster. The relationship with each other more consolidated. Also‚ an industry deems one of the important reasons to make the world become a small village. Although a existence of many agents to make the world as a small village‚ I believe there are three main reasons of that. The first and most important reason that helps the world to become

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