Running head: HOME READING ASSIGNMENT #2 1 The Stranger by Albert Camus 1. Meursault is locked into the routine of daily existence; his life is a shapeless void without ideas‚ preferences‚ goals‚ or emotions. Like a robot‚ Meursault responds to everything automatically‚ neither feeling nor caring. When he is offered a job transfer to Paris‚ Meursault says he does not care where he works; yet he does not go because moving would be too much trouble. His mother’s
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Albert Speer Outline Albert Speer’s Role within the Nazi regime Albert Speer’s Role in the Nazi Regime primarily was centred on a couple of areas‚ his work as the General Building Inspector (GBI)‚ the chief architect of the Reich and his role as Armaments Minister. Speer’s ascendancy within the Nazi hierarchy has been described by Henry King as ‘vertical and ladder like‚ Speer was an intelligent‚ affluent and well educated man and there is no doubt that he made a remarkable progression through
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offspring. However‚ as Gillian Gill highlights in her book‚ “We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers‚ Partners‚ Rivals” in reality this relationship was far from orthodox. In a world where misogyny‚ debt‚ and lewd behavior were common among rulers‚ their partnership broke many modern-day standards and created a new set of values. Though many of these values emerged in struggle for power‚ Queen Victoria and Prince Albert managed to stay together‚ and ultimately‚ redefined European politics‚ economics‚
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greatest motivating force in her/his life? In other words‚ consider the story the character tells‚ and then consider what is so important about this story that the character chose to tell it from the grave. Explore this in at least two sentences. Albert Schirding expresses shame of his failure contrary to his children’s success. He believes that his own success is more important than that of his children’s. He compares his failure which is losing in a County Superintendent of School election to
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Close Reading: “The Stranger” By Albert Camus The opening of “The Stranger” Meursault is informed of his mother’s death. Meursault tells us: “I got a telegram from the home: “Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours.” That doesn’t mean anything.” (page 3); a very strong statement to set the mood of this chapter. When he finished reading the telegram his first thought is: “That doesn’t mean anything.” this can give the reader the idea that Meursault is disconnected‚ cold‚ and perhaps
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I do." The quote is one of the most famous adages of all time. After all‚ mom is always right. Then how is it that many professionals disagree with such a classic phrase? Scientific evidence. Through years of research‚ world-renowned psychologist Albert Bandura created an entirely new field of psychology based on a fairly simple idea: humans learn by observation. Born on December 4‚ 1925‚ in the small town of Mundare in northern Alberta‚ Canada‚ Bandura was educated in a small elementary school
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that life is fair. Some might say that this unfairness comes from God’s wrath at Adam’s rebellion‚ some say it’s the fact that human beings are so greedy that no matter what happens to them they believe it underwhelming compared to what they deserve. Albert Camus‚ in The Guest‚ proposes that there is a free choice that goes along with life and if the result seems unfair‚ it is because humans are out of synch with each other. Daru‚ the schoolmaster that The Guest surrounds‚ is a French colonist in
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often not recognized despite the vast importance that it holds. As the human world continues to work towards globalization‚ or a more interconnected world‚ the livelihood and future of nearly all animal species is threatened. The book‚ “A Sixth Extinction”‚ written by Elizabeth Kolbert‚ provides insight into the deeply rooted impact humans have caused on the natural world in a way that no species has done before. The largest and most devastating impact on animals that results from human globalization
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In the story “The Guest” by Albert Camus‚ the author explores the subject of humanity when one is presented an anomalous situation. In the beginning‚ an old gendarme brought a prisoner‚ an Arab‚ to Daru and ordered him to bring him to prison because he was accused of murdering his cousin. Even though the Arab was a criminal‚ Daru treated him like a guest and the prisoner was very surprised why he acted so humane; by the time it was night Daru made a bed for the prisoner in same room as he was sleeping
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In Albert Camus’ novel The Stranger‚ the main character Meursault lacks significant identifying features such as a first name‚ specific age‚ or any physical features. He does not possess these because to give him a name or a description would be to give him an identity. Because Meursault lacks a solid identity‚ Camus portrays him as an absent being‚ detached from society and its norms. The main cause of the conflict in the novel is Meursault’s distance from society and his flatness as a character
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