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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Harold Hill and his seventy six trombones marched their way into The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts’ "The Music Man". "The Music Man" follows the story of conman and traveling salesman‚ Harold Hill. Hill peddles instruments‚ and claims he’ll form a band of all the boys in town using his revolutionary "think" method of instrument playing. His plan is to order uniforms‚ which take about four weeks to arrive‚ collect the money‚ and skip town. But his plan encounters a massive
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Watson and Crick‚ but they are misguided‚ in fact it was discovered almost centuries before by a number of less known scientists. Genes were discovered to be heritable from parents by a humble pea grower by the name of Gregor Mendel in 1866. Since then we have discovered that DNA‚ also known as deoxyribonucleic acid‚ is the carrier of genes‚ traits that pass down from generation to generation.The reality is that the credit didn’t go to everyone who deserved it. This was because‚ Watson and Crick only figured
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Watson and Crick discovering DNA Watson and Cricks discovery of DNA was important for many reasons because DNA made it possible to use genetic screening to identify which patients have ‘faulty’ genes which will lead to genetic illness such as Alzheimer’s. Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA in 1953. A reason that it was important was because it has provided an explanation for diseases and conditions that the germ theory cannot explain‚ for instance‚ cancer. This was important because
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Master Harold… and the Boys Athol Fugard’s Master Harold… and the Boys is an instant classic that does a superior job at encompassing the complex of racial hierarchies and interracial friendships that existed in South Africa in the mid-20th century. Set in 1950 the play follows the everyday lives of its two main protagonists: Hally‚ a white‚ seventeen year old male discontented with his schooling‚ and Sam‚ a middle-aged‚ black servant of Hally’s family. During this period the rigid racial structure
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film movement with his earlier film Reservoir Dogs. Subsequently‚ Tarantino followed up with his well-received movie Pulp Fiction. Both Movies are similar plot-wise; they deal with gangsters coping with unexpected events. Quentin Tarantino uses camera placement and editing‚ themes‚ dialogue‚ and different movie genres to tell the story literally and cinematically in Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs. Although both films deal with gangsters and criminals‚ they have different themes. In Reservoir Dogs
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Francis Harry Compton Crick was born 8 June 1916 in Northampton‚ England. He received a children’s encyclopedia from his parents‚ which exposed him to the amazing world of science. His fascination with this world has continued throughout his life. He received his college degree in physics and was starting graduate school when the World War II began. During the war‚ Crick worked on weapons for the British Admiralty. By the time the war ended‚ he went back to school at the Cavendish Laboratory of Cambridge
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The editors of “Flash Fiction” asked themselves the question‚ “How short can a story be and still truly be a story?” (11). With this in mind‚ they settled on a maximum word count of 750‚ with a minimum of 250. They debated keeping it as “one story to a page‚ just a little book of little stories‚” but soon realized that‚ without the turn of a page during a story‚ the reader is easily bored (13). Instead‚ they allowed the stories to begin and end naturally in the book’s layout. “Pumpkins” is a
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Pulp Fiction is a movie that almost everyone today has seen. However‚ it can be a difficult movie to understand if one is only looking for a straight story. Pulp fiction seems to have multiple stories being told almost simultaneously. Some will say it is about two hit men or a boxer‚ but the truth is there is no story behind the film. The whole purpose of the film is to parody every type of film movement created. From documentary as a style to Surrealism‚ this film leaves no movement out. The
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in federal elections or is it something much more? Ambrose Flask attempts to unravel the true meaning of freedom in his short story “The Strangers That Came to Town.” This story outlines the journey of the Duvitch family as they rise from the depths of oppression to obtain a sense of equality and acceptance from their society. In his short story‚ “The Strangers that Came to Town”‚ Ambrose Flack is showing that true freedom is about being accepted. First of all‚ the Duvitches’ dark‚ mysterious past
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