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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Toni Morrison The issue of abandonment and the will that it takes to survive the hardship of it is a reoccurring theme in Toni Morrison’s writing. Tar Baby‚ Sula and Paradise all deal with the issue of abandonment and how it relates to the characters in her stories. "Through her fiction‚ Toni Morrison intends to present problems‚ not their answers" (Moon). Her stated aim is to show "how to survive whole in a world where we are all of us‚ in some measure‚ victims of something." (Morrison) Morrison’s
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Bibliography: .http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-13145969-morrison-sells-safeway-branches.do Lyndsey Turner‚ Tuesday 21st February 2006‚ Giants stalk the high street [on-line] available from .http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2006/feb/21/learnlessonplans.secondaryschools Ed Owen‚ 7th January 2011‚ Morrisons’ commercial chief challenges Asda [on-line] available from .http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/1048156/Morrisons-commercial-chief-challenges-Asda/ Kantar World panel 1st February
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Idea behind setting up this company was the emerging supply chain management trends including the use of RFID technology to track pallets and cases of goods after they left the shipping dock en route to downstream supply chain positions. Morrison developed and manufactured RFID tags known as smart labels for retail and pharmaceutical industries. RFID Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is the wireless noncontact use of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields to transfer data‚ for the
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More – Austin Clarke Summary This novel takes the reader through a series of thoughts and memories as a single mother named Idora Morrison reminisces about the struggles and hardships she has to endure coming from a foreign country to Canada. Not only does she have to find a way to get comfortable in her new surroundings‚ but she must also deal with racism to a degree that she never has before. Despite being able to make ends meet for her and her child‚ after her deadbeat husband has left her
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1) How does Meursault explain to the lawyer how his “physical needs” relate to his “feelings”? How is this significant to our understanding of Meursault? Throughout the entire novel‚ Meursault constantly suppresses his emotions by directing his focus towards his physical annoyances‚ whether he is tired‚ has a headache‚ or is irritated by someone else. He explained to the lawyer that‚ “[his] physical needs often got in the way of [his] emotions”. For example‚ Meursault justifies his absence of sadness
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The South in Toni Morrison ’s Song of Solomon: Initiation‚ healing‚ and home Lee‚ Catherine Carr Song of Solomon‚ Toni Morrison ’s third novel in an increasingly varied and rich body of work‚ is a remarkable narrative. The novel ’s power lies not only in its recovery and representation of African American experience in the midtwentieth century but also in Morrison ’s insistence on the necessity of healing her broken‚ alienated protagonist‚ Milkman Dead. Central to both his maturation and his healing
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Contents Biography ...……………………………………………………………………………..…… 2 Death ……...……………………………………………………………………………….… 4 Humanistic Theories of Self-Actualization ...……………………………………………...… 4 Hierarchy of Needs …………………………………………………………………………... 6 1. Physiological needs ……………………………………………………………………….. 6 2. Safety needs ……………………………………………………………………………….. 7 3. Belongingness and Love needs ……………………………………………………………. 7 4. Esteem needs ……………………………………………………………………………… 7 5. Self-actualization …………………………………………………………………………
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fellows liked Morty and they would say “there’s a damn good kid and a damned fast runner” (217). Morty has many friends but he still became friends with Tony. Morty appreciates his friendship with Tony and becomes his protector. He begins to like Tony and “to look on him as a big brother. He’d always wanted a brother.” (220) Morty supports Tony in many ways‚ even if he sometimes dislikes Tony’s aggressions towards others. Morty is very self-confident and has already made plans for his future. Morty
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Tony Takitani Samuel Choon Tony Takitani is a film based on the short story of the same name by Haruki Murakami. This excerpt of the story gives the audience a deeper understanding of Tony’s character and introduces Eiko’s character. The scene beginning at 15:44 characterises Tony Takitani according to the text in terms of his extreme focus at drawing and Tony’s reaction to symbols of human emotion. This shot consists of one vertical half with darker shading while the other featuring a
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