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    WOMEN AT THE WELL

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    THE WOMAN AT JACOB’S WELL Text (Referral) John 4: 1-42 Text (Read) John 4: 6-19 Come with me….. if you will…… to the well of Jacob….. and stand with me as I analyze this Samaritan woman’s situation. What do we see here? Here we see unmerited favor….. we see unconditional love….. we see acceptance….. we see sacrifice….. and yes….. we see a risk. Here we see where God took an ordinary woman……… and placed her in an extraordinary situation. Look at this un-named Samaritan woman……..

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    Meursault: The Absurd Hero

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    that value itself doesn’t exist. Realizing this a person can find purpose through his meaningless. That is being the absurd hero accepting the world as it is‚ meaningless and still finding happiness through that. Meursault‚ the protagonist of The Stranger written by Albert Camus is the epitome of the absurd hero. The absurd hero is defined as a person that has knowledge of decay‚ fulfillment of happiness‚ and rebuke

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    The most popular reaction to Albert Camus’ The Stranger is to say the trial is inequitable and Meursault did not deserve a punishment as severe as death. When I started the novel I did not agree with that statement at all‚ it was understood that Meursault had shot the Arabian man‚ five times at that‚ how could one find this as an “unfair retribution”? As I kept reading though‚ I was almost mortified by the conduct and the overall atmosphere of the trial. There is no way to deny that the lawyers

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    THE SIXTH SENSE by M. Night Shyamalan Converted to PDF and contributed by RonCecchini@comcast.net INT. BASEMENT - EVENING A NAKED LIGHTBULB SPARKS TO LIFE. of a basement. It dangles from the ceiling LIGHT‚ QUICK FOOTSTEPS AS ANNA CROWE moves down the stairs. Anna is the rare combination of beauty and innocence. She stands in the chilly basement in an elegant summer dress that outlines her slender body. Her gentle eyes move across the empty room and come to rest on a rack of wine

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    Strangers

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    Strangers Barbara Elsborg Kate Snow’s had enough of bad boys until a one-way swim in the ocean puts her on a collision course with a man she can’t resist. Charlie Storm has turned being a bad boy into an art form. Already a famous pop star‚ mega-success in the movie business beckons until his inner demons send him spiraling out of control and right out to sea. The last thing he expects to do before he dies is crash into a suicidal woman. When the worlds of these two strangers collide‚ their

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    Albert Camus

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     but he rejected this title. He was not the  first to present the concept of Absurd but it was owing to him that this idea gained popularity and  influence‚ and it transformed into a proper philosophical movement of Absurdism. His famous  novels include ​ The Stranger​  [also translated as ​ The Outsider​ ] and ​ The Fall​ ‚ while The ​ Myth of  Sisyphus​  is his most important book with regard to his philosophy of the Absurd. He was one of  the youngest people to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature‚ when he became a Nobel Laureate 

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    A Hero Within

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    A Hero Within Albert Camus’ The Stranger follows the life of Meursault‚ an Algerian man‚ who is also the protagonist and narrator of the novel. Divided into two parts‚ the narrative offers a comprehensive‚ albeit detached‚ account of Meursault’s life before and after he commits a senseless‚ apparently unprovoked slaying. As Meursault starts off as removed‚ emotionless man without a care for his friends and family aspects of Camus’s philosophy of the “absurd” can be uncovered. On the surface

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    The Stranger

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    The Stranger Mersault- bleak: pg. 104‚ "I was assailed by memories of a life that wasn’t mine anymore‚ but one in which I’d found the simplest and most lasting joys." Indifferent: pg 114‚ “Since we’re all going to die‚ it’s obvious that when and how don’t matter. “ Marie- Wanted: pg 35‚ “She was wearing a pair of my pajamas with the sleeves rolled up. When she laughed I wanted her again. A minute later she asked me if I loved her. I told her it didn’t mean anything but that I didn’t

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    No Discernible Difference

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    understand the true absurdism of the universe. These awakened individuals are often very disconnected‚ believing that it matters not what they do‚ as the outcome will ultimately be the same – happiness throughout life until death. In Albert Camus’ The Stranger‚ the main character Meursault is a true absurdist. Meursault believes that because he can always find content‚ the choices he makes are of no consequence. Marriage‚ or not‚ one can be happy; friendship or not‚ one can be happy. Meursault is nearly

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    COMMUNICATION S skills | BOOK REVIEW | HASSAN NAWAZ LALEE NUST-201201264 | SECTION:A | STRANGER BY ALBERT CAMUS ABOUT THE BOOK: WRITTEN BY: ALBERT CAMUS TRANSLATED BY: STUART GILBERT PUBLISHED: IN 1942(FRENCH)‚ IN 1943(English) ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

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