Poetic >>> Textual

When you feel so much yet at the same time feel nothing at all. -- Hard to connect to people around him

Heart beats echo in your head and the world around you comes to a complete stop. -- Observant 

The feeling of having something taken away from you. It's NOT fair -- Denial + Justification 

Outline

Paragraph One : Human connection - everyone has felt pain due to the loss of someone. I want the reader to feel the emotions they felt and therefore be able to relate to Meursault and myself. Bring them back to the initial state of numbness.

Paragraph Two: The world around us - it is hard to look at the world the same when you feel something has been taken from you. The way you look at settings...more detail...Mersault is very detailed about setting when he is at the home his mother passed away in. The way people react to other people...denial...proving to them that they didn't do anything.

Ideas

Sees Solomono crying about dog... Reminds him of mom
Starts the book on a somber note
When he's questioned about feeling sad...how he reacts
Judges everyone
Judges his surroundings...can be good and bad

Stages of grief
I'd...suppressed ?

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STRANGER ESSAY

Basic Concept: How death affects the way humans look at life...

HOW WE REACT TO THE DEATH.

HOW WE LOOK AT THE PEOPLE AROUND US.

HOW WE TAKE MORE NOTE OF THE LITTLE THINGS.

HOW OUR SURROUNDINGS STAY THE SAME BUT WE LOOK AT THEM DIFFERENTLY.

HOW OUR WORLD STOPS WHILE EVERYONE ELSES KEEPS GOING.


Evolving topic: How death affects the way humans react to their surroundings

Social
Physical
Emotional

Evolving topic: How death affects the way humans notice their surrounds...

Translator Notes

In Ward's notes he says "What little Meursault says or feels or does resonates with all he does not say, all he does not feel, all he does not do. (8). This is very powerful and makes the peculiarities of Meursault who he is. As a reader with emotion it is clear when there are gaps in the text. Theses gaps are made clear when there Meursault does not have any emotions that we have. When Marie is telling him how awful it is and you can hear "thuds" from a women getting beaten, it is clear there is something wrong with him. The saying actions speak louder than words helps understand Meursault's character. He action of having sex with Marie but then proceeding to tell her that "it didn't mean anything but that I didn't think so" shows what kind of a person he is. He is detached. We also see his loyalty to Raymond through his actions and how he doesn't go get the police. When he begins to get upset about Maman it is triggered by seeing someone else's emotions.

Camus Blog

 Meursault is very intravtered. I believe since his mother passed away he has become. Rey passive. When emotions are drained, sometimes it's best to look at things simply. Whether he is aware of it or not, he creates beautiful imagery because of his loss. Subconsciously he is more aware of his surroundings. Most of the dialog is from other characters because their life is fine. Meursault is detached. He says things like he asked me if I wanted to be pals. I didn't say anything".  He is very blunt. I think that mirrors his judgmental personality. Even though we believe he is detached, his imagery may show that he isn't! If he was then he wouldn't have a sense of what was going on around him.