the systematic examination of the natural world’s structure and functioning, including its physical and biological attributes.
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bxscience.edu bxscience.eduThe Stranger71
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cassock
a full-length garment of a single color worn by certain Christian clergy, members of church choirs, acolytes, and others having some particular office or role in a church.
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sinewy
muscular (?)
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poisoned joy
Hope
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implacable
unstoppable
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cordon
a line or circle of police, soldiers, or guards preventing access to or from an area or building.
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All I care about right now is escaping the machinery of justice, seeing if there's any way out of the inevitable.
He didn't care about being sent to prison or his punishment before now
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chaplain
a member of the clergy attached to a private chapel, institution, ship, branch of the armed forces, etc.
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begat
(typically of a man, sometimes of a man and a woman) bring (a child) into existence by the process of reproduction.
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met
dispense or allot justice, a punishment, or harsh treatment.
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odious
repulsive
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My mind was always on what was coming next, today or tomorrow.
Focus on the future
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d tira
a long, angry speech of criticism or accusation.
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My fate was being decided without anyone so much as asking my opinion.
Related to making your own destiny and giving your own meaning to things
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it was the first time in my life I ever wanted to kiss a man.
Is this because he is grateful someone in the room doesn't hate him?
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I had this stupid urge to cry, because I could feel how much all these people hated me.
The first time he shows any sort of emotion or care about what others thought of him
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rostrum
a raised platform on which a person stands to make a public speech, receive an award or medal, play music, or conduct an orchestra.
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pince-nez
a pair of eyeglasses with a nose clip instead of earpieces.
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fetes
a public function, typically held outdoors and organized to raise funds for a charity, including entertainment and the sale of goods and refreshments.
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parricide
the killing of a parent or other near relative.
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Then I remembered what the nurse at Maman's funeral said. No, there was no way out, and no one can imagine what nights in prison are like.
What did she say?
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I realized then that a man who had lived only one day could easily live for a hundred years in prison.
What does this mean?
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ut by then I had gotten used to not smoking and it wasn't a punishment anymore.
Similar to how once Sisyphus accepted his fate it was no longer a punishment
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The little old woman moved closer to the bars, and at the same moment a guard motioned to her son. He said "Goodbye, Maman," and she reached between two bars to give him a long, slow little wave.
He continually paid close attention to the guy and his mom
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indignantly
feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment.
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That was his belief, and if he were ever to doubt it, his life would become meaningless.
He's so tied to his belief in God that his entire life's meaning depends on His existence
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To tell the truth, I had found it very hard to follow his reasoning,
He can't understand because he doesn't feel the need to justify anything, repent, or appeal to a god for the afterlife.
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taciturn
reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little
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. He didn't understand me, and he was sort of holding it against me. I felt the urge to reassure him that I was like everybody else, just like everybody else. But really there wasn't much point, and I gave up the idea out of laziness.
Existentialists don't try to explain or understand things, or justify themselves
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I said, "No, because it's not true."
Existentialists value truth above all
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I was even going to shake his hand, but just in time, I remembered that I had killed a man.
He hasn't reflected on his actions and it hasn't led to any change in his personality or beliefs whatsoever
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It was then that I realized that you could either shoot or not shoot.
What does this mean?
Just as Meursault doesn't care what happens, neither does the universe. This is part of absurdism.
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The sun was the same as it had been the day I'd buried Maman,
I feel like this is referencing the stress he felt back then but attributed to the weather
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To stay or to go, it amounted to the same thing.
Very existentialist
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I thought they must have seen us get on the bus with a beach bag, but I didn't say anything.
He consistently doesn't do or say things that cross his mind
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Together again, Marie and I swam out a ways, and we felt a closeness as we moved in unison and were happy.
This might be one of the first times he actually experiences an emotion directly related to a person
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bungalow
a low house, with a broad front porch, having either no upper floor or upper rooms set in the roof, typically with dormer windows
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trawle
fishing boat with a net
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promontory
a point of high land that juts out into a large body of water; a headland.
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tamarisks
an Old World shrub or small tree with tiny scale-like leaves borne on slender branches, giving it a feathery appearance.
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veranda
a roofed platform along the outside of a house, level with the ground floor.
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They were staring at us in silence, but in that way of theirs, as if we were nothing but stones or dead trees.
He holds prejudice against Arabs but doesn't realize it
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He told me he'd gotten it after his wife died.
He probably took his anger of his loss out on his dog
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I told old Salamano that he could get another dog, but he was right to point out to me that he was used to this one.
Narrator seems to think that no single person or animal has significance and anything can be replaced
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. I said it didn't make any difference to me and that we could if she wanted to. Then she wanted to know if I loved her. I answered the same way I had the last time, that it didn't mean anything but that I probably didn't love her. "So why marry me, then?" she said. I explained to her that it didn't really matter and that if she wanted to, we could get married.
Again, you give meaning to things
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I said yes but that really it was all the same to me. Then he asked me if I wasn't interested in a change of life. I said that people never change their lives, that in any case one life was as good as another and that I wasn't dissatisfied with mine here at all.
This is one of the key principles of existentialism
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I wasn't hungry, and I went to bed without any dinner.
Parallelism between Marie not being hungry after an uncomfortable situation and now Meursault
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I realized he was crying. For some reason I thought of Maman.
I feel like on some level he knows that he misses his mom, but he's so detached from his emotions that he can't acknowledge it
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f only somebody would take him in. But that's impossible-everybody's disgusted by his scabs.
This is extremely ironic considering he's probably the reason for a lot of the dog's pain
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I said I wasn't expecting anything, and besides I didn't like cops.
He holds no expectations for anyone or anything
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Marie and I finished fixing lunch. But she wasn't hungry; I ate almost everything.
Again, he attributes her lack of appetite to something trivial like not being hungry instead of an emotional source like discomfort from what she saw earlier
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Raymond hesitated, looked at me, and took a drag on his cigarette
Why did he look at the narrator?
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Marie said it was terrible and I didn't say anything. She asked me to go find a policeman, but I told her I didn't like cops.
He literally has like no opinions on anything whatsoever that doesn't directly involve him
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I told her it didn't mean anything but that I didn't think so.
Narrator is very disconnected from his emotions, also idea that you give meaning to things and nothing has inherent meaning
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"it's not that I'm a bad guy, butl have a short fuse.
Need for justification
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Celeste is always saying, "It's pitiful," but really, who's to say?
We give meaning to things, nothing has inherent meaning (this is still awful though geez)
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It occurred to me that anyway one more Sunday was over, that Maman was buried now, that I was going back to work, and that, really, nothing had changed.
Existentialists focus on the present; you can't change the past, and you can't predict the future
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All of it-the sun, the smell of leather and horse dung from the hearse, the smell of varnish and incense, and my fatigue after a night without sleep-was making it hard for me to see or think straight.
He consistently attributes his being tired, dizzy, or distracted to his surroundings and not to the fact that his mother died
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pallor
an unhealthy pale appearance
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oblong
having an elongated shape, as a rectangle or an oval.
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gaunt
(of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age.
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pall.
cloth spread over a coffin
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hearse
the vehicle that carries the coffin at a funeral
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censer
a container in which incense is burned, typically during a religious ceremony.
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On their way out, and much to my surprise, they all shook my handas if that night during which we hadn't exchanged as much as a single word had somehow brought us closer together.
The main character has a very interesting take on death that points out a lot of hypocrisy in real life. It's true that when going through a loss, people who have never spoken to you before can suddenly take a very personal interest in your life.
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I even had the impression that the dead woman lying in front of them didn't mean anything to them
He seems very detached from his mother; he calls her by her name and uses rather emotionless language when referring to her
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For a second I had the ridiculous feeling that they were there to judge me
Again, the idea that no one can judge you but yourself
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I thought about it; it didn't matter.
Existentialists believe that we give meaning to things, nothing has inherent meaning
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vigil
a period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray
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While not an atheist, Maman had never in her life given a thought to religion.
Relates to people doing things to get into heaven, which is not what existentialists believe in
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"You don't have to justify yourself, my dear boy.
Again talking about a lack of need for justification
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After all, I didn't have anything to apologize for.
Existentialists only follow their own moral code; "The Absurd Man" talked about not needing justifications
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When the images of earth cling too tightly to memory,when the call of happiness becomes too insistent, it happens that melancholy arises inman's heart: this is the rock's victory, this is the rock itself.
We experience sadness when we look back on the past with regret
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it can also take place in joy.
the absurd and happiness are related because both require you to realize you control your own fate and world
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that is the hour ofconsciousness.
What does this mean?
This is the time when he becomes aware of his endless fate and his reality
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he is superior to his fate. He is stronger than hisrock.
He's accepted his fate and is living in the present rather than regretting the past
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sterile
untruthful
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His fate belongs to him.
Is this because he knows it's endless but still continues to go back down to the rock?
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It makes of fate a human matter, which must be settled among men
Existentialists don't believe in trying to appease a god who will get them into heaven or anything like that. They believe you control yourself and follow your own moral code.
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"Despite so many ordeals, my advanced ageand the nobility of my soul make me conclude that all is well."
You give meaning to things
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Edipus
Greek king who fulfilled the prophecy of killing his father and accidentally marrying his mother
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Gethsemane
a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus underwent the agony in the garden and was arrested the night before his crucifixion.
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conscious
self-aware
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absurd
existentialist
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Mercury
Hermes, mediator between land of the living and dead
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benediction
bestowing of a blessing
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Jupiter
Roman version of Zeus
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Esopus
ASOPOS (Asopus) was a River-God of Sikyonia in the Peloponnesos and Boiotia in central Greece. His twenty beautiful daughters were abducted by gods and became the Naiad-nymphs of the springs of a host of Boiotian, Korinthian, Sikyonian, Argive and island towns.
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Sisyphus
Sisyphus (or Sisyphos) is a figure from Greek mythology who, as king of Corinth, became infamous for his general trickery and twice cheating death. He ultimately got his comeuppance when Zeus dealt him the eternal punishment of forever rolling a boulder up a hill in the depths of Hades.
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levity
humor or frivolity, especially the treatment of a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking due respect.
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