The Most Memorable Moment Journal

Arveen Manalili

The most memorable moment was about how Meursault became friends with a man named, Raymond. They both became friends easily. meursault became Raymond's mate and when he asked Meursault to write a worrying and horrific letter, Meursault did not disapprove. It was about how the women cheated off Raymond and he wanted revenge. Raymond invited Meursault to his friends little wooden chalet at the far end of the beach. As soon as Raymond, Meursault, and Marte hopped off the bus, Raymond pointed out right across the street were Raymond' man, a group of Arabs who had something against him.

 When they arrived at Massons place, they each began to introduce each other. During the day, Meursault, Raymond, and Masson went to the beach to get to know each other more. Suddenly they saw Arabs walking in front of them. Then a brawl began, Raymond was slashed with a knife. His lips and arms were gushing out blood. At about half past one Raymond came back with Masson. His arms bandaged up and plaster on the corner of his mouth. Raymond wanted some fresh air and went outside, but Meursault knew he wanted revenge, so he followed him. When they wanted spotted them, Raymond handed his gun to Meursault. They wanted an even match. However, the Arabs retreated, and Meursault, and Raymond headed back to the chalet. Expect Meursault, he walked back again to the bach and saw one Arab come back. He gripped his gun inside his pocket and the Arab drew his knife out and held it towards Meursaults head. The scenario was filled with sky splitting from end to end and raining down sheetes of flames. He pulled the trigger and the perfect silence of the beach where he had been happy was destroyed.

Analysis of Style and Structure

      Analysis of Style and Structure

Arveen Manalili

     "Marie came round for me and asked me if i wanted to marry her. I said i didn;t mind and we could do it if she wanted to. She then wanted to know if i loved her. I replied as i had done once already, that it didn;t mean anything but that i probably didn't. " the author used this diction to show the readers that Meursault answered Marie's question with complete trust. Although, he isn't sharp, he never changes what he says to be considering or showing a sense of fitting in dealing with other people. Nevertheless. his honesty reflects his ignorance. Meursault's words tells us that he does not understand the emotional information in Marie's question.

      "I replied that you could never change your life, that in any case one life was as good as another and that i wasn't at all dissatisfied with mine here." The author used simile, and it tells the reads that Meursault's comment shows his belief in a tendency to remain unchanged to human existence. His comment "one life was good as another" maintains that although details could change, one's life remains importantly constant. Also, each person's life is essntially equal to everyone else.



Question and Critical Thinking Response

                                                            The Stranger
                                                           Arveen Manalili


1. What evidence is there that Meursault didn’t care about his mother?
  
   The evidence that Meursault didn't care about his mother was when Meursault refused to accept the offer to let the casket be open to see his mother. meursault also declined to see his motehr one las time before the casket was sealed permanently.He showed no sign of emotions suchs as sadness and sorrow towards his mother, instead he was cold, detached and indifferent.

9.  Is there a possibility that Meursault may end up be thrown in jail along with Raymond? Explain.

     Meursault may end up in jail with Raymond. This is because Raymond wanted to take revenge against the Arab who wounded Raymond. Raymond was walking around with an illegal weapon, so that he could take revenge. However, Meurault asked Raymond to give his gun to him, that way the brawl would not had been bloody. When they saw the Arabs, Raymond and Meursault began to discuss things. At that point, Meursault realized he could either shoot or not shoot. Suddenly, the Arabs did not get affected by their presence, instead they just retreated, same goes for Raymond. however, Meursault wanted to take a long walk. Again Meursault saw the Arab and both had stared at each other's eye. The Arab had a knife, and the shining of the knife had reflected on Meursault's forehead. Meursault had an advantage and he gripped his gun inside his pocket. As Meursault took one step, he began to pull out his gun and the trigger gave. In that sharp but deafening noise, that it all started. The perfect silence in this beach was destroyed again when he fired four times.

Questioning and Critical Thinking Response

The Stranger
Questioning and Critical Thinking Response

Tanasha Kardeo



1.      What evidence is there that Meursault didn’t care about his mother?

 In this novel Meursault show numerous occasions that indicates he didn’t care for his mother a few of those are when he only visited his mother once at the Home she was residing in. If Meursault couldn’t afford to have his mother stay with he could have at least went to visit her, and complaining that he had to lose his Sunday and the traveling time was too long. “That was why the last year; I seldom went to see her. Also it would have meant losing my Sunday-not to mention the trouble of going to the bus, getting my ticket and spending two hours on the journey each way”(Camus 5). Meursault shows his lack of love for his mother again when he realized that he’d be going back to work soon and nothing had changed. It showed that whether his mother was alive or dead it didn’t make difference for him, it was like he hadn’t lost anything and it was just another Sunday getting ready to go back to work tomorrow “It occurred to me that somehow I’d got through another Sunday, that Mother now was buried and tomorrow I’d be going back to work as usual. Really, nothing in my life had changed” (Camus 17)

2.     What background information does the reader receive about Meursault from reading the first 3 lines?

From reading the first three lines of this novel the reader understands that there is a reason as to why Meursault does not know when his mother had died. In a way this is foreshadowing because it is quiet predictable that the next few paragraphs are going to state why he wasn’t not aware of his mother well being. It also makes the reader curious to know what had gone wrong in the relationship between him and his mother and allows the reader to think of possible reasons that could have lead to that

Questioning and Critical Thinking

The Stranger

Questioning and Critical Thinking

Tanasha Kardeo



1.      What evidence is there that Meursault didn’t care about his mother?

2.      What background information does the reader receive about Meursault from reading the first 3 lines?

3.      “I have fixed up with my employer for two days’ leave; obviously, under the circumstances, he couldn’t refuse still I had an idea he looked annoyed and I said without thinking; “Sorry Sir, but its not my fault, you know” (Camus 4)

      What does this quote reveal about Meursault?

4.      What was Meursault attitude toward the Warren when he first met him in the home where his mother was staying?

5.      Warren: “She had good friends here, you know old folks like herself, and one gets on better with people of ones own generation. You’re much too young; you couldn’t have been much of a companion to her”.

Meursault: “That was so. When we lived together, mother was always watching me, we hardly ever talked” (Camus 5)

How can you relate that to teenagers in society today?

6.      “It occurred to me that somehow I’d got through another Sunday that mother now was buried, and tomorrow I’d be going back to work as usual. Really, nothing in my life had changed” (Camus 17)

                  What is the significance about this quote?

7.      Raymond invited Meursault to have wine and black pudding. What do you think were his original intentions?

8.      Why did Raymond want Meursault to write the letter?

9.       Is there a possibility that Meursault may end up be thrown in jail along with Raymond?Explain

Analysis of Setting

The Stranger

Analysis of Setting

Tanasha Kardeo

In the novel “The Stranger” by Albert Camus I noticed one significant setting in my section. The setting that I thought was significant was when Meursault finally realized who his mother actually was. When his mother was living with him, they didn’t have the best communication, since Meursault was busy with work he wasn’t home as much. That left his mother to be home all by herself majority of the time, not doing much since she recently moved in with him. When Meursault received a telegram that his mother had died, he didn’t actually know how to react because he didn’t know when she actually died. When he arrived at the old age home where his mother had stayed for 3 years he was introduced with a door keeper. The doorkeeper helped him to understand a little bit about his mother, some things that he never knew was that she wanted to be buried by the rites of the church, he knew she was a professed atheist but never thought religion in her life, he also didn’t know that she had many friends there that comforted and loved her very much. One man in particular, M. Perez was a special friend to his mother, they took walks into the city and he kept her company most of the 3 years she spent there. Meursault didn’t know much about his mother, but the death did help him learn about her a bit more.

The Most Memorable Moment Journal

The Stanger

Most Memorable Moment Journal

Tanasha Kardeo

In my section of the novel “The Stranger” by Albert Camus, I found several moments that I thought were memorable. The first memorable moment that I found, was in the beginning when Meursault received a telegram that his mother had died. In the beginning of the novel it says “Mother had died today. Or maybe, yesterday; I can’t be sure. The telegram from the Home says: YOUR MOTHER PASSED AWAY.FUNERAL TOMORROW.DEEP SYMPATHY.”(Camus 4). This quote was one of the most memorable for me because I wondered why he didn’t know and of course what were the incidents that made him not know when his mother had died. This quote led me into many different directions, at first I thought he was adopted and that telegram would allow him to know who his true mother was, as I continued on reading it was because they didn’t live with each other and he wasn’t that much involved in his mothers life as a child should be. Meursault didn’t have space in his life for his mother, it was either because of his job or he didn’t want to make time to be with her. When his mother moved out and went to live in the home for aged persons he only went to visit her once, and she’d been living there for almost 3 years.

            Another moment in my section that I thought was memorable also happened in the beginning of the novel, the quote is “I have fixed up with my employer for two days’ leave’ obviously, under the circumstances, he couldn’t refuse. Still, I had an idea he looked annoyed, and I said, without thinking: Sorry Sir, but it’s not my fault” (Camus 4).

 I found that quote memorable because it showed that Meursault is an inconsiderate person. When Meursault goes to the home to see his mother he is met with the Warden, whom tells him that his mother depended entirely on him. Meursault felt like he was blaming him or everything that happened; he was very close to saying that it wasn’t his fault why his mother died. Meursault nearly made that mistake again, when he told his friend Marie about his mother “I was just going to explain to her that it wasn’t my fault, but I checked myself, as I remembered having said the same thing to my employer”(Camus 14).

The finial quote of my section that I thought was memorable was at the end of my section, the quote was “It occurred to me that I’d got through another Sunday, that mother now was buried, and tomorrow id be going back to work as usual. Really nothing in my life had changed.” (Camus 17). I found this quote memorable because it shows that his mother didn’t have a big impact upon his life. If his mother was alive it would have made no difference to him if she was dead because as he said “nothing really changed”.