Tuesday, April 23, 2013

The Stranger Essay Topic

Is Mearsault a simple or complicated character? Use specific passages in the text to support your analysis.

Prison case, mother's mourning of death, translator's note, murder

- very intelligent
- afraid to show his feelings
- sun, heat is what really pushes him to murder?
- does not pay attention to the prison case at all, death penalty on the line
- does not tell Marie he loves her; scared to show emotion and affection
- always cautious about what other people think that he never really worries about himself

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