“Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don’t know. I got a letter from the home. ‘Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours.’ That doesn’t say anything. Maybe it was yesterday,” (Stranger, 3). I found the start very odd. The narrator, Meursault, just found out that his mother passed away and he is not very concerned about it. It could be that he is shocked as no one expects for a loved one to die. However, to me, it looks like he does not care at all. For instance, when he is eating at Celeste’s before taking the bus, Celeste stated, “You only have one mother,” (Stranger, 3). This short statement by Celeste tells us that Meursault have not realized that his mother is the one who has died and that is why Celeste tried to help
By now Mom was staring hard at him, trying to understand the point of this speech. ‘Erik? The boy...the boy who was here?-Mike? Is dead?’ ‘Dead before he hit the ground. Arthur and I went over and looked at him, right?’
NUMBER 1 This is a gun on top of a pair of handcuffs. It represents Antoine shooting himself rather than going to jail. “As has been previously reported, Meunier’s son, Antoine Meunier, shot himself with an antique firearm at the family property in order to avoid being taken into custody” (Foley 354). To me, this made the most sense for a tattoo because he obviously did not want to be arrested for something that he did not do. He would rather be dead than in jail.
“She’s not waking up”, I say as I look at my Mama whimpering in the corner. So I listen to her heart beat there is nothing. “She’s dead Mama ”, I whimper. I know why she passed its all my fault I said she didn’t have a mask for her
He's dead-his mother has had a nervous breakdown”( 116 ). The
She had been gone for twelve years. He remembered the morning she passed from this earth. She was only twenty-three, a slight built woman, too tiny for such a big baby. The baby had cried, briefly, before she took her last breath. Her last words to her husband still burned in his ears, “Call him William after my dad”, she said as she passed.
“We are gathered here today to celebrate the life of Riley Beaker, who has now returned to her new home with our God” announced the priest. Just hearing the priest commence the introductory words of the funeral started to make Grayson tear up. He knew his mother was going to be in a better place, but the bittersweet conclusion left him with one thought in the back so his head. Why did it have to be my mother?
Daily accompanied visits to her husband’s gravesite would provide exercise, and a point of contact with her husband, to help with her emotional
Their house had fallen into small pieces. Mama was lying against the wall with Ali in her arms. Blood was dripping from both of their faces. “Mama, wake up! We are home.
She then asked where my parents were, and where my brother was. “I don't know about mama and papa, nana.. But Jose, he died a couple of days ago.” She began to cry, but all I could do was smile, because she was my grandmother, and she wasn't dead. I told her I had to go, and I would meet up with her later, so I walked down the hall after the young boy whom I had met earlier, I could see him, barely.
“What happened to Mom?” Nancy inquires me. “You know very
Yes?” after questions (144). Mama’s tone progresses from the previous dialogue of “You- you mourning your brother?” (143). Previously she was only confused by Beneatha's comment, followed by anger.
At these events the sun is always present and when it is not, Meursault shows more feeling than usual. The sun is the primary motif of the novel because it portrays and reflects the intensity and emotion of events in Meursault’s life. A funeral, especially of a mother should always be an intensely sad time. However, Meursault shows little to no emotion during the funeral because he believes that everyone will die sooner or later.
Your mama´s dead and buried. Betty: I´ll fly to Mama. Let me fly! She raises her arms and as though to fly, and streaks for the window, gets one leg out. Abigail: Pulling her away from the window: I told him everything; he knows now, he knows everything we-
The fact he couldn’t be bothered visiting shows how detached he became to the situation. If they had truly used each other up then there would be no reason to see each other again. He really let go and took a sort of a leap of faith that that was what life dealt him. 3rd Body Paragraph Impact of Maman’s Death Background Quote 1: After Meursault returned from his mother’s funeral and spent his night people watching, he thought about his day.
(Paley 82) In these sentences, there is not any other sentence between the mother’s words and the death of mother. It is very sudden because these two things are not related directly. It shows that the writer (the daughter) was shocked to hear the death of mother. She even did not make it up with her mother after the argument.