Meursault is eventually convicted and sentenced to death because of his inability to conform to the societal expectations of French Algeria in the 1940’s. 3. Characters: Meursault- the protagonist and narrator of the novel, Meursault is a young shipping clerk who has detached himself from the world around him. He is indifferent
Meursault shows his lack of emotional attachment to people: "I explained to him, however, that my nature was such that my physical needs often got in the way of my feelings"( page 41). Meursault shows the regrets of his nature but also, at the same time, explains that it’s not going to change. Rather than focusing on finding someone to spend his life with, Meursault would rather find someone who can always keep him pampered. Meursault again shows his regret for his actions when he says, "I wanted to try to explain to him that it was because of the sun, the sea, the light, in fact, everything, that I had simply loved him with no personal motive" (Page 68). Meursault shows his lack of care for those whom he loved, but at the same time shows that Meursault might not be able to fully control what he does, but rather does everything out of impulse, therefore making him regret his actions in some situations.
The stereotypes in The Outsiders aren’t as fair to the Greasers as they are to the Socs. Many automatically assume what people are like by their clothes or how they act around adults. The stereotypes are the complete opposite in this book and it isn’t fair to the Greasers. Many people in The Outsiders see the Socs as these perfect people that do everything right. Magazines show how good the Socs are at sports and school.
Seeing Through the Fog S. E Hinton stereotyped most of her characters in the book The Outsiders. She took advantage of doing this, for us to grasp major takeaways throughout the novel and for our minds to always gyrate with new information. Most characters have a strong disliking for the other group, although certain characters can see through the fog of each other's actions, and always remove the negatives and bring out the positives. The Greasers and The Socs are discrete in many ways. Both groups are treated differently mostly based on their appearances, lifestyle, and wealth.
S.E. Hinton’s young adult realistic fiction novel “The Outsiders” is a beautifully written story about Ponyboy Curtis, a 14-year old kid, with his group of friends, and his problems and struggles in the real world. For example, we get to know about the big conflict between the Socs and the Greasers who are two different social groups that live on the opposite sides of the town of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Throughout the book, there are a lot of stereotypes and reputations that overpower the characters in the book, as no group exactly understands each other before having stupid fights with one another. In fact, that was how the major problem of the story, Johnny accidentally killing Bob because he was choking Ponyboy, started since one of them wasn’t
Eventually, the prosecutor completes his goal of condemning Meursault to death. Before dying, Meursault heavily reflect upon his life. Although never showing signs of faith towards any certain religion, he is accused of being the antichrist and is almost forced by the chaplain to rely on god during his last moments. The chaplain tells him “Every man I have known in your position has turned to Him” (116) At the beginning of the book when Madam Meursault is being buried, Meursault is told that she wanted a religious funeral even though Meursault never remembered her as religious. “While not atheist, Maman had never in her life given a thought to religion” (6).
Evidently, Meursault’s life lacks any higher meaning to human
Meursault is not an emotional person. Meursault often seems not to react to major events that happen to him. For example when his mom dies, he says, “Really, nothing had changed”(24). There is an obvious emotional disconnect. Either he was not close to his mother or her death had little to no effect on him.
In a society where children are created in a lab and people fit stereotypes based on their caste. The novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley with the slogan Community Identity Stability is a slogan built on the lies of those who think they are making their world a better place. The community is a feeling of fellowship with others as a result of sharing common interests attitudes and goals. In this community, every person is created in a tube and made to fit a certain role in their society they have no choice of what their future holds other than what they assigned to do in this community.
Annotated Bibliography Introduction: Examine different kinds of advertisements and the problem at hand with how they perpetuate stereotypes, such as; gender, race, and religion. Thesis: The problem in society today is in the industry of social media. In efforts to attract the eye of the general population, advertising companies create billboards, commercials, flyers and other ads with stereotypes that are accepted in today’s society. Because of the nations’ cultural expectation for all different types of people, advertisement businesses follow and portray exactly what and how each specific gender, race, or religion should be.
16. Reread page 114 very carefully before answering the following question: Does Meursault care about dying at this point in his life? Yes, Meursault does care about his death while waiting to see if his appeal has been approved or not. This is evidenced by his thought process of rationalizing and coming to peace with the possibility of dying.
It would be wrong to say that Meursault who lives within the society is completely a stranger to the social norms and has no sympathetic value for anyone. When Raymond asked him to be his friend, he didn’t reply, but after that he said that he would not mind. Meursault even agrees to write a letter on behalf of Raymond: “I wrote the letter. I more or less improvised, but tried to write in a way that would make Raymond happy because I had no reason to make him happy”(Smith30). Another instance we find when old Salamano lost his dog and Meursault shows sympathy towards him “I asked him if he wanted to come in, but he said no… I told him that the pound kept dog for three days in case their owner came for them and afterwards they did what
At the beginning of the book Meursault showed lack of feeling at Maman’s funeral, drinks coffee and smokes next to his mother’s coffin, which shows disrespect to his mother. Psychological reasons for him showing no remorse is the he is a sociopath. Behaviors of sociopath include antisocial attitudes and behaviors and a lack of a conscience. Sociopaths have very little true feelings towards others and can treat them as an object. The effects of their behavior come across as evil even though that is not their intention.
Through the use of diction, Meursault perceives life is meaningless, which leads him to have the absence of strong bonding with acquaintance around him. He indicates that he lacks empathy from personal and social level. Meursault is a simple man who lives his life in a stickler type and changes annoy him. As the novel introduces Meursault mother being dead, he shows lack of concern and a burden to visit his mother for the last time. “Maman died today...
Meursault also strays from the morals society has imposed; he does not see a difference between bad and good; he merely observes without judging. However, when Meursault kills an Arab, he is brutally judged for the aspects that make him unique. In the second part of the novel, as the trial
