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The Stranger Research Paper

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Thesis: (rough) too many people a moral code is important in life, but in the stranger, the lack of moral code or no moral code shows the characters in their true form. Point 1: Raymond abusing to his girlfriend and making her apologize, show how his character lacks moral in society’s standpoint. When Raymond uses the excuse of her cheating on him to beat her up. At the same time he makes himself the victim and uses that against her. In like manner Meursault agrees with him and believes she should get punished. Examples: •“I realized that she was cheating on me” (28). This is when he explains to Meursault why he is mad at his girlfriend. •“Then he told me that he’d found a lottery ticket in her purse and she hadn’t been able to explain …show more content…

When both, Meursault and Marie, see the abuse of Raymond to his girlfriend and how they react to it shows how Meursault lacks a moral code by trying to avoid getting in the middle of it but earlier he was willing to write a letter for Raymond showing his hypocrisy to certain situations. Examples: • “Marie said it was terrible and I didn’t say anything (34).” Marie shows emotion and horror at the sight while Meursault looks at it with silence. • “She asked me to go find a policeman… I didn’t like cops (34).” Marie wants to help and involve herself in this situation; while Meursault makes up an excuse to get out of it. Nevertheless Marie shows a sense of responsibility while Meursault shows a lack of emotion and interest. When Raymond meets up with Meursault at his apartment and talks about him knowing his way around the cops. But Meursault asks him why he didn’t punch the cop. Raymond brushes it off and makes Meursault become his witness. Consequently, this shows how Raymond would beat up his girlfriend and show authority, but in the face of authority then he cowers …show more content…

Examples: • “Then I fired four more times as the motionless body… it was like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness (57). In comparison most people would show emotion while him it acts like it’s a burden instead of realizing that he murdered someone.“ When he is being questioned at court by the prosecutor and he asked him if he wanted to kill the Arab. His responds show that he really did not want to murder that Arab, like everyone thinks he did, but instead it was all by chance. • “He would like to know … myself intending to kill the Arab. No… why was I armed … why did i return to precisely that spot? ... Just happened that way (85). Truly there wasn’t any malicious intent in kill the Arab but because of his honesty and lack of emotion the court, or society, convict him of murder in a way to right the wrong. When he is talking to his lawyer he would reply with honest answers that took the lawyer by surprise because in an “honest” society lying is accept in certain

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