The Stranger

Chapter 1• What do you remember about the term

“existentialism?”

• Talk to a partner

• You have 5 minutes

• You can go online and look at my posted videos

• I will call on you

Writing FictionGet into groups of 4Group the following into 2 categories and put them ON THE BOARD.You have 10 minutes. I will grade you.

1. Bad Faith (Mauvaise Foi) 2. Choice3. Reason4. God 5. Condemned 6. Existence 7. Nothingness 8. Pretend 9. Freedom 10. Create

Chapter 1• “Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don’t

know. I got a telegram from the home: “Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours.” That doesn’t mean anything. Maybe it was yesterday.”

• Give me one adjective describing Mersault’s personality.

• Talk to a partner (30 seconds)• What’s he like? You can’t say “Weird.”

Chapter 1 Page 8• An existential crisis is a moment at which an individual questions the

very foundations of their life: whether their life has any meaning, purpose or value.[1] This issue of the meaning and purpose of existence is the topic of the philosophical school of existentialism.

Description of an Existential Crisis• The sense of being alone and isolated in the world;• A new-found grasp or appreciation of one's mortality;• Believing that one's life has no purpose or external meaning;• Searching for the meaning of life;• Shattering of one's sense of reality, or how the world is;• Awareness of one's freedom and the consequences of accepting or

rejecting that freedom;• An extremely pleasurable or hurtful experience that leaves one

seeking meaning;

Chapter 1• How is Mersault like you?

• When have you acted this “numb” or “detached” or “weird,” the feeling of, “whatever?” (Ever just give up, on grades, on people, and say whatever?)

• Share with a partner.

• You will report your partner’s response to the class.

Chapter 1 Page 18

1. Go Online and open the file, “Key.Words.Existentialism”

You will need these words for the following assignment.

Write an “on your own question” based on The Stranger.

Chapter 1

“On My Own Questions” based on chapter 1

1. How should one handle an existential crisis?2. What is the effect of sleep-walking through life,

not paying attention to the beliefs and values you have?

3. Is it possible to suffer loss of love without grieving?

4. How can one get out of the state of nothingness?

Chapter 1

“On My Own Questions” based on chapter 1Come up with more as a class.Is it possible that too much stress can lead to a state of nothingness?Is there a natural meaning to a state of nothingness?

Chapter 1 Page 8

• Begin to ask “On My Own Question.”• Use 1 “Key words of Existentialism”• Use the character “Meursault”• Write as many as you can.

• First review “On My Own Question” using the “On My Own Unit.”

• INDEPENDENT THINKING: See the world from your own experiences, your own life.

Chapter 1 Page 7• Turn to page 7, second paragraph, “When she’d gone, the

caretaker said…”

Chapter 1 Page 8• “I thought what he had said made sense”. Also, who smokes over

their mother’s dead body? At what emotional level is he experiencing his mother’s death? How close or distant?

• -Pay attention to the light imagery• -Pay attention to “dozing” imagery.• -Explain the concept of “Motif.”

• Explain the recurring “dozing” image. Meursault seems always be dozing, in a slumber. Aside from physical sleepiness, what other parts of his life could he be “asleep” from? Dozing in funeral.

Chapter 1 Page 8• How much reflection or thoughtfulness do we see in Meursault?• If none, what is the consequence of this lack of awareness or self

reflection?

• What is the consequence of simply living for bodily pleasures, fully living in a sensual world?

Chapter 1 Page 10• I remember opening my eyes at one point and seeing that all the

old people were slumped over asleep, except for one old man, with his chin resting on the back of his hands wrapped around his cane, who was staring at me as if he were just waiting for me to wake up.

Chapter 1 • What will be Meursault’s greatest struggle in this book? What will

be his epic conflict, within himself or others?

• Put your name on the paper for credit.• Put the paper in the back tray.

Chapter 1 • Turn in your “on your own question” in the back tray.

• Begin finding answers to your “own your own question” by citing the text. Find two moments in the book, along with page numbers.

Chapter 2

Turn to page 19 (Chapter 2)

Chapter 2

• When was the last time you were bored, and it was painful?

• 1 Minute. Talk to a partner.

Chapter 2

• Introduction to Ennui.

• dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement. Boredom. Dullness.

• http://vimeo.com/29678556• http://vimeo.com/35944506• http://vimeo.com/31546871

Chapter 2

• Purpose of chapter 2 is to experience ennui. No characters interact with him. He sits there, watching, then eats a meal. That’s it.

• Page 23: They were shouting and singing at the tops of their lungs that their team would never die.

Chapter 2

• Purpose of chapter 2: To show the passage of time. To show how we are a helpless creature in the shadows of eternal time. Last line is crucial:

• Page 24: “It occurred to me that anyway one more Sunday was over, that Maman was buried now, that I was going back to work, and that, really, nothing had changed.”

Chapter 2

• Page 24: “It occurred to me that anyway one more Sunday was over, that Maman was buried now, that I was going back to work, and that, really, nothing had changed.”

• Say-mean-matter this passage with a partner. On one piece of paper.• Use power verbs/phrases (explains, suggests)• Turn them into the back tray when finished.

Chapter 3

1. Turn to page 29, chapter 3.

Chapter 3

1. How is Salamano showing bad faith with his dog?

2. Predict how Raymond’s conflict with the Moorish girl will appear later in the book.

Chapter 3

1. Predict how Raymond’s conflict with the Moorish girl will appear later in the book.

Chapter 3

1. Predict how Raymond’s conflict with the Moorish girl will appear later in the book.

2. Talk to a partner

3. 1 minute (I will call on you)

Chapter 4

“A minute later she asked me if I loved her. I told her it didn’t mean anything but that I didn’t think so.” (35)

What is Meursault’s problem here?

1. Talk to a partner

2. 1 minute (I will call on you)

Chapter 4

“A minute later she asked me if I loved her. I told her it didn’t mean anything but that I didn’t think so.” (35)

If you were Meursault’s therapist, what would you recommend for him to fix this problem?

1. Talk to a partner

2. 1 minute (I will call on you)

Chapter 4‘I took him to the Parade Ground, like always. There were lots of people around the booths at the fair. I stopped to watch “The King of the Escape Artists.” And when I was ready to go, he wasn’t there…But I never thought the bastard would take off like that.’ (38)

1. Who is smarter, the dog or the human?

2. Why?

3. 1 minute (I will call on you)

Chapter 4‘I took him to the Parade Ground, like always. There were lots of people around the booths at the fair. I stopped to watch “The King of the Escape Artists.” And when I was ready to go, he wasn’t there…But I never thought the bastard would take off like that.’ (38)

1. What is Camus saying about humans, based on this quote?

2. 1 minute (I will call on you)

Chapter 4

“And from the peculiar little noise coming through the partition, I realized he was crying. For some reason I though of Maman.” (39)

Why is Meursault thinking of his Maman when he realized Salamano was crying?

• Talk to a partner

• 1 minute: I’ll call on you.

Chapter 4

• Watch “Noam Chomsky – Independent Thinking.”

• Watch “Why thinking for yourself is so powerful.”

Chapter 5

• Take out The Stranger• Turn to Page 40

Chapter 5

• Page 41: “I said that people never change their lives, that in any case one life was as good as another and that I wasn’t dissatisfied with mine here at all…I couldn’t see any reason to change my life. Looking back on it, I wasn’t unhappy. When I was a student, I had lots of ambitions like that. But when I had to give up my studies I learned very quickly that none of it really mattered.”

• “Watch Monty Python Clips (Parrot and Walking)”• Absurdist Humor: Do something “absurd” in the

classroom.

Chapter 5

• Page 41: “That evening Marie came by to see me and asked me if I wanted to marry her. I said it didn’t make any difference to me and that we could if she wanted to.”

• Potential question: Is there a point when TOO much freedom paralyzes you so that you cannot make a decision?

Chapter 5

• Page 44: “He hadn’t been happy with his wife, but he’d pretty much gotten used to her.”

• Use one of the “Existentialism Key Terms” and write an “on your own” question.

Chapter 5

• Take out a piece of paper• Do an “On Your Own Question” for chapter 5• Turn it in in the back tray

• Some words you can use• Absurd• Paralyze• Numb• Ambition• Love• Attachment

Chapter 5

• Go through an “On Your Own Question” process to create a thesis statement.

• Next step? Gather evidence to prove thesis.

• Page number and quote

• Do this for every significant chapter

Practice Thesis

1. Take out a piece of paper

2. Label it “Practice Thesis.”

Practice Thesis

1. Use the terms of existentialism to come up with an “on my own question” based on the text up to chapter 4.

2. Examples: “How does one overcome the alienation one feels from knowing the absurdity of life, of the fact we all end up dead anyways?”

Practice Thesis1. Answer the question using FATT.

2. Examples: “How does one overcome the alienation one feels from knowing the absurdity of life, of the fact we all end up dead anyways?”

3. In The Stranger by Albert Camus, Meursault demonstrates how one overcomes alienation in the face of the absurdity of life by experiencing his mortality, getting closer to death to find an authenticity to experience.

4. Turn in this “Practice Thesis” into the back tray.

Writing Assignment for The Stranger

1. Driving question: Use the terms of existentialism to come up with an “on my own question.”

2. Examples: “How does one overcome the alienation one feels from knowing the absurdity of life, of the fact we all end up dead anyways?”

Chapter 5

Page 41: Then he asked me if I wasn’t interested in a change of life. I said yes but that really it was all the same to me. I said people never change their lives, that in any case one life was as good as another and that I wasn’t dissatisfied with mine here at all.

Is this true? Is one life just as good as another and absurd?

Chapter 5

Page 41: “I learned quickly that nothing really mattered.”

How do things matter? This sounds silly, but with every decision, with every experience, how do you know it matters?

Chapter 6

Page 56: It was then that I realized that you could either shoot or not shoot.

At this moment, Meursault realizes he has choices, that he is responsible and has agency in this world.

By committing a crime, can one achieve a new, empowering awareness?

Chapter 6

Turn to page 47.

Part II Chapter 1• P 64: On my way out I was even going to shake his hand,

but just in time, I remembered that I had killed a man.Does this seem like a man whose value system is working with any precision? Does he even have a value system?• P 65: He asked if I had felt any sadness that day…I probably

did love Maman, but that didn’t mean anything. At one point or another, we all want our loved ones dead.

• I explained to him, however, that my nature was such that my physical needs often got in the way of my feelings.

• 68: Why hesitate before firing the second shot?• 69: How is meaning created with religion? Touchy subject. • 69: Is Meursault a criminal? Why or why not?

Part II Chapter 1

• Turn in your letter in the back tray.

Part II Chapter 1

• What “bad” act did you see in the past few days, an act that shows low morals?– Example: I saw a student pulling on a teacher’s license

plate in the parking lot.– I saw some kid steal Mrs. Doan’s purse.

Part II Chapter 1

• Are we born good or bad? Are we born with a sense of morals?

• Watch “Born Good?”

Part II Chapter 1

• Mr. Kim drops his cash…• Do you keep it or do you return it?• Where did you learn your morals for this

decision?

Part II Chapter 1

• This chapter tries to test the origins of morals…where do they come from? Where SHOULD they come from?

Part II Chapter 1

• Turn to page 63

Part II Chapter 1

• Page 68: I vaguely understood that to his mind there was just one thing that wasn’t clear in my confession, the fact that I had hesitated before I fired my second shot. The rest was fine, but that part he couldn’t understand.”

• What’s the big deal if he paused or not before he unloaded the four shots?

Part II Chapter 1

• Meursault is amoral. He lacks any sense of morality.

• How does the law try to enforce morality on Meursault?

• Does it work?

Can you come up with a good “On your own question” using this chapter?

Part II Chapter 1

• Meursault is amoral. He lacks any sense of morality.

• How does Religion try to enforce morality on Meursault?

• Does it work?

Can you come up with a good “On your own question” using this chapter?

Part II Chapter 1

• What is an “Antichrist?”

• Watch:

• Is Meursault an Antichrist?

Part II Chapter 2

• Watch “Hard Time”

• What would YOU miss the most being in that situation? Be specific.

Part II Chapter 2

• Turn to page 72

• This chapter forces us to look at ourselves and compare our lives with Meursault’s life.

• How does being condemned by the law reveal our true existential freedom?

Part II Chapter 2

• “There are some things I’ve never liked talking about. A few days after I entered prison, I realized that I wouldn’t like talking about this part of my life.”

• Predict what Meursault is reluctant to talk about.

Part II Chapter 2

• 72: In fact, I wasn’t really in prison those first few days: I was sort of waiting for something to happen…from that day on I felt that I was at home in my cell and that my life was coming to a standstill.

• 76-77 Prison ruminations: Camus is forcing us to look at our condition. What is imprisoning us? Mostly us.

Part II Chapter 2

• 79: “I realized then that a man who had lived only one day could easily live for a hundred years in prison.”

• Who do you know lives like this, where they live the same day over and over and it’s like a prison?

Part II Chapter 2

• Page 79: “In fact, during the last few months I’ve been sleeping sixteen to eighteen hours a day.”

• Has prison changed Meursault? If so, how?

Part II Chapter 2

Page 80: One day when the guard told me that I’d been in for five months, I believed it, but I didn’t understand it. For me it was one and the same unending day that was unfolding in my cell and the same thing I was trying to do.

Watch “Groundhog’s Day” clip

Part II Chapter 2

• Page 81: “It was near the end of the day, the time of day I don’t like talking about, that nameless hour when the sounds of evening would rise up from every floor of the prison in a cortege of silence.”

• Why doesn’t Meursault like this “end of the day?” What does it remind him of?

• noun: cortège; plural noun: cortèges• a solemn procession, esp. for a funeral.• synonyms: procession, parade, cavalcade, motorcade, convoy, caravan, train,

column, file, line More

Book II

Chapter 3

Book II, Chapter 3

• Predict the meaning of “parricide.”

Book II, Chapter 3

• Predict the meaning of “parricide.”

• Parricide: one who murders his or her father, mother, or a close relative.

• By placing Meursault beside a “parricide,” what type of comparison is Camus making?

Book II, Chapter 3

1. Which is worst?– Parricide?– Not grieving for your mother?

2. Why?

Book II, Chapter 3

• How much does the press influence our morals?

• Show clip of wrongful accusation of terrorist bomber (Atlanta Olympics)

Book II, Chapter 3

• The following groups try to influence our morals:

• The Press• The Law• The Church

• Do they influence us in the right way? If not, what is the right way to receive or morals?

Part II Chapter 2• 79: “I realized then that a man who had lived only one day could

easily live for a hundred years in prison.”

• Who do you know lives like this, where they live the same day over and over and it’s like a prison?

• 80: One day when the guard told me that I’d been in for five

months, I believed it, but I didn’t understand it. For me it was one and the same unending day that was unfolding in my cell and the same thing I was trying to do.

• 81: Irony of death and prison: “Then I remembered what the

nurse at Maman’s funeral said. No, there was no way out, and no one can imagine what nights in prison are like.”

Book II

Chapter 3

Book II, Chapter 3

• Turn to page 82

Book II, Chapter 3

• Predict the meaning of “parricide.”

Book II, Chapter 3

• Predict the meaning of “parricide.”

• Parricide: one who murders his or her father, mother, or a close relative.

• By placing Meursault beside a “parricide,” what type of comparison is Camus making?

Book II, Chapter 3

1. Which is worst?– Parricide?– Not grieving for your mother?

2. Why?

Book II, Chapter 3

• How much does the press influence our morals?

• Show clip of wrongful accusation of terrorist bomber (Atlanta Olympics)

Book II, Chapter 3

• The following groups try to influence our morals:

• The Press• The Law• The Church

• Do they influence us in the right way? If not, what is the right way to receive or morals?

Book II, Chapter 3

• Page 89: “The director then looked down at the tips of his shoes and said that I hadn’t wanted to see Maman, that I hadn’t cried once, and that I had left right after the funeral without paying my last respects at her grave.”

• What is Meursault guilty of, not caring for his mother or killing an Arab?

Book II, Chapter 3

• Page 89: “…for the first time in years I had this stupid urge to cry, because I could feel how much all these people hated me.”

• Does Meursault feel remorse for not crying at his mother’s funeral now?

Book II, Chapter 3

• Page 90: “It was then I felt a stirring go through the room and for the first time I realized that I was guilty.”

• What does Meursault feel guilty about in this sentence?

Book II, Chapter 3

• Thomas Perez: Maman’s boyfriend at the home.

• Page 91: ‘You understand, I was too sad. So I didn’t see anything. My sadness made it impossible to see anything.”

• What is ironic about “seeing” and sadness and Meursault?

Book II, Chapter 3

• Celeste: Owner of the restaurant Meursault often visited.

• Page 93: “…but it was the first time in my life I ever wanted to kiss a man.”

• What is Meursault finally feeling here, that he’s never felt before?

Book II, Chapter 3

• Celeste: Owner of the restaurant Meursault often visited.

• Page 93: “…but it was the first time in my life I ever wanted to kiss a man.”

• What is Meursault finally feeling here, that he’s never felt before?

Book II, Chapter 3

• Predict the definition of “Procurer”?

Book II, Chapter 3

• Predict the definition of “Procurer”?

• noun• noun: procurer; plural noun: procurers• 1. a person who obtains a woman as a prostitute for

another person.

• Watch “Ice t meets pimpbot”

Book II, Chapter 3

• Page 96: “Come now, is my client on trial for burying his mother or killing a man?”

• What is worst according to the law? Killing a man or not crying at his mother’s funeral?

Book II, Chapter 3

What is absurdism?

Book II, Chapter 3

What is absurdism?

• Absurdism: A belief that our need for meaning is greater than the ability of the universe to be meaningful, making all philosophical positions absurd. – For instance, the man’s wife, who is sad, wants an “answer” for his

bizarre death. Absurdism says the universe will NOT give her answers. She has to figure it out.

Absurdism:“Everything happens for a reason.”

Book II, Chapter 3

Turn to page 952nd to last line, starting with, “I was his friend and accomplice.”

97: This is the page Meursault finally awakes from his slumber. He is awake. The light has flashed him awake.

Book II, Chapter 3

• Page 101: “’Especially when the emptiness of a man’s heart becomes, as we find it has in this man, an abyss threatening to swallow up society.’

• Watch youtube clip “Epidemic…”:• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mbbvncks9c

• How does this “emptiness” describe the teenagers from this clip? Use existential terms if needed.– Example: “Emptiness in this context means

___________. It relates to the teens by ____________.

Book II, Chapter 3

• Page 103: “He rushed through a plea of provocation, and then he too talked about my soul. But to me he seemed to be a lot less talented than the prosecutor.”

• Absurdity in the law as it tries to establish morality for society: Watch “Johnny Cochran…”

Book II, Chapter 3

• Turn to page 104, the first line: “‘I, too’ he said.”

Book II, Chapter 3

• Page 104: “I am amazed that so much as been made of this home. For after all, if it were necessary to prove the usefulness and importance of such institutions, all one would have to say is that it is the state itself that subsidizes them.”

• What is Camus saying about the role of government in providing morality, if it supports the following clip?

• Watch “Horrific 96…”

Book II, Chapter 3

• Page 107: Watch Guillotine

Book II, Chapter 4

• Page 107: “It seemed to me then that I could interpret the look on the faces of those present; it was one of almost respectful sympathy. The policemen, too, handled me very gently. The lawyer placed his hand on my wrist.”

• What is the irony here with Meursault’s situation? Use the word “sympathy” or “remorse”.

Book II, Chapter 5

• 109: “What really counted was the possibility of escape, a leap of freedom, out of the implacable ritual, a wild run for it that would give whatever chance for hope there was.”

• Watch “Philippine Prisoners…”

• When you escape prison, are you truly free? Why or why not?

Book II, Chapter 5

• Turn to page 112: “There were two other things…”

Book II, Chapter 5

• 114: “Since we’re all going to die, it’s obvious that when and how doesn’t matter.”

• Watch “Steve Jobs…”

• This is an existential crisis. What argument can you make with Meursault about this statement, using Steve Jobs as your back up?

Book II, Chapter 5

• 115 “Anyway, after that, remembering Marie mean nothing to me. I wasn’t interested in her dead. That seemed perfectly normal to me, since I understood very well that people would forget me when I was dead.”

• Who in your family or circle of friends has passed in the last 10 years?

• Did it matter that they lived?• Why?

Book II, Chapter 5

• Turn to page 115: “It was at that exact moment…”

Book II, Chapter 5

• 117: “But if you don’t die today, you’ll die tomorrow, or the next day. And then the same question will arise. How will you face that terrifying ordeal?” I said I would face it exactly as I was facing it now.”

• Have you asked yourself the Steve Jobs question today? “If this were your last day, are you doing what you’re supposed to be doing?”

• What is your answer?

Book II, Chapter 5

• 117: “At that he stood up and looked me straight in the eye. It was a game.”

• What is the religious figure in this moment?

• Watch: Conan O’Brien Staring Contest.

Essay Assignment

Take out a piece of paper

Label the paper “On My Own Question for Book II Chapter 2.”

Practice Thesis

1. Use the terms of existentialism to come up with an “on my own question” based on the text up to chapter 2, Book II.

Examples: Is it possible to achieve a deeper sense of awareness and vitality after committing a vicious crime?

10 minutes

Thesis Stage I

Thesis: Answer to your “On Your Own Question.”

Example: Is it possible to achieve a deeper sense of awareness and vitality after committing a vicious crime?

Thesis: By committing a vicious crime, one can find a deeper awareness of life and live more fully.

5 minutes

Thesis Stage II

Add some “FATT” (Focus-Author-Title-Text) to your thesis.

Thesis: In the novel (text), The Stranger (Title), by Albert Camus (author), it is shown that (Focus): by committing a vicious crime, one can find a deeper awareness of life and live more fully.

EvidenceFind two quotes that support your thesis

Write down entire passage

Cite page number

*(If you are daring, find a passage that contradicts your thesis but use logic and reasoning to take that quote apart. Use the “counter-argument” method.)

15 MinutesWhen you are finished, turn in the paper in the back.

Evidence

Write your thesis on the center diamond.

(Use “Transience Essay” template for this section)

Essay Assignment

Take out your “On My Own Question for Book II Chapter 2.”This paper has your thesis and evidence.

Evidence• Question: Can you stay emotionally protect yourself from being hurt by

not attaching yourself to others?

• Thesis: In the novel, The Stranger, by Albert Camus, it is demonstrated how it is impossible to be safe from emotional harm, even if one is withdrawn to protect oneself and not attached to others.

• Quote: • Page 90: “It was then I felt a stirring go through the room and for the

first time I realized that I was guilty.” • Page 89: “…for the first time in years I had this stupid urge to cry,

because I could feel how much all these people hated me.”

Evidence

Make a BROAD statement of your thesis.

Thesis: In the novel, The Stranger, by Albert Camus, it is demonstrated how it is impossible to be safe from emotional harm, even if one is withdrawn to protect oneself and not attached to others.

Broad Statement: Safety is a human lie.

Evidence

Make a BROAD statement of your thesis.

Example:

“My brother David is a jerk.” (Too specific)

Make this a broader statement of family.

“Family life is difficult to sustain.”

Evidence

In pairs, make a BROAD statement of the following statements:

Teenagers are caught in a dilemma, where they have the body and intelligence of adults, but don’t have the experience for wisdom.

Evidence

In pairs, make a BROAD statement of the following statements:

Mothers are overly strict, fathers are overly aloof, and siblings make it an objective to interfere with your goals.

Evidence

In pairs, make a BROAD statement of the following statements:

Being close to death can bring an enlightenment, a way of seeing the truth that can bring a type of freedom.

Evidence

In pairs, make a BROAD statement of the following statements:

Teenagers can go to college, trade school, or go straight to work.

Evidence• Safety is a human lie. Whether one is avoiding

physical harm or emotional harm, the act of withdrawing from risk and hiding from harm ensures a type of harm that reaches all of us. By not loving others, one might think they are avoiding the risk of rejection or abandonment, but in reality this risk opens the door for other types of emotional risk: that of an emotional death caused by a lack of attachment. In the novel, The Stranger, by Albert Camus, it is demonstrated how it is impossible to be safe from emotional harm, even if one is withdrawn to protect oneself and not attached to others.

Introduction

Write an introduction, starting the paragraph with a “broad statement” of your thesis.

Introduction

Growth is a process of life. Like a butterfly, growth comes at a cost, usually some sort of pain. One sort of pain is emotional, sometimes a state of nothingness can flatten you. But this flattening only makes the space for improvement and growth.

Thesis: In The Stranger, by Albert Camus, it is demonstrated that by reaching the state of nothingness, you will ultimately grow as a person.

EvidenceMoves For The Stranger Essay

1. Broad Statement2. Thesis3. Introduction to Quote4. Quote 5. Mean6. Matter7. Transition8. Introduction to quote (Can be merged with Transition)9. Quote10. Mean11. Matter12. Conclusion

Moves 1-6(Move #3 Intro to quote) Meursault, the main character of the novel, is on trial for killing an Arab, and at some point he feels a shift in guilt. (Move #4 Say)“It was then I felt a stirring go through the room and for the first time I realized that I was guilty” (90). (Move #5 Mean) This quote demonstrates the remorse Meursault is beginning to feel for his actions. (Move #6 Matter) In this case, this human quality of remorse fights its way past Meursault’s numbed state of being, the pain of remorse ultimately finding its way to Meursault’s heart. Emotional protection is a mirage which cannot shelter Meursault from feeling pain.

FINISH MOVES 1-6 BY THE END OF THE PERIOD

Moves 1-10(Move #3 Intro to quote) Meursault, the main character of the novel, is on trial for killing an Arab, and at some point he feels a shift in guilt. (Move #4 Say)“It was then I felt a stirring go through the room and for the first time I realized that I was guilty” (90). (Move #5 Mean) This quote demonstrates the remorse Meursault is beginning to feel for his actions. (Move #6 Matter) In this case, this human quality of remorse fights its way past Meursault’s numbed state of being, the pain of remorse ultimately finding its way to Meursault’s heart. Emotional protection is a mirage which cannot shelter Meursault from feeling pain.

(Move #7 Transition) Not only does pain of remorse find its way into Meursault’s life, the pain of rejection and alienation also can find its way through the severe detachment. (Move #8 Intro to quote #2) This persistence if shown in court, when Meursault is being watched (Move #9 Say) “…for the first time in years I had this stupid urge to cry, because I could feel how much all these people hated me” (89). (Move #10 Mean) This quote reveals how Meursault changed from an emotionless ameoba to a remorseful human being. (Move #11 Matter) In other words Meursault’s emotional vulnerabilities could not be protected, and in the end, close to death, he was not able to escape emotional pain.

Moves 1-11(Move #3 Intro to quote) Meursault, the main character of the novel, is on trial for killing an Arab, and at some point he feels a shift in guilt. (Move #4 Say)“It was then I felt a stirring go through the room and for the first time I realized that I was guilty” (90). (Move #5 Mean) This quote demonstrates the remorse Meursault is beginning to feel for his actions. (Move #6 Matter) In this case, this human quality of remorse fights its way past Meursault’s numbed state of being, the pain of remorse ultimately finding its way to Meursault’s heart. Emotional protection is a mirage which cannot shelter Meursault from feeling pain.

(Move #7 Transition) Not only does pain of remorse find its way into Meursault’s life, the pain of rejection and alienation also can find its way through the severe detachment. (Move #8 Intro to quote #2) This persistence if shown in court, when Meursault is being watched “…for the first time in years I had this stupid urge to cry, because I could feel how much all these people hated me” (89). (Move #9 Mean) This quote reveals how Meursault changed from an emotionless ameoba to a remorseful human being. (Move #10 Matter) In other words Meursault’s emotional vulnerabilities could not be protected, and in the end, close to death, he was not able to escape emotional pain.

(Move #11 Conclusion) This type of pain is avoided at all costs in our culture. From theme parks to the instant gratification of smart phones, the culture tells us that we need to build our lives purely on pleasure, not understanding that pain is essential to growth. We are never truly safe. Natural disasters and human disasters, including cruel behaviors from those we love, can always invade. But that is the beauty of living in the world. Opening ourselves up to vulnerability allows for living in the world, open to not only pain but the highest forms of joy. In our lives, the doors should be open for all guests.

Your Phone is Not Your LoverRules of phone exposure and general courtesy in Mr. Kim’s class:

1. If your phone is out when I am talking, and you are texting, or looking at it, or sliding your finger across the screen, I will call your parent and say, “Your child was rude to me in class.” I will not stop class and let your disrespect interrupt the rest of the students, I will simply call them after school.

2. Phones will ONLY be used when you need them for assignments and polls.

3. If you interrupt me with inappropriate comments, I will call your parents and say, “Your child was rude to me and his/her classmates.”

Therapy Assignment

Write a “therapy letter” for Meursault.

It is due on the beginning of class on Thursday, 1/30/2014.

Therapy Assignment

Start with an outline. Make a list:

RUBRIC• You must highlight 3 aspects of existentialism or absurdism.

– Look up the powerpoints online and look for 3 aspects of existentialism…you can even use the videos!

• You must offer 3 suggestions for Meursault.– Look up methods to “attach” in therapy online. Or come up with your own

creative suggestions.• You must reference 3 occurrences from the novel, “The Stranger.”

– Review the novel and look for 3 moments Meursault acts “strange.”

Therapy Assignment

Dear Meursault,RUBRIC• You must highlight 3 aspects of existentialism or absurdism.

– Life is pointless because we all die eventually.• You must offer 3 suggestions for Meursault.

– Look up methods to “attach” in therapy online. Or come up with your own creative suggestions.

• You must reference 3 occurrences from the novel, “The Stranger.”– Review the novel and look for 3 moments Meursault acts “strange.”