Untrustful People In Strangers On A Train By Patricia Highsmith

While reading The Stranger I noticed that traits that Albert Camus character depicts in the book are closely related to the theories of Sigmund Freud on moral human behavior. Albert Camus portrays his character of Meursault as a numb, emotionless person that seems to mindlessly play out his role in society, acting in a manner that he sees as the way he’s supposed to act, always living in the moment with his instincts driving him, and if the right circumstance presents itself the primal deep seeded animal will come out. I believe that most of the character’s traits fall under Freud’s notion of the Id and Ego mental apparatus, and don’t believe that his idea of the super-ego is represented in this book.

The Stranger The Stranger exhibits a society that has confined itself with a specific set of social standards that dictate the manner in which people are supposed to act. This ideology determines the level of morality, and how much emphasis should placed on following this certain "ethical" structure. Albert Camus's main character, Meursault, is depicted as a nonconformist that is unwilling to play society's game. Through Meursault's failure to comply with society's values and conform to the norm, he is rejected and also condemned to death by society.

Trust has to be earned by everyone. Trust is a very serious word, because it can mean so much to one person. It's usually pretty hard to gain trust and if you break the trust it’s really hard to gain it back. There’s people out there that you can never trust. These people do anything to help themselves out and only care about themselves.

he finally has someone to talk to for once rather him sitting all alone contemplating everything he has in his mind and bugging his father, he finally has someone to express his emotions to. This decision changed Bruno as he would after wards continue a conversation with the boy and they would both share each other’s stories. If it wasn’t enough Bruno was now bringing food to the boy that is “Shmuel” without anyone’s permission. But this wouldn’t be the last change Bruno goes through as now Bruno will cross all lines and take the most drastic measure in the

The author is able to build a mood throughout the story by using the narrative technique of tone. It changes from the beginning to the end of the story. In the beginning of the story, Bruno is sad and angry that he is leaving behind his three best friends. He is arguing with his mom about it. “Say goodbye to Karl and Daniel and Martin? He continued, his voice coming dangerously close to shouting.” (pg. 7) This demonstrates how mad and angry Bruno is about moving. By the tone that Bruno is using when talking to his mother, it shows that he doesn’t want to leave them behind. This builds a mood for the story and makes the reader feel sorry for Bruno. In the middle of the story, after Bruno and Shmuel have become great friends, Bruno finds Shmuel inside his house polishing the glasses. Shmuel

In the book it says, “‘You know how important fathers job is don't you?’ ‘Of course,’ said Bruno nodding his head, he knew this because there were always so many visitors to the house, men in fantastic uniforms... and they were always polite to Father and said that the Fury had big things in mind for him” (Boyne 4). Bruno knew that fathers job was very important and always called father the “good soldier”. He noticed how fancy fathers uniforms were and knew that since they had moved to Auschwitz because of father's job, that he had a great value in his line of work. If Bruno did know what fathers job was, he would be very furious with him. He’d not only be upset over the fact that he caused them to move for a terrible job, but he’d also be mad that father had some kind of connection to bringing Shmuel to Auschwitz and causing his papa to go

Bruno always went to see Schmuel even though he knew it could be dangerous. “Bruno: Maybe I should go. Schmuel: What about my papa? Bruno: yeah.”(The Boy in the Striped Pajamas). Bruno stayed to help Schmuel to help find his father. Bruno chose to say and help because he knew how important it was to find Schmuel’s father. Even though Bruno and schmuel didn’t have the closest relationship, they still meant a lot to each other because they only had each other to be friends with. Bruno wasn't able to help Schmuel ,but he still tried and that meant a lot to

I come home to find Bruno sitting on the kitchen table with a knee full of blood and the Jew that peels our vegetables and waits on us at our table at dinner wrapping a bandage around it. I am so confused as to why he would do something like this, he must have been terrified as to what the soldiers would have done to him if they came in and saw him touching or even talking to the their boss’s son, yet he still had enough humanity in him to help Bruno.

In everyone 's life at some point in time, they must have been deceived or cheated by loved ones and or enemies. Yet what the eyes see are not always truthful and the ears don’t always hear reality. Thus being cautious and dubious of those who are around you is advisable. Meaning it is clear that even seemingly trustworthy people can have malign intent.

First, On page 202 it says “ You still want to help me find Papa?’ asked Shmuel and Bruno nodded quickly” This shows that bruno is helpful and kind because he wants to help shmuel find his dad. This builds suspense because bruno is NOT ALLOWED to go on the other side of the fence with the jews. Secondly, On page 190 Bruno says “ I’d prefer all four of us to stay together” (When Bruno’s dad asked them if they wanted to move back to Berlin Bruno said he would go where the family went and wanted to stay together.) This is a revealing action about bruno because it shows how he is a caring person and wants to stay with his family. It builds suspense because his dad needs to stay because he is a soldier working. Lastly, On page 208 the author states “ When the soldier walked into the cabin Bruno said “ I don't think I like it here.” This reveals that Bruno does not like the life that shmuel lives and wants to go home. It builds suspense because the soldiers are bringing him somewhere and Bruno doesn't want to be there. To conclude, the author writes about actions that reveal Bruno’s caring

Albert Camus creates a series of characters in The Stranger whose personality traits and motivations mirror those that are overlooked upon by the average man. Camus develops various characters and scenarios that show true humanity which tends to have been ignored due to the fact of how typical it has become. Camus incorporates abominable personality traits of the characters, variety, consistency, and everyone’s fate.

Throughout the novel, Bruno misinterprets what is going on in the world and this family. One of the

A major change for Bruno was when they moved from Berlin to Auschwitz. Bruno was outgoing, adventurous and had many friends. After they moved, he became lonely, sad and a little resentful to his parents. He and Gretel were home schooled and he wasn’t allow to go outside anymore. He had no idea of what was going on in the concentration camp or his surrounding and didn’t understand why he couldn’t play with the kids he saw in the camp. After he met Shmuel things started to feel a little more normal for him but unaware that his life will end very soon.

Bruno, initially, has ignorance about everything going on in his life. For example, his dissatisfaction with leaving Berlin is demonstrated in many parts of the story. He is shown to the reader as being innocent, immature, and unable to give things a chance. On many occasions, Bruno complains about moving to “Out-With” (Auschwitz). He continually complains before even giving himself a chance to experience it. He was whining and being stubborn. To illustrate, in the novel, the author says, “Nothing, thought Bruno, not even the insects, would ever choose to stay at Out-With.

In Strangers on a Train, Hitchcock uses a unique combination of continuity and narration in order to create a fluid story while also drawing the spectator in with suspenseful situations. The spectator becomes immersed in the story because of how well Hitchcock uses these techniques. The spectator is given all the information throughout the story, which helps Hitchcock create suspense because the spectator worries for the characters because they know the entire situation while the characters are still figuring everything out. With these techniques, Hitchcock tells a unique story while totally engaging the audience in the story.