Killing an Arab

for killing an Arab. His reactions to life and to people distances him from his emotions, positive or negative, and from intimate

Meursault lives in a society where the French are considered superior to the Arabs. Symbolism of the superiority among his society is the plot in which The Stranger is told, where Meursault is placed on trial and sentenced to execution by guillotine for his accused crime of killing the Arab. However, the trial of Meursault in which he was convicted was based on his character, rather his actual crime of murdering the Arab, Camus is able to portray this through the characterization of Meursault as

This conflict results in Meursault killing an Arab. After being sent to jail, Meursault is interviewed by the magistrate and chaplain. Both the magistrate and the chaplain “tried to change Meursault’s point of view toward God.” (Alley2) They wanted Meursault to accept God and ask Him for

gnarled old hands were trembling. Without meeting my eyes, he started talking. “They won’t really take him from me, will they, Monsieur Meursault?” Also Raymond is a quite strange person, likes his girlfriend but wants to teach her a lesson by almost killing her with his fists. Marie accepting Meursault as a husband even when he said that he didn’t loved her. Each character might not be seen as stranger as Meursault is but they still show characteristics of

In Albert Camus’ The Stranger, Meursault is condemned to death for killing an Arab. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Frankenstein’s monster is condemned to rejection by humanity, vowing vengeance against his creator as a result. In these two vastly different stories from different periods, the character developments of Meursault and the creature starkly contrast each other. The emotional responses of Meursault and the monster progress from monstrous to human and vise versa, respectively. Meursault

In the novel, The Stranger, by Albert Camus, Meursault’s murder of the Arab helps to illuminate the meaning of the work as a whole. The Stranger tells the story of Meursault, a man who passively lives his life until he kills a man and is then put on trial and sentenced to death. The murder of the Arab is the climax of the novel and signals a shift in Meursault’s thought and character. Through Meursault’s killing of the Arab, Camus brings attention to the absurdity of social expectations and shows

evil. There are people who are brought into this world who have evil goals, but on the other hand there are people who have a good heart but choose to make evil decisions. Meursault in the story is accused of being guilty of killing the arab. In the book he did kill the arab but only in his defense to defend himself from getting hurt. That being the case i believe that Meursault was not born evil just made somewhat of an evil decision and is now paying for his mistake. “the trigger gave…...then i

Nations gave the Jews Israel, and kicked out the Palestine people, there has been conflict between the two groups, which is well known as the Arab- Israeli conflict. One of the most influential people in the conflict is Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Yassin. He is one of the many leaders for the Arab side, but he is one of the most important leaders out of all of them for the Arab people. Yassin has changed many peoples view on the Israeli state and of the Jews that live inside of Israel as well. Sheikh Yassin was

Mohammed is claim himself as American enemy in his article of “The Language of War is killing”. He takes responsibility for the terrorist activity in 9/11, but he doesn’t take himself like a hero. He uses the title “The Language of War is Killing” to show the disagreement between him and America. According to Mohammed the war between American and Arab Muslim countries are never stop until the U.S.A stay away form Arab countries. Mohammed uses the same language to fight with America, but different style

friend’s mistress who Meursault calls “The Arab”. His friend is named Raymond who is also Meursault’s neighbor. This results from Meursault shooting the Arab 5 times in total. Previously, Meursault, Raymond, and Masson, the friend who owns the beach house that they are at, had gotten into a fight with two Arabs and Raymond had been stabbed. However, was this a good enough excuse to later kill the Arab. Meursault was not justified in the killing of the Arab and was not thinking when he committed