The+Stranger+Activities

=**Activity #3 **=

The title of the book in America is "The Stranger", while the book in England is named "The Outsider". I think "The Outsider" is the better fit for the title. Outsider means someone who is not accepted by society. A stranger is someone who is unknown and not acquainted to a group. Outsider fits better as Mersault is a mystery to his society. Society does not understand Mersault and through the trial, Mersault is cast away as an outsider.

=**Activity #4 **=


 * Funeral / Wake || Marie || At Work ||
 * Meursault acts different from other people at her mother's funeral. He doesn't feel sorrow and sad, and he gets over the funeral really quick. || He feels indifferent about love. It seems like he likes Marie, but he doesn't want to marry. || Meursault doesn't accept the promotion ||
 * People should be respectful at funerals. || People usually marry people who they really like. || People like to have promotions. ||
 * People should be respectful in funerals and be respectful to the dead. Especially when the person that is dead is a close friend or family. || Meursault hasn't really thought about his future with Marie and had not thought about marriage. || People usually accept promotions as it might give you more free time and a better salary. ||

=**Activity #5 **=

= = =**<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Activity #6 **=
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Meursault is guilty of murder. He has malice intent as after he already killed the Arab he shot the dead body four more times. He does not receive much shock at taking a man's life. Also the other questions used murder instead of manslaughter.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I do not think Meursault's murder of the Arab was a hate crime. Meursault did not really have much bias against the Arab. He just killed him because he was blinded by the man's knife.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Arabs and Muslims are considered second class citizens in the French colonies of Algeria. Meursault just accepts his murder and admits it. This is awkward because he could have easily gotten away from the murder as he killed a second class citizen.


 * || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Literary Superpower Tool Analysis || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">What is the conflict created? ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Salamano ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example #1: || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Salamano abuses his dog sometimes. || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mersault does not really care, so it shows he is not really engaged in society. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example #2: || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Salamano feels really bad about losing his dog. || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mersault does not really understand how Salamano can feel so much comfort in having a dog.He thinks the dog can be replaceable and suggests that Salamano should get a new dog. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Raymond ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example #1: || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Raymond treats his wife badly and beats her. || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mersault does not really care that Raymond abuses his wife. Instead he agrees to help Raymond. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example #2: || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Raymond gets Mersault into bad situations. || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mersault does not mind being in the bad situations and instead helps Raymond with his troubles.This eventually leads him into encountering and killing the Arab. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Meursault’s Boss ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example #1: || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mersault's boss offers him a promotion. || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">He rejects the promotion even though he would get a higher salary. This shows that he is different from the accepted social norms. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example #2: || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mersault's boss asks him about his mother. || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mersault is not really sad from his mother's death. This shows he is different. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Marie ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example #1: || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Marie wants Mersault to marry her. || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mersault doesn't really care about marrying her. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example #2: || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mersault and Marie get together after his mother's death. || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This is strange because he people usually mourn a close relative's death, instead Mersault and Marie date and watch a comedy. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Robot Woman ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example #1: || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">She has everything planned out. || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mersault is intrigued by the robot woman's organization. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example #2: || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">She seems like she accepts who she is and does not care about society judging her. || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mersault does not really plan out his life. Seeing the robot woman makes him think about the point of living. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Robot Woman ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example #1: || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">She has everything planned out. || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mersault is intrigued by the robot woman's organization. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example #2: || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">She seems like she accepts who she is and does not care about society judging her. || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mersault does not really plan out his life. Seeing the robot woman makes him think about the point of living. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example #2: || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">She seems like she accepts who she is and does not care about society judging her. || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mersault does not really plan out his life. Seeing the robot woman makes him think about the point of living. ||

=**<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Activity #7 **=


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">CHARACTER || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">QUOTE & INTERPRETATION || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">CONCLUSIONS ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Young Reporter || "You know, we've blown up your case a little. Summer is the slow season for the news". || The Young reporter is exaggerating the trial and is making Mersault seem like really bad person. The Reporter is selfish because he made a more interesting story at Mersault's expense. This shows society's dark side. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Robot Woman ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The Prosecutor ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Director of the Home ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Caretaker ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Celeste ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Marie ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Raymond ||  ||   ||

=**<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Activity #8 **=

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This film clip contains some existential elements that are also present in the stranger. Darth Vader in the beginning mentions that there is no god and that people are responsible for their own actions. In The Stranger, Mersault considers that he is responsible for his own actions and generally accepts the trial. Despair, anguish, and boredom are mentioned by C3-PO, R2-D2, and also the pilots. These are the things that people must overcome to became happy. The pilots in the end chose to crash after they say these words. This shows that they are going to die anyway so they might as well die now and escape unhappiness. Mersault does the same in the stranger as he accepts execution.