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Annotated Bibliography for Albert Camus The Stranger

Source Citation:
"Zineb Sidera." Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa.
Ed. Michael R. Fischbach. Detroit: Gale Group, 2008. Gale World History In Context.
Web. 8 Dec. 2010.
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Summary:

This article is about Sidera who was an immigrant; she was born in a suburb of Paris,
France, in 1963 to Algerian immigrant parents. She later moved to Britain and trained at
the Slade School of Art, the Central Saint Martin's School of Art, and the Royal College
of Art.

Important Quotes:

Similar to many other artists from Arab countries living in exile, Sidera is particularly
concerned with capturing the personal and political paradoxes and contradictions of
living within and between cultures and finds the veil a useful way to do so. In many of
her works, she examines the ways in which veiling has carried multiple meanings--from
the history and legacy of the Algerian encounter with French colonialism to its place
within individual and family life. (Par 1)
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Purpose:

I think this article would be helpful to teach the stranger because it helps understand that
the life of all the immigrants isn’t the same. It depends on where people live and what
kind of person they are. Contrary to Sidera, Meursault was an apathetic person and ended
up locked up. It is important because it helps us understand how some people can change
due to a transition in life.For example, Meursault who’s from another country and come
up here and he acts different way from any other people.

Source Citation:

King, Brett Allan. "French Labor, World War II." St. James Encyclopedia of Labor
History Worldwide. Ed. Neil Schlager. Vol. 1. Detroit: St. James Press, 2004. 343-
347. Gale World History In Context. Web. 8 Dec. 2010.
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Summary:

This article is about the occupation of German over France during the World War 2 and
the resistance of the labors to the occupation.

Important quotes:

As a new French army formed in French North Africa (liberated in November 1942),
internal resistance groups known as Maquis joined into a network that gained increasing
popular support. With 6 percent of the French population made up of foreigners, many
thousands of immigrants were also active in the struggle. (Par 2)
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Purpose:

This article would be helpful to teach the stranger because there were a lot of immigrants
In France during the World War 2 and Meursault was an immigrant living in
France.Those labors were not intellectual neither Mersault.And it happens that there were
a lot of violence in France during this period of time.And it happens that Meursault kill
an Arab in The Stranger. When faced with the situation on the beach with the Arab, he
states: “It then that I realized you could either shoot or not shoot,” (p56) a reaction which
shows his lack of comprehension of the possible consequences of his own was actions.

Source Citation

Badiou, Alain. "Existence and death." Discourse [Detroit, MI] 24.1 (2002):

63+. Literature Resource Center. Web. 12 Dec. 2010.

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Summary:

This article explains the meaning of the existentialism which is what no being can be, is
assuredly nothingness.

Important quotes:

As if to say that it is pure negativity, and that, were one to attempt to inscribe it within an
ontological set-up, one would need to admit that existence is what objects to any being
which one would presume to be "its own," that it is its "surpassing," and that therefore it
is not this being; and of any being which one presumes is not "its own," one would need
to recognise that existence can be its conscious aim, in the free spoliation of its own
being, and that therefore existence is this being. Now, the only appropriate name of that
which is not being, and is what no being can be, is assuredly nothingness. (par2)

Purpose:

I think this article would be helpful to teach the stranger because Meursault the main
character seems to live in his own world, socializing with others, but apathetic about what
happens in his life. For example, when his mother died, his thoughts were, "Mother died
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today. Or, maybe yesterday; I can't be sure." (p1) He did not have any extreme feelings
about her death; he just accepted it and decided that is was destined to happen. He kept
himself busy by indulging himself in materialistic comforts like smoking, drinking. His
life was full of existentialism, for he believed that life just happened, nothing you could
do would change the future, and that everything happened for a reason.

Source Citation

Duffy, Meghan. "Tina Howe." Twentieth-Century American Dramatists: Fifth Series. Ed.

Garrett Eisler. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 341. Literature

Resource Center. Web. 12 Dec. 2010.

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Summary:

This article talks about Tina Howe who was a talented writer who consider herself to be
tradition of the Theatre of the Absurd.She is inspired by such luminaries as Jean Genet,
Eugene Ionesco.

Imoprtant quotes:

She felt a sense of compassion for the father character, Bill. She saw him as a man who
wanted to be loved and was feeling left out because of the mother/child connection. (Par
7)

Purpose:

This article would be helpful to teach the stranger because it brings the idea of the
absurdity of Meursault through the stranger. In “The Stranger”, Meursault does not
realize his absurd situation until the end of the novel. It is illustrated by his indifference
toward life and lack of emotion.”According to him, human justice was nothing and divine
justice was everthing.”
(p118).Throughout the judicial process, Albert Camus criticizes the society he lives in
and the values it holds. His philosophy is reflected in his criticism of Meursault's
indifferences towards death, the irrationality of the Arab's killing, and the consequences
of his own actions.

Ignatow , David. “I Close My Eyes.” Poetry Out Loud 13 December 2010.

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Summary:

The poem is about a person who thinks that he’ve done everything right in life.And he
ask himself why can’t he live forever?

Important Quotes:

I close my eyes like a good little boy at night in bed,

as I was told to do by my mother when she lived,
and before bed I brush my teeth and slip on my pajamas,
as I was told, and look forward to tomorrow.

I do all things required of me to make me a citizen of sterling worth.

I keep a job and come home each evening for dinner. I arrive at the
same time on the same train to give my family a sense of order.

I obey traffic signals. I am cordial to strangers, I answer my

mail promptly. I keep a balanced checking account. Why can’t I
live forever?

Purpose:

I think this poem would be helpful to teach the stranger because it kind of related to the
stranger.Meursault feels like his life is repetitive because he’s doing like the same thing
everyday.”Everything was the same as it had been the first day.” (p 105)Refer back to
when he was
in the prison all he could see is the sun,hear the noise from the street and being in the
same room
everyday..Also it relates to the philosophy of Albert Camus that life is unfair, and it
doesn’t mean
anything.No matter how people try to live their life, it doesn’t really mean anything
because you
will die one day or another.

Source Citation

Brosman, Catharine Savage. "Albert Camus." Nobel Prize Laureates in Literature, Part

1. Detroit: Gale, 2007. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 329. Literature Resource

Center. Web. 15 Dec. 2010.

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Summary:

This article is about the popularity of Albert Camus in France. His father died during
the Worl war 2 and Camus never had the chance to know him. He learned a little about
him because of his mother.
Important Quotes:

In Camus's works, fathers are often missing or shadowy; only in his unfinished
autobiographical novel Le Premier Homme (1994; translated as The First Man, 1995)
does a father appear directly and extensively. In contrast, a mother is a recurring figure
throughout Camus's work. He wrote always of his own mother with respect and
devotion, often connecting her to Algeria and the sense of home. (par7)
Purpose:

I think this article would be helpful to teach the stranger because it helps us
understand some of the things that happened in Camus’s life in the past. And it shows
how those things affect his life and even his work. Refers to the Stranger Albert Camus
doesn’t mention his father throughout the novel because he didn’t grow up with his
father, he has no idea what kind of person his father is. I think it might be one of the
reason he acts the way he acts in the novel because he was raised by a single mother and
never know who his father is.

Source Citation:

"Urban forms and colonial confrontations: Algiers under French rule." Urban History
Review 26.1 (1997): 59-60. Gale World History In Context. Web. 8 Dec. 2010.
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This article is about Algiers under the French rule. Most of the people live in the
establishment of a bidonville.A group of architect decided to house Algerians in high
rises.
Important quotes:
Central to the work is the idea that the French used urban planning and architecture to
defend their Algerian possession and to assert control over the native population.
Conversely, Celik shows how architecture contributed to the success of the rebels against
French rule, as Algerians achieved independence in the early 1960s. In addition, a
subtheme emphasizes the role of women in Algerian society and the part they played in
the war for Algerian independence.

Purpose:
I think this article would be helpful to teach the Stranger because it talks about how
the Algerians are rebels. It kind of relates to Meursault who is a man that wants to do
thing on his own, and not really listen to what others say. “I went with him as far as the
bungalow, and as he climbed the wooden steps, I just stood there at the bottom, my head
ringing from the sun, unable to face the effort it would take to climb the wooden staircase
and face the woman again.”(P56)I think that is important because if he listened to
Raymond or talked to him before he does something he wouldn’t kill the Arab.

“Why I love you” Youtube. Pub. WavesOfWeed. 7 Feb 2009. 17 Dec. 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyPIXNvejUQ&feature=related

Summary:

This video is about a girl that is expressing how she feels about his man.Even the man
doesn’t really treat her the right way.

Important quotes:

I remember the last time I cried you gently wiped my eyes and whispered in my ears”
baby suck it up.” But I still love you.

Purpose:

I think this video would be helpful to teach the stranger because it refers to the woman in
the Stranger. Marie loves Meursault but he doesn’t show any emotions and she still loves
him.