The Centipede

Summary

The story was about a misunderstanding between Eddie and his sister Delia. The
conflict of between the two started when Delia provoke her brother Eddie by way of
attacking and destroying Eddie’s pet and other Eddie’s Important things in life. Delia
does not like Eddie to be happy in life. She likes watching Eddie suffering from what she
has done. Delia treated Eddie as rival and enemy not a brother. Delia always blaming
her brother about the death of her mother. Delia always thinking that Eddie is more
important by her father rather than her. She has a very bad character and a very jealous
girl. She used her illness as an alibi so she can do more bad things to her brother
Eddie. She knew that Eddie is a good brother with her and he cannot fight back her.
Eddie endures all the bad things did by his sister. As a younger brother of Delia he tried
to understand all the bad things done by his sister due to her illness. Eddie did nothing
against his sister even Delia did something bad to his monkey, his pigeons and his
butterflies. After all things, Eddie’s patience has and end, when Eddie saw Delia
stabbing the eye of his dog. This time around, Eddie cannot control his anger anymore,
he revenged against his sister by using centipede to frighten his sister Delia. A while
after, Delia fell down and cried with pained. This time, Eddie realized that he was not
supposed to do it with his sister even how bad Delia with him. He realized that damaged
has already been done and cannot be reversed anytime.

The Stranger

Summary

Meursault is a shipping clerk living in a decrepit Algiers apartment he shared

with his mother before he sent her to an old people's home he rarely visits. The novel
opens when he receives a telegram saying his mother has died. Meurseult isn't upset.
Meursault meets with the director of the home who quells Meursault's inner
defensiveness about sending his mother away by assuring him she was happier at the
home than she would have been in Algiers. He tells Meursault he's arranged a religious
funeral, in accordance with her wishes, though Meursault reflects privately that his
mother wasn't religious. Meursault goes to the mortuary and surprises the caretaker by
declining to see his mother's body. They drink coffee and smoke together, then sit vigil
over the coffin with his mother's friends, whose crying irritates the unemotional
Meursault. Next morning, the funeral procession is joined by Thomas Pérez, Mme.
Meursault's closest friend (and rumored fiancée). They walk across the hot,
shimmering landscape to church for the funeral, which Meursault barely remembers
Saturday, Meursault goes to the beach and runs into Marie. They swim, flirt, go to a
comedy, and go home together. Marie is startled to hear Meursault's mother just died.
Monday, Meursault's neighbor Raymond invites him to dinner and recounts his thirst for
revenge on his mistress. He gets Meursault to write a letter luring her back to shame
her. Pleased, Raymond now considers Meursault his friend.

Next Saturday, Meursault and Marie hear Raymond beating his mistress. A
policeman frees her, shaming Raymond. Later, Meursault agrees to Raymond's request
that he testify to her infidelity. He meets Salamano who is heartbroken after losing the
dog he's always pretended to hate. At work, Meursault declines a transfer to Paris since
"nothing mattered." When Marie asks if he wants to marry her, he says it makes no
difference but he will if she wants. Sunday, Marie, Meursault, and Raymond go
to Masson's bungalow. Raymond worries he's being followed by the Arab, his mistress'
brother. At the beach, Meursault and Marie are happy. Meursault, Masson, and
Raymond walk on the beach, running into the Arab and his friend. Raymond starts a
fight but surrenders when cut by the Arab. Furious, Raymond insists on returning to the
beach. Meursault follows. They meet the Arabs but Meursault has Raymond give him
his gun. The Arabs retreat. Dizzy with heat, Meursault wanders alone along the
"dazzling, red glare." He is "surprised" to meet the Arab again, who draws his knife. At
the "dazzling spear" of sun reflecting off it, Meursault shoots the man. In prison, the
examining magistrate attempts unsuccessfully to Christianize Meursault. Marie visits
once, but is barred from visiting again. Meursault acclimates to prison and spends his
days remembering his apartment. A year passes. The trial is blown up by the press and
the courtroom is packed. Much is made of Meursault's insensitivity at his mother's
funeral and the director and caretaker testify to Meursault's coldness. After Meursault's
lawyer makes progress, Marie inadvertently cripples the defense by recounting her first
date with Meursault the day after his mother's funeral. Meursault's lawyer attempts to
rescue the case – "is my client on trial for burying his mother or for killing a man?" –
but the prosecutor connects the funeral and the murder, portraying Meursault as a
soulless monster premeditating murder at his mother's grave. Throughout the trial,
Meursault is mostly calm, only rankling when he feels excluded from the proceedings. In
closing remarks, the prosecutor equates Meursault's crime with the parricide being tried
in court next day, claiming Meursault is "morally guilty of killing his mother." Meursault is
sentenced to death. Meursault files for appeal. Obsessed by the arbitrariness of his
verdict and the certainty of death by guillotine, he fantasizes a justice system that would
give the condemned "a chance." He tries to be levelheaded, imagining both possible
outcomes of his appeal, but feels "delirious joy" whenever he thinks of living. The
chaplain visits and lectures Meursault on the afterlife. Meursault screams that there's no
existence but this one, that all people are equally privileged and condemned. He feels
"rid" of "hope" and is "happy." He "opens…to the gentle indifference of the world," and
thinks he need only be accompanied by "cries of hate" "to feel less alone."
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real or actual sense.
Figurative (or non-literal) language uses words in a way that deviates from their
conventionally accepted definitions in order to convey a more complicated
meaning or heightened effect.[1] Figurative language is often created by
presenting words in such a way that they are equated, compared, or
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A conflict in literature is defined as any struggle between opposing forces.
Usually, the main character struggles against some other force. This type
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Internal conflict In this case, the struggle actually occurs inside a character,
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phrase.
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either a direct or indirect object (the verb's dependents).
A summary is a brief statement or restatement of main points, especially as a
conclusion to a work: a summary of a chapter. A brief is a detailed outline, by
heads and subheads, of a discourse (usually legal) to be completed
Author Card is what catalogers call the Main Entry. It is the first
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cataloging
A title card is a piece of printed text edited into photographed action at various
points in films, often at the beginning of television shows to show the title of the
episode.
Subject catalog definition is - a catalog in which books or other materials are
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A precis is a summary of something's main points. ... Precis looks like precise, and
of course, you always want your precis to be precise. But the words are
pronounced differently.
A preposition is a word used to link nouns, pronouns, or phrases to other words
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and any words that modify the object.
Personification is a type of metaphor and a common literary tool. It is when you
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alive, like nature or emotions
An adverb phrase is simply a phrase that acts as an adverb to describe a verb,
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sentence. The adjective in an adjective phrase can appear at the start, end, or
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Paraphrasing is one way to use a text in your own writing without directly
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A bibliography is a list of all of the sources you have used (whether referenced
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include: the authors' names. the titles of the works. the names and locations of
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A dedication page in a book is found at the beginning, before the story starts,
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The dedication normally isn't long, sometimes only a sentence or two, and is a
sweet, heartfelt way to honor someone in the life of the author
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Appendix is defined as the section at the end of a book that gives additional
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