Annotated Biliography for Camus' The Stranger

Annotated Biliography for Camus' The Stranger

Hieu Nguyen

Hieu Nguyen

Ryan Gallagher
English 12CP
6 Dec. 2010

                                    The Finally Essay on The Stranger.

Throughout the novel The Stranger, Albert Camus uses the foils proved that how Meursault running his life, how his emotion shift frequently. Also proved that life is something we called gambling. We must play; either win or lose. We are sure thought that Meursault has no emotion. However the resolution turned skeptical, I would say. Metaphor that’s life will be changed with unexpect. Also will change out point of view, out attitude base on any circumstances.

In this passage Mersault acting calmly like nothing was just happened to his mom. He has show no emotion. His life telling us that he has independently and isolation life. The person that created him has gone. So what, is it going to change anything or impact his life. It’s not a big deal to Mersault.

           Instead focusing on his mom. Mersault concentrate every single details on the street "The young men had made sure that would have to bump right into them and then they would make craks. The girls giggled and turned their head away". Page 24. The past is from yesterday and today is today,  not yesterday. That's how he running his life.  

           Sitting down on the char thinking anything has through his life. " Then the street lamps came on all of sudden and made the first stars appearing in the night grow dim. I felt my eyes getting tired from watching street filled with so many people and lights". On page 24. Getting tired of either happiness and sadness that what Meursault feeling now.

           However, human must have emotion, that is just a gift. Either hate or love, you must have one of. But it seems that Mersault has none. " Sunday was over, that Maman was buried now, that I was going back to work, and that really nothing had changed". Page 24. How could Mersault could say these words. The dearest person of his has gone. He felt like nothing had changed. Was he really mean it. Sunday was over, So should he start a new adventure.

            In part 1 “ the stranger” doesn’t show any emotion from Meursault. Somehow part 2 has something changed in Meursault’s view, the way he spoke, act, and determining people have explored. Seem like he is a smart guy. But never want to shown or use it.

            In the stranger part2, Albert Camus has show a bit motion from Meursault. When

he was in jail, while in jail it give Meursault a lot of time to think of. And Marie came visit has discover Meursault emotion. So, Meursault at least he has a motion.

            When the passage begins, Meursault describes how does Marie looks, These detail he never mentioned before. “ Already pressed up against the grate, she was smiling her best smile for me. I thought she looked very beautiful, but I didn’t know how to tell her.” Meursault has emotion but he just doesn’t express it out somehow.

           

            Also Meursault doesn’t want anyone could fell his pain. He wants to keep it inside, not acting out “ “ Well?” She called across to me. “ Well, here I am.” “Are you alright? Do you have everything you want?” “Yes, everything” It is weird if you could answer you got everything ended up in jail, the cell with four walls cover you. So he doesn’t want anyone feel empathy for him.

           

A billion people in this world, a billion different point of view, a billion different attitude. You never know or could discovery what people think inside of them. What Meursault did in this book was incredible and was unexpected at all. And life seems to him that is what just beginning.

In the stranger part2, Albert Camus has show a bit motion from Meursault. When he was in jail, while in jail it give Meursault a lot of time to think of. And Marie came visit has discover Meursault emotion. So, Meursault at least he has a motion.

           

            When the passage begins, Meursault describes how does Marie looks, These detail he never mentioned before. “ Already pressed up against the grate, she was smiling her best smile for me. I thought she looked very beautiful, but I didn’t know how to tell her.” Meursault has emotion but he just doesn’t express it out somehow.

           

            Also Meursault doesn’t want anyone could full his pain. He want to keep it inside, not acting out “ “ Well?” She called across to me. “ Well, here I am.” “Are you alright? Do you have everything you want?” “Yes, everything” It is weird if you could answer you got everything ended up in jail, the cell with four walls cover you. So he doesn’t want anyone feel empathy for him

The Essay On Stranger Book

Hieu Nguyen

Ryan Gallagher                                                                                                                      

 12 CP Period 1                                                                                                                     

 19 Oct 2010

           

            In this passage Mersault acting calmly like nothing was just happened to his mom. Mersault have show no emotion. His life telling us that he has independently and isolation life. The person that created him has gone. So what, is it going to change anything or impact his life. It is not a big deal to Mersault.

           Instead focusing on his mom. Mersault concentrate every single details on the street "The young men had made sure that would have to bump right into them and then they would make craks. The girls giggled and turned their head away". Page 24. The past is from yesterday and today is just not yesterday. That's how he running his life.  

           Sitting down on the char thinking anything has through his life. " Then the street lamps came on all of sudden and made the first stars appearing in the night grow dim. I felt my eyes getting tired from watching street filled with so many people and lights". On page 24. Getting tired of either happiness and sadness that what felt.

           However, human must have emotion, that is just a gift. Either hate or love, you must have one of. But it seems that Mersault have none. " Sunday was over, that Maman was buried now, that I was going back to work, and that really nothing had changed". Page 24. How could Mersault could say these words. The dearest person of his has gone. He felt like nothing had changed. Was he really mean it. Sunday was oever, So should start a new adventure.

 

The Essay On Independent Reading Book.

         Annie Dillard has written book including the memoir of her parent. An American childhood the NorthWest pioneer Gric the living An American Childhood by Annie Dillard is a happy memoir of Annie's own life a child of a well to do pittburgh's family. Dillard remembers much of her childhood and doesn't hesistate to tell us a bit of it. there is a little about the childhood of a girl from a somewhat wealthy home, growing in Pittsburgh that would normally be thought of as intersitity or original enough to write about.

         In this book contains four parts about her life are the time of her early childhood; The time that Dillard deal with her life from age of ten to fifteen; thirdly describe her years of rebellious adolescence; lastly was contain her adult reflection. on her early childhood. Part one of the book deals with her early childhood from 1950 on wards. It give us all the details of her family life and her child hood activities and the influence of the natural environment. Dillard now learned that her dad usually left home for his mission. And the time he on the boat he used the time wisely. he loves and enjoys every single moment reading the book.
        Part two Dillard deals with her life from the age of ten to fifteen.In this section she records her impressions on the joys of reading. it also contain an account of her religious expressions. Dillard now passionate and books drove her crazy. It inspired Dillard to became a writer.
        Part three describes her years of rebellious adolescence just before she left for college. She tells us how she quit and then rejoined the church. However Dillard come back and after that she became a writer.
        The Epilogue contains her adult reflections on her early childhood. Her adult reflection on her early childhood. Connecting with her dad and by that her life changed and because her dad was a book readers has demonstrate Dillard.

The College Essay

                                          WHO TOOK MY FAMILY???
        My life sometimes I feel it is so simple to live, simple to fit in, but then after we heard the news that we could go to America. I'm really happy and also curious to fit in a new life. A life that i know there is bunch of adventure. I will get through all the hard times even trouble.
        Much seemed to my life until my dad became addicted to alcohol. Since then everything in my life has changed. My family became wounded and broken. My mom made a decision to divorce my dad. I had to decided to follow my dad, who taught me so much in life, or Should i follow my mom , who took care of me when I was sick and cheered me up when i was sad? Every morning I woke up thinking about this decision and couldn't let it go. Anytime I hung out with my friends, it kept reminding me of which decision i had to make. Fortunately, my grandma gave me the advice that I should compare each way for my future. One day I woke up, and I has the feeling that my heart telling me I must make that decision today. I must follow my mom and leave behind, my dad and which the river that I used to hung out near and drink from. I might never taste it again.
        A year after I came to the U.S a place that people in my country called "HEAVEN". Things seem stranger to me , I still homesick. I miss my dad and my friends. But my grandparent give me support. I getting better and used to live in America.
        I don't know what people think, but i knew from the bottom of my heart, a decision that I have made for my future will and now turning brighter, closer, day by days. And i know when I made some negative, or positive decision, It will be exactly result from my own decision.

Essay on Plum Plum Pickers

        In Plum Plum Pickers, Raymand Barrio suggested that hard labors in the poor conditions. State us that life is just not fair as we thought. And how people treating with each other. As far as they getting more benefit they willing to do anything. And temptation could shift person as different one.
        Poor and rich are opposite words. So, what about people are they opposite of two words rich and poor too. Well, if that so life must isn't fair. The author describe how unlucky people were born in this world. But when you were born in the poor family. It is like you got trapped. you can't control nor change it. Sometimes people also spoil the harbor. The workers they work hard all day but then somebody came and took half of the credit They have no choice, they're always in someone's shoe. People have power could change things. They can cheat on poor people without punishment. And the poor people only can nodd their head and do whatever they telling. However sometimes they would talk back and argue what right and asked for justice but it is useless. The rich people always win and poor people just a puppet for the rich people to command.
        After all poor is still poor, no matter what happened. Between poor and rich there still have the conflict. And you can't mix this two words as one. They must separated as people separate a part between poor and rich. And the balance credit is still the rich always getting more than a poor one. And that is life, it life, and it doesn't fair after all.

THE RED SHIFT

        The " Red Shift" written by Ted Berrigan is showing us his emotional represented by the red color standing for love and anger. And the shift which changing forward and backward from love to anger.
        At first he is expressing where he at? and showing he is disappointed his life. He felt like hopeless, he would do anything to punish his life dying slowly. Drinking Calvado. then immediately he is mentioning his past. Love is always great, but then children, money and sometimes i won't fit into life. Divorced and received nothing. Give much but how much you can received. That is it, that life. You thought would change your destination but too bad. There is there, can't change it. Hot or cold water is still water. We couldn't change to the liquid!
        From now, his anger has shift back. People would live long as the California Dream but he he doesn't. He saying something opposite in some awkward way. He will never taken by his age.  But he also says that " I will never go away and you will never escape from me". It is awkward by the person that telling what he strong at. But also showing his weakness and mistaken.
        But then at the end he was missing the love and anger. Two of them in one and last statement sharing his peacefully in side of him. He realized that thing will never change. He was and living the life that " only our human lot" !

The first in-class essay on " Lanscape with the Fall of Icarus"

         In "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" William Carlos suggesting the sad theme without expression or telling the exact. But if i based on the painting from Brugel i can see the theme telling me something that going wrong in that moment.
         According to the poem that Icarus fell i was spring but then people in the painting just standing there. And they showing no emotional. It just like nothing happened. But why these people acting like that when they saw Icarus was fall into an ocean. There must be something that they are jealous about Icarus. Something he has but they don't. Based on the painting i would see and figure out that Icarus and few people are in the same boat. they must stuck in this island as jail as well. And they are trying to find some way to get out of there.
         Icarus must be the one who figured out the way to escape that island by a flight way. And because of that. People in that island have jealous of Icarus. But like naturally when people jealous, they are not showing outcome. But like inside they been keeping it and wait for the chance to revenge. But it's naturally people were born in jealous and greedy!
         And when Icarus's day came he already to fly away from this land. And based on that poem and the painting. We could image that an ocean and the sky are waiting. The ocean have no wave or roaring. And the  sky were blue and yellow as it concern for Icarus. But then when Icarus set to flee away, there is something wrong with his equipment. He started flying and thought that he will make the great escape. But unfortunately, his equipment falling apart, he started falling and drowning in the ocean without a trace.
         Instead people in the island cry out they just back to what they working on. And no one would know Icarus exist or not. They couldn't find his body. Actually they don't really want try to find it. And why would they care!

The 500 words on Bruegel

Based on this art if you have the view from the top of the mountain you would see anything down there clearly.This is such a gorgeous country that surround by wealthy nature have created by God. From here we can see the blue sky the beauty cloud that flowery on the sky,according to this situation we can determine that the weather must be in Fall,we just can not see any leaf lay on the tree branch anymore and this art is just looks pretty sad.If we take a look on the left that we could see the small town and behind that town there is a giant mountain and when the first time i look at it i thought that was a Golem, and there also a harbor in order people from a different town they can come and make a trade and doing their business.But it does look its a quite town people could awake and come out their house to do their business rather than staying home at this point. In the middle of an ocean we can see that a sailing boat nailed right in the center. They are finding the right location for net down to catching some fish. But on this art,there is something not in the right track. If we look farther on the left we could see the town, however on the right side there is no living there,it doesn't have any signs that people live there. And just look alike an abandon place some point.there are a bunch of trees behind it and the main thing that right in our front we would see that a few people on the field,they must be a farmers.Waking up early in the morning in Fall wasn't that easy for these farmers. they are fully cover themselves with fur clothing. But Why would these people live separately with the other in a small town? the must be some secrets hidden! Or because people in the small town just don't like them? Or because they against the rule? These people live in the separately mountains some of them were old and young too.The man with the long gray dress is on the field, why are they using the cow to plough the field instead the horse. and the other guy is shepherd. He is looking up on the sky, he must waiting for the weather shift.But then if you look on the bottom right you will see the guy is fishing. because next to him there is a eagle. And there’s only one reason why the eagle is there. Because the eagle trying to catch some fish.They have to survive by their own, no one supply their food or drink. The shepherd must looking up to the sky wishing that some raining will coming down, at least their need would provide with water. And the other reason that they have to be there themselves that people from the town must testing them see if they could survive without water and foods.

Selection from Ovid D.J

   But in the new bird-form, Perdix, the partridge,
   Never flies high, nor nests in trees, but flutters
   Close to the ground, and the eggs are laid in the hedgerows.
   The bird, it seems, remembers, and is fearful
   Of all high places.


                                       This sentence that i picked telling that eople seem to put Icarus in their heart where not to be forgotten!

Personal letter

                               Dear, Mr Gallagher
This is Hieu Nguyen, it been a long time since a freshman year. I haven't write or send any letter especially you. I just want to tell you more about myself. I'm from Viet Nam but i came to U.S when i was sixteen it's like three years ago. Well, the language i spoke i guess you already know so no need to tell. I live in Malden nearby the FerryWay school. That's all i want to say and i hope that i will see you next week on Monday. by the way If we have a chance I would like to talk with you after school or whether you are available because i have bunch of things that I am so concern about this year and how do you feel when you were senior in high school and what is your decision for any first step on the way to first year of the college. I think that's all and I must stop my writing right now. I hope i will see you soon !