Twisitng The Truth (The Stranger pg.60-80)

Monsieur Meursault has shown throughout the book that he has no feeling towards anything around his life. I learned in this pages that what I said before is not true. In the book there is a specific example I found wich clearly explains why Monsieur Meursault acts the way he does. "He asked me if I could say that that day I has back my natural feelings. I said, "No, because it's not true".He gave me a strange look, as if he found me slightly disgusting..."pg. 65. He won't tell lies althout his lawer is almost begging him to do so, in order yo win the case. With this example we can also know Monsieur Meursault, is not a person who tells lies, not even to save him from going to jail. He would just not twist the truth in order to save himself. This just kept me questioning will he get released any time soon? What is his veredict?

The visit of Marie, also caugh my attention. I can not imagine what it is like to be in jail, nevertheless, to have someone visit me while I am in jail, but Monsieur Meursault did not show any enthusiasm towards Marie's visit, and I think I woul have been very excited if someone came to visit me. "I was feeling a little sick and I'd have liked to leave. The noise was getting painful. But on the other hand, I wanted to make the most of Marie's being there" pg. 75. This is an example of how he did like Marie's visit and did get excited, but however, his way of not caring about anything still shows a little, specially in the part where he says, " "I was feeling a little sick and I'd have liked to leave. The noise was getting painful"pg 75. I see Marie's visit as a sign of how maybe being in jail and away from everything might have changed his way of feeling, and might encourage him to be more emotional, however this is just a prediction which I will have to see if it ir right on the next pages.

A Day on the Beach (The Stranger pg. 40-60)

"He looked upset and told me that I never gave him a straight answer, that I had no ambition, and that that was disastrous in business. So I went back to work" (pg.41). This specific quote from the book caught my attention as soon as I read it. Its the perfect example of how Monsieur Meursault sees his life. It is the first time in the book that I see that someone is straight forward to Monsieur Meursault, it clearly shows how he really does not get excited or motivated about anything. How can a person marry someone he doesn't love? How can he not love Marie if he spends almost all weekends with her? How can she not care? This book has really given me reasons to believe there are many people aroung the world who just live day by day without even realizing what they are living, they just "go with the flow". Personaly, I like people who have an influence on life, who know what they want and what they want to do. For this reason I do not like Monsieur Meursault personality.
Furthermore, a murded occured. Monsieur Meursault, ended killing an arab guy who he didn't even know. I was impressed when this happend because I didn't see it comming. It was obvious Raymond was on to something but I never imagined Monsieur Meursault was going to get involved.

Women Rights (The Stranger pg.20-40)

Monsieur Meursault, talkes about the people he sees in the street and how by the end of the day everyone seems to vanish. Then he starts describing his nighbors and one of the neighbor's dog. It is here, that I realize how women rights is a topic to be dicussed in these twenty pages. Raymond, is one of Monsieur Meursault's neighbors, and he was having a relationship with a woman who he though was being unfaithful to him. Raymond treated this woman like and animal he beat her although she screamed in pain. He talked about her as if he wanted to make her life miserable. What I dislike about this, is that men do not realize how many times a year, a day, a month, even a week they are unfaithful to their wifes or girlfriends. They do not seem to notice they do the same things as in this case Raymond's girlfriend did to him. I am not agreeing with the fact that being unfaithful is a bad thing, I am just saying that Raymond treated his "girlfriend" unfairly because there is no reason in the world for a man to hit a woman! Women have been treated unfairly and unsuperior for a very long time, but now a days, women control the world, so its time for men to realize their position and its time for them to act with some respect.

Marengo (The Stranger pg.3-20)

Monsieur Meursault, seems to be tired of his life, impressed with his boss, and comepletely clueless about his mother's death. In the first twenty pages of this book, the main character which is also the narrator, gives the impression of being bored with his monotonous life. It really shocked me that he did not seem to care about his mother's death. Randomly Monsieur Meursault, goes to the movies with a girl which he used to be involved with, but after a night in the movies and in his house she just left, and he again shows no feeling about this. Can a human being be so empty inside to not feel anything ever?

Reading goes beyond what you see!

Reading a novel does not always mean you understand it, like it, or even enjoy it. Throughout my high school experience I have learned how to analyze and critize books through different types of themes, and topics of discussion. Nevertheless, Twelve Grade English will give me the opportunity to share my thoughts, opinions, critiques, and responses of the books I read in this page. My name is Mariana Gutierrez and I will be enjoying your responses towards what I write on my blog!