The tone of voice an author presents techniques and modes of presentation that reveal or create the attitude. has towards the work reflects attitudes and feelings towards a situation or to its readers. In Albert Camus" The Stranger .
Camus" language and phrasing shows that he has aimed the book towards and older crow, one that would understand the message he wants to portray. Even when the language is written in a simple tone, it still seems aimed at an older audience. .
Camus the philosophy of absurd is not meant to contain a lesson for or moral improvement. It speaks of absurd characteristics in people.
On one sunny day, Meursault, his friend Raymond, and his girlfriend Marie go to the beach to visit one of Raymond's friends. On the way to the beach, they encounter some Arabs, who have conflicts with Raymond. The Arabs end up following them to the beach and meet up with them. Raymond takes a gun with him, but Meursault, knowing Raymond had the intent to kill, tells him "take [the Arab] man to man and give me your gun" (56). After a short brawl, Raymond ends up being stabbed by one on the Arabs. Mersualt is forced to take his friend back to the beach house in order to heal his wounds. After some time had passed, he goes back to where they had fought the Arabs and finds the one who stabbed Raymond and with no eminent purpose, shoots him once and then 4 more times after a brief pause. This event ends the first part of the novel, but begins the rising action which leads to the clash between the protagonist and antagonist.
Camus" tone is one that is detached, sober, plain, and at times subtly ironic. He creates a way of interpreting Meursault's views .
Albert Camus" The Stranger is a novel at worst and haunting reality of what life can be seen as if it is considered meaningless. A man is devoid of emotion, even regarding his sensitive, personal matters.
The themes intertwine, it implies that life is essentially meaningless.
First published in 1946, The Stranger was Camus' first novel. ... Meursault evaluates the sun in every chapter and it seems to control the tone in the novel. ... When it is extremely hot, the tone becomes negative. ... He chooses not to "sell out- to the rules of society and because of this, his truth makes him "the stranger, - as suggested in the title. ...
Moshin Hamid begins the passage with a solicitous and beguiling question which sets the tone and voice of the narrator for the rest of the novel. ... , which supports the conversational tone of the passage yet also creates a sense of interrogation. The excessive politeness and attentiveness of the narrator's tone, as in, "You prefer that seat, with your back so close to the wall?"," indicates the strangeness yet revealing tone of the conversation, making it clear that the two are meeting for the first time. ... The main theme of the passage is America, and there is an implication that the...
Camus's The Stranger Is Camus's Meursault a juvenile delinquent? ... When Meursault is speaking of this his tone seems dull, says other critics, he seems as though he doesn't really care. ...
Why do people's personas alter so greatly in a confined area with strangers such as the Illinois 100 bus? Social settings, for one, affect almost every aspect of a person, from their mood and tone to their posture and bodily movements. ... Why do strangers act so closed off and in a sense portray what they feel as "normal " compared to their usual selves? ... Conversations changed tones, with the volume intensity dropping to a near whisper. ... But not only has media influenced our view of strangers as possibly dangerous, but also as judgmental individuals. ...
Saricks indicates that "The tone of thrillers is often dark, and gritty" (Saricks 5). This dark tone keeps the reader on edge and turning pages. ... Events take a dark turn when the chemical leak takes effect on a stranger; he goes insane. ... When the insane stranger starts reciting twisted versions of children's story's, readers realize other characters are in a dangerous situation: his actions cannot be predicted. ...
The tone and imagery are different in each poem but the love and respect each speaker had for his/her father was evident in each poem. ... Cofer used words in his poem to establish a serious tone for the speaker. ... Rothke established a lighter tone for his speaker and even though it seemed the speaker lived a less fortunate lifestyle, the speaker expressed a greater love for the father that arrived home every night. ... The speaker painted a picture of her father as a stranger in the night, unsure of the relationship she really had with this stranger she called father. ...
The internal struggle that the narrators are going through in the poems, "Marriage" and "To a Stranger", help the authors get their points across. ... Already Corso sets the tone for the poem. ... The internal struggle that the narrator goes through in "To a Stranger", by Walt Whitman, is a little different compared to the narrator in Corso's poem. ... This is best illustrated in the following quote, "Passing strangers? ... The narrator finally decides that next time he comes across this stranger he will not let them leave his life again. ...
Though the importance of personal relationships to alleviating pain from change is central to both works, however, the vastly differing tones projected in each contribute to the differences in the meanings of each. ... Through "of course," expressing Gregor's bitterness with his situation, Kafka presents Gregor's new disconnect with his sister with a darkly amused tone. ... It's not just personal relationships Holden has trouble with, however; he attempts to reach out to strangers as well. ... Holden keeps repeating the motif of ducks, which not only symbolize his al...