The Guest- Camus – Flashcards
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Existentialism
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Process of defining your life through actions
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What are the 5 parts of existentialism?
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-Man has free will -Life becomes a series of choices hat cause stress -Most choices will have negative consequences -Choices sometimes have absurd consequences...beyond our understanding -Once choice is made, you will follow through with it
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Why is the Arab being taken to prison?
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He killed his cousin over food (family still wants him back)
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How is the Arab dehumanized?
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-he has no name -he is walking behind the horse (dragged, dirty) -shackled -thin shirt and sandals in a blizzard
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What is Daru's job?
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school teacher
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How is Daru a hybrid?
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He is a Algerian who teaches french (both cultures)
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Why does Daru hold the towns food?
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so that the children HAVE to come learn
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Why is the Arab handed over to Daru?
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Because he knows BOTH cultures
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Why doesn't Daru take the gun (Falic Symbol)?
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He doesn't want "power"...he is always marginalized
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Who is Balducci?
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A french officer
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How does Daru humanize the Arab?
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-Offers him a chance to clean himself -Offers food -Allows him to sleep in his room
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Why is the Arab confused with how Daru treats him?
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He thinks Daru is a criminal judge
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Arab: "Why are you eating with me?" Daru: _______________
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Because I'm hungry
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What does Daru give the Arab when he is leaving?
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money, food, clothes
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What directions does Daru give the Arab?
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To the prison and to the nomads
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Why does the Arab choose to go to the prison?
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He thinks Daru is a judge and that he will be treated good at the prison too
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In result of the Arab choosing the prison, what happens to Daru?
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He hets a death threat from the Arab's brothers
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How does Daru show malaise?
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At the end, he stands on a plateau and feels alienated
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What allusions are shown?
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-Arab killing his cousin for food: Les Miserables -Balducci: Napoleon -Daru offering the Arab to clean himself: Christ (but he is atheist)
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How does the Arab show existentialism?
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-He killed so he could survive=negative -He met Daru and was treated well=absurd -He chose prison=negative
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How does Daru show existentialism?
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-Receiving a death threat=negative -The Arab choosing prison=absurd
