Plot/Characters
Meursault’s neighbor who has a fluctuating relationship with his pet; cursing it when it’s present and feeling lonely in its absence.
Who is Salamano?
This quote takes place where in the book. “For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators that day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate.”
What is the quote found at the end of the novel?
Meursault often finds himself distracted and bothered from this symbol’s harshness.
What is the sun?
The core philosophical idea of the book.
What is absurdism?
The country that Meursault lives in.
What is Algeria?
The method of execution used to kill Meursault.
What is death by guillotine?
“It’ll all come right, you’ll see, and then we shall get married.”
Who is Marie?
The room that symbolizes society’s judgement of Meursault.
What is the courtroom?
A philosophy that asserts that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded, and that existence is ultimately meaningless and without purpose.
What is Nihilism?
The global event occurring during the novel’s publishing.
What is World War II
The name of the character Meursault went on a date with shortly after his mother’s funeral.
Who is Marie?
The famous first line of the book said by Meursault.
What is, “Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe. I don’t know”
Meursault’s repeated mention of simple pleasures, highlighting immediate physical experiences.
What is animalistic behavior?
According to absurdist philosophy, this is the proper human response to realizing life has no inherent meaning.
What is embracing the absurd?
The food Meursault and Raymond eat together in Raymond's house.
What is blood sausage?
One character that testified on behalf of Meursault during the trial.
Q: Who is Marie/Raymond/Celeste/Masson/Salamano
“I am on your side. But you have no way of knowing it, because your heart is blind. I shall pray for you.”
Who is the Chaplain?
The way people believe Meursault should behave.
What are societal expectations?
A practice, Camus calls “philosophical suicide”, involving a leap of faith.
What is religion?
The band who wrote a song inspired by The Stranger, titled “Killing an Arab” from their album “Boys Don’t Cry”.
Who is The Cure
The name of the man who frequently visits Meursault in prison and who does he represent to Meursault?
Who is the chaplain and what is a symbol of religious faith.
This quote takes place where in the book. “For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators that day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate.”
What is the quote found at the end of the novel?
The difference in tone between part one, the absurd and meaninglessness, and part two, reflection and intuition.
What is light and shadow?
According to Camus this is the only philosophical question.
What is, “deciding if life is worth living?”.
Albert Camus' collection of essays that explore the human condition in a universe that is devoid of meaning and purpose, sharing the same name as a Greek myth.
What is the Myth of Sisyphus