"It was then that I realized they were all sitting across from me, nodding their heads, grouped around the caretaker. For a second I had the ridiculous feeling that they were there to judge me."
Who is Meursault?
Meursault's favorite place to eat
What is Celeste's?
British Prime Minister for most of World War II
Who is Winston Churchill?
Philosophy that rejects generally accepted or fundamental aspects of human existence, such as knowledge, morality, or meaning.
What is nihilism?
This popular meme emerged from the release of Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" and Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" opening the same day in theaters
What is Barbenheimer?
"It's not that I'm a bad guy, but I have a short fuse."
Who is Salamano?
Meursault and Marie’s favorite leisure activity
What is swimming
The action or process of a state withdrawing from a former colony, encouraged by the postwar world
What is decolonization?
What is existentialism?
Currently holds the record for most Grammy nominations
Who is Beyonce?
"If another one shows up, he's yours."
Who is Raymond?
Raymond asks Meursault to write this for his mistress
What is a letter?
"First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz"
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
Philosophy that the universe is irrational and meaningless. It states that trying to find meaning leads people into a conflict with the world.
What is absurdism?
2009 video game series that involves players watching and directing characters to mundane things like eating, sleeping, and cleaning their houses
What is The Sims?
"Don't you want to know what I have to do?"
Who is Marie?
A constant annoyance for Meursault, and a symbol of painful awareness of the present moment
What is the sun?
The first two countries to declare war on Germany in WW2
What are Britain and France?
Philosophy that associates reality with ideas in the mind rather than material objects. It emphasizes the mental or spiritual components of experience and renounces the notion of material existence
What is idealism?
At the 2009 MTV Awards, Taylor Swift won this award moments before Kanye took the microphone from her and interrupted her acceptance speech
What is the Best Female Video award?