A Matter of Plot
A Cast of Minor Characters
Meursault
Oddments
All About Albert
100
It's what Meursault does the night before Maman's funeral.
What is stays up holding vigil? (sits up with the caretaker, etc.)
100
He's the man Meursault kills; we never know his name.
Who is "The Arab?"
100
A clerk in an office.
What is Meursault's job?
100
"Today, or maybe it was yesterday; I can't be sure."
What is the day Maman died.
100
It's a philosophy that pairs complete freedom with total responsibility.
What is Existentialism?
200
It happens the day after he gets home from the funeral and is later used against him.
What is seeing a comedy with Marie? (or sleeping with Marie?)
200
He has a dog that he is surprisingly distraught about losing.
Who is Salamano?
200
It seems to be the one thing other than cigarettes that Meusault enjoys.
What is swimming in the sea?
200
"Not that it means anything, but no."
What is Meursault's response to Marie asking if he loves her.
200
It's Camus' nationality.
What is French?
300
He does this for Raymond after dinner.
What is writes a letter?
300
He is completely baffled by Meursault's behavior during interrogation.
Who is "The Magistrate?"
300
He doesn't think much of it, one life is much like another.
What is his employers offer of a post in Paris.
300
It's needed in the citation on the works cited page because the original novel was not written in English.
What is the name of the translator?
300
The central tenet of Absurdism, it is woven throughout his most famous novel.
What is "life is meaningless?"
400
He asks Raymond for it before the first confrontation at the beach.
What is Raymond's gun?
400
He asserts that Meursault has no soul.
Who is "The Prosecutor?"
400
It's the reason he gives for killing the Arab.
What is the sun?
400
He asserts in court that Meursault's killing the Arab was just bad luck.
Who is Celeste?
400
It's the reason Camus never became a teacher.
What is tuberculosis? (or he failed the health exam?)
500
It's Meursault's "last wish."
What is that there be a large crowd or spectators and that he be greeted with cries of hate?
500
Meursault watches her during dinner one day. She's oddly precise about everything.
Who is "the little robot woman?"
500
It disturbs Marie, but not Meursault.
What is Raymond beating his "ex-girlfriend?"
500
He's the reason Meursault finally loses his temper.
Who is the Chaplain?
500
Ironically found in the trunk of the car Camus died in.
What is an unfinished manuscript?
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