Analysis topics:
- Word Choice: the author's choice of vocabulary and how much power the words he/she uses have. Also can include the dialect, use of alliteration or assonace, whether they use passive or active verbs, and also the use of conotation verses denotation. "Why does Camus
- Sentences: includes the authors use of syntax, variation in length, complexity, rythem, and diction. Also includes the authors use of interogatives. "Why does Camus choose not to explain the character's thoughts or feelings and only describe the situation?"
- Images: sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. How the author paints a picture in our minds of the setting and the activities in the book. "Why does Camus choose to describe meursault's lust through his contact with Marie?"
- Symbols: objects or actions that represent something outside the literature by going outside the literal meaning of the subject. "Why does Camus use the sun to depict Meursault's feelings?"
- Figures of Speech: includes irony, metophors and cultural context. "Why would Camus use the metaphor of the old man and his dog?"
- Retorical Devices: includes techniques like juxtaposision, foils, parraleism, and the use of dialouge vs narration. ""Why would Meursault feel the same way on the day his mother died as he did on the day he killed the arab?"
- Patterns: The author will use patterns to create a theme or emphasize a specific characteristic in the character(s). "Why does Camus show people constantly expresing concern to Meursault about his mother's death?"
- Narrators: The kind of narrator the author chooses to use is meaningful. Also the point of view has a huge impact on how the story is told and authors purposfully choose certain poits of view for specific reasons. "Why did Camus choose to use a noninsiteful, observant narrator?"
- Structure: includes the others chossen pace, timing, space, and how the narrators mind analyses the world in the book. "What theme is Camus developing through the use of a quick pace?"
2.Camus does not describe the character's thoughts and feelings to highlight that Mersault does not, at least initially, have many feelings. His repeated emphasis on the situation and nothing else focuses on Mersault's personality-severely un-opinionated.
ReplyDeleteStructure- Through the use of a quick pace to the story, Camus develops the theme that life moves quickly and every person should treasure what they have before it's gone.
ReplyDeletePatterns- By showing people constantly expressing concern to Meursault about his mother's death, a theme of always doing things because you have to develops.
Figures of Speech- Camus uses the metaphor of the old man and his dog to show how people do not know what they have or do not express gratitude for what they have until it is gone.
Symbols- The sun shows how Meursault is supposed to feel in different situations. It represents the emotions he should be feeling, but is not feeling.
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