Ib_slave Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Would this be a good topic to write about? Or is it a dead-end subject? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruan Chun Xian Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Write about for what?@sweetnsimple below: Justice is a huge theme. The second half of the book is about justice/lack of. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetnsimple786 Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Haha I almost feel absurd saying this, but Sparknotes.com doesn't mention justice on its "Themes and Motifs" page for this book, so it can't be tooo beaten-into-the-bush. [Sparknotes's The Stranger] However, when in doubt, try to find a new twist on an old subject. I haven't read the book, but instead of going for the obvious examples, if you can find smaller but relevant examples, that would help you out. I haven't read the book myself, so I can only be generic. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ib_slave Posted July 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 (edited) Write about for what?Justice is a huge theme. The second half of the book is about justice/lack of.I was thinking of comparing the treatment of justice between Solzhenitsyn's "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" and Camus' "The Outsider/Stranger" but I'm guessing that I would be better off using the topic of 'authority' or 'freedom' since they're a bit more broad... What do you think?This is for WL1 by the way Edited July 27, 2009 by Ib_slave Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tania V Posted August 10, 2009 Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 I think that Camus never introduces "justice" as a serious subject, because it is all part of the illusion that humans have created to mask life's futility. Therefore, he doesn't focus on it so strongly. Justice only exists in the Outsider as part of a generally irrational system, but not as a focus of the author, I think (as, for instance, it happens in Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"). However, if you choose to compare it with Solzhenitsyn, you could focus mainly on the different approach of each author to the subject of justice (Solzhenitsyn makes a critique of the injustice, while for Camus it is all a part of absurdity). 2 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
avident Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 (edited) Though opaque, I think justice is definitely a theme in Camus's The Outsider. It's especially apparent in the ending, where he gets executed; why does he smile? That's something for you to think about. Edited August 13, 2009 by avident Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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