1. Word Choice: Camus uses short, simple words-especially during the action of a scene.
-Why does Camus keep his language so blunt, particularly during scenes that contain action?
2. Sentence: Camus' sentences are short and use everyday language, but are descriptive of the scene and the characters.
-How does Camus' simple sentence structure make his descriptions more effective?
3. Image: Camus uses descriptive language to appeal mainly to sight and touch.
-What is Camus trying to accomplish by focusing so much on physical images?
4. Figures of speech: Camus uses similes and metaphors sparingly. He reserves it for the climax of a scene-the most important part of it.
-What effect does Camus' occasional use of figurative language have on the action of a scene?
5. Symbol: Camus uses multiple symbols, but subtly works them into the story, making them believable as just literal objects.
-What is the effect of Camus' effort to make a reader work to find symbols in the story?
6. Rhetorical Devices: Camus does not use dialect, and in fact conveys most conversation through the use of speaker tags. He also juxtaposes Mersault, a character with little apparent emotion, to several characters with strong emotions and opinions.
-Why does Camus make the protagonist the least opinionated character, and does this have anything to do with his spare use of conversation?
7. Patterns: Camus uses several abstract concepts as motifs, including "reasons for doing things" and "wanting" or lust.
-What is Camus' purpose in using abstract motifs?
8. Narrator: The narrator never actually talks-Camus never quotes the narrator(ex.-I said "[...]"). However, the narrator is still heavily involved with the plot.
-What is Camus trying to convey by distancing the narrator from the story yet keeping him involved with the plot?
9. Structure: The story changes pace. Camus places more emphasis on time, place, and pace when action is happening.
-What is Camus trying to accomplish by changing the pace depending on the action of the story?
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Sentence- The simple sentence structure makes the piece more effective by drawing in the reader. Since the structure is so simple, the reader wants to keep reading to see if more is coming.
ReplyDeleteImage- Through focusing so much on physical images, Camus expresses how much people focus more on the physical than the emotional.
Narrator: By distancing the narrator from the story, Camus is perfecting the motif of distance from one's emotions. For a lot of the story, there does not seem to be any emotion, just objective thought.
Rhetorical Devices- Camus makes the protagonist the least opinionated character to highlight his motif of distance from one's emotions. This does have to do with his spare use of conversation. Because Meusault is so disconnected with his emotions and opinions, he does not voice them.
6. Rhetoric Devices- Camus chooses to make Mersault the least opinionated character to demonstrate his belief in existentialism, and that being indifferent to everything gets the same results as being emotionally attached.
ReplyDelete7. Patterns- Camus uses abstract motifs to contrast the short, blunt narration, in hopes of showing the imagery in comparison the the short. emotionless dialogue.
8. Sentences- Camus uses short words effectively in descriptions because he is able to contrast the narration and the emotion so effectively.
9. Symbol- Camus blends symbols into the reading seamlessly because he wants the reader to at first believe them as literal objects as would be implied by the blunt, direct narration and sentences, but later realize them as emotionally charged symbols in contrast.