As the second chapter of the book starts, I see a drastic change in the plot and the direction of the book. There is a complete change in setting, characters and even theme of the book because we now are reading about a lieutenant, in a police station. In the context of the book, there is another character that is "el jefe". He tells the lieutenant that there is still priest of the catholic faith, and that this is not permitted and he reacts. " Something you could almost have called horror moved him when he looked at the white muslin dresses" (pg. 22). He seems to have somehting against them and he feels rage to know that there are still priests out there. "And that was easy, the lieutenant thought, easy. Himself he felt no need of women. He said, "We will catch him. It is only a question of time."" (pg. 23). He seems to be desperate for the clandestinity of this so called whisky priest.
As they talk about the Whisky priest and the connection with the boy and her mother, we see another clue of why could the priest be the stranger that was drinking with Mr. Tench. The boy, is very intrigued about what is happening and about the story his mother told him about the persecution of priests. "But the boy - he asks such questions - about the whisky priest. I wish we had never had him in the house." (pg. 27). This gives more power to the movement against religion that the government has. We see a very similar case. The case of Padre Jose. He once was a priest and when the law against them was ordered, he abandoned priesthood and got maried. He is seen as a nameless priest with shame of abandoning what he really believed in. "An old man who married was grotesque enough, but an old priest.... He stood outside himself and wondered whether he was even fit for hell" (pg. 29). This new topics and characters make the story more interesting becasue now I think that the climax will be the inifying of all of this situations. I will be looking forward to it.
domingo, 30 de septiembre de 2007
The Power and the Glory: The port
The new novel that we started reading in English class until now has been very easy to read. The novel starts by introducing the main character: Mr. Tench. He is an English dentist that lives and works in a little town of Mexico. He seems to be "stuck" in that little town becasue he gives the impression of always being angry and upset with everything that happens there. "A faint feeling of rebellion stirred in Mr. Tench´s heart, and he wrenched up a piece of the road with splintering finger-nails and tossed it feebly towards them" (pg. 7). Here we see how Mr. Tench feels about living in Mexico, everything that happens, not mattering if it´s not bad, bothers him. As we keep on reading, we see how he anxiously waits for the General Obregon, a ship that will sail to Veracruz. I think that is a much better place than the place were he lives right now because he desires to get on that ship. Also becuase there is alot of religous persecution, most of all the one hat goes against the state.
In that moment is were he meets the famous "stranger". He is a guy that realtes with Mr. Tench because they both speak English and decide to go and have a couple of Drinks. They both want to get on the ship. "You´ll have a job not to miss the boat." "I shall miss it," he said. I am meant to miss it." He was shaken by a tiny rage" (pg. 17). We see how the boat is important more for Mr Tench than for the stranger, but later on we see why. As the stranger goes to help the little boy with his sick mother, Mr Tench finds a book that the stranger had left. It seems to be that it has religous content. It all makes sence. He was being persecuded, he helps no matter what consequences and he has a religous book. The stranger might be a priest.
In that moment is were he meets the famous "stranger". He is a guy that realtes with Mr. Tench because they both speak English and decide to go and have a couple of Drinks. They both want to get on the ship. "You´ll have a job not to miss the boat." "I shall miss it," he said. I am meant to miss it." He was shaken by a tiny rage" (pg. 17). We see how the boat is important more for Mr Tench than for the stranger, but later on we see why. As the stranger goes to help the little boy with his sick mother, Mr Tench finds a book that the stranger had left. It seems to be that it has religous content. It all makes sence. He was being persecuded, he helps no matter what consequences and he has a religous book. The stranger might be a priest.
Rhetoric: Ethos, Pathos, Logos in an op-ed article
Ethos: Argument of character
ex: "Mrs. Clinton wouldn't repeat Mr. Gore's foolhardy mistake of running away from her popular husband and his record, even if she could. But almost every answer she gave last Sunday was a rambling and often tedious Gore-like filibuster. Like the former vice president, she often came across as a pontificator and an automaton — in contrast to the personable and humorous person she is known to be off-camera. And she seemed especially evasive when dealing with questions requiring human reflection instead of wonkery."
Pathos: Argument of emotion
ex: "None of this would matter if the only issue were Mrs. Clinton's ability as a performer. Not every president can be Reagan or J.F.K. or, for that matter, Bill Clinton."
"Some 13 months before Election Day, the race's dynamic seems immutable. Americans can't wait to evict the unpopular president and end his disastrous war."
Logos: Argument of logic
ex: "If you buy into the Washington logic that a flawless campaign is one that doesn't make gaffes, never goes off-message and never makes news, then this analysis makes sense. The Clinton machine runs as smoothly and efficiently as a Rolls. "
ex: "Mrs. Clinton wouldn't repeat Mr. Gore's foolhardy mistake of running away from her popular husband and his record, even if she could. But almost every answer she gave last Sunday was a rambling and often tedious Gore-like filibuster. Like the former vice president, she often came across as a pontificator and an automaton — in contrast to the personable and humorous person she is known to be off-camera. And she seemed especially evasive when dealing with questions requiring human reflection instead of wonkery."
Pathos: Argument of emotion
ex: "None of this would matter if the only issue were Mrs. Clinton's ability as a performer. Not every president can be Reagan or J.F.K. or, for that matter, Bill Clinton."
"Some 13 months before Election Day, the race's dynamic seems immutable. Americans can't wait to evict the unpopular president and end his disastrous war."
Logos: Argument of logic
ex: "If you buy into the Washington logic that a flawless campaign is one that doesn't make gaffes, never goes off-message and never makes news, then this analysis makes sense. The Clinton machine runs as smoothly and efficiently as a Rolls. "
martes, 25 de septiembre de 2007
The Soccer War: The End
The last chapter of the book arrives and not many things are cleared up. In this last blog I just want to resume and share my thoughts regarding Ryzard Kapuscinski. It´s very hard to find people so devoted to their work as him, more likely when your work threatens your life. In many occations we see that Kapuscinski´s life is about to end and he knows. "Suddenly there was an explosion in my forehead, deafining, as if someone had smashed my head with a hammer. Excruciating. I leapt up and started to scream: Scorpion! Scorpion!" (pg. 217). Here, almost at the end of the book, he does not cheat death in war but with nature, and still he keeps on working. Also something that I liked is that there are great historical events that the book talks about. I believe that this is a novel that captures the readrs attention imediately, all because Kapuscinski job was a perfect job, just for someone so devoted to his work as him.
The Soccer War: There will be no paradise
As we know thw writer, he likes to write about wars; a little to much in my opinion which I don´t consider bad, but risky. I say this becasue once more Kapuscinski has gne to another country to be at a war, in this case in Cyprus in a war between turks and greeks. Not mattering that he doesn´t know nothing about Cyprus, he decides to go.
Something very particular from a war is that it may leave people homeless or without a job, and still they are the ones that fight and get killed. "Powerful, massively built peasants with angular heads and black, closely-cropped hair. They are unemployed. The war has cut them off from work and deprived them of their fields" (pg. 206). This is what Kapuscinki is dealing with, and a part that is very funny is the instant that they confuse them and hand him a microphone to talk about the situation. Then we see that in this case, is not like the other wars because o thing Kapuscinski says. " I have seen much misfortune in my life and here I see more" (pg. 207). This is an impact for me because Europe is like the richest continent in earth and in Cyprus is the worst the author has seen. He talks about it´s beautiful views, and landscapes, but this is just a cruel way of living. This war has converted in an unliving hell for everyone. They can´t go out by themselves and everything, at everytime, is dangerous. "The girls cannot walk alone; their mothers or grandmothers accompany them. The cannot look around, because that is in bad taste." (pgs. 211-212). This is the situatuion in Cyprus. Nobody does anything in reagrds to the UN or even its government. It seems to be that there will be no paradise in Cyprus again.
Something very particular from a war is that it may leave people homeless or without a job, and still they are the ones that fight and get killed. "Powerful, massively built peasants with angular heads and black, closely-cropped hair. They are unemployed. The war has cut them off from work and deprived them of their fields" (pg. 206). This is what Kapuscinki is dealing with, and a part that is very funny is the instant that they confuse them and hand him a microphone to talk about the situation. Then we see that in this case, is not like the other wars because o thing Kapuscinski says. " I have seen much misfortune in my life and here I see more" (pg. 207). This is an impact for me because Europe is like the richest continent in earth and in Cyprus is the worst the author has seen. He talks about it´s beautiful views, and landscapes, but this is just a cruel way of living. This war has converted in an unliving hell for everyone. They can´t go out by themselves and everything, at everytime, is dangerous. "The girls cannot walk alone; their mothers or grandmothers accompany them. The cannot look around, because that is in bad taste." (pgs. 211-212). This is the situatuion in Cyprus. Nobody does anything in reagrds to the UN or even its government. It seems to be that there will be no paradise in Cyprus again.
The Soccer War: Silence as a dominant character
As we keep on reading we realize that Kapuscinski does not narrate more of his lifetime stories, like in honduras or in Algeria, but here he dedicates his time to talk about silence and how it affects an intire society. It starts telling us how in some parts, silence is something you need to keep, to stay out of problems. "Each dictator makes a calculated effort to maintain the ideal state of silence, event though somebody is continually trying to violate it! How many victims of silence there are, and at what cost" (pgs. 189-190). Kapuscinki what is trying to tells us is that silence is what keeping in sort of way this wars on going because in some way this is a battle in a country were nobody speaks about it, and problems in prisons, are all about it.
In this part of the book, we see how kapuscinki gives his opinion about many of the things that he has experienced in his life of adventure , and gives it assosiation with the wars that have been leading in the book. He talks about silence, spirits, guerrillas, and the problem of money, that lead to wars. It is completely certain that Kapuscinski has a great connection with war and he knows so much about it that he might like it
In this part of the book, we see how kapuscinki gives his opinion about many of the things that he has experienced in his life of adventure , and gives it assosiation with the wars that have been leading in the book. He talks about silence, spirits, guerrillas, and the problem of money, that lead to wars. It is completely certain that Kapuscinski has a great connection with war and he knows so much about it that he might like it
martes, 18 de septiembre de 2007
The Soccer War: Conflicts in Central America
Starting the chapter "The Soccer War", we see that Kapuscinski is in Mexico and is starting to learn about Central America. With the help of Luis Suarez he starts to understand how conflicts start in Central America and honestly, I did too, and never imagined that people all over America are so brutal and stupid to begin wars for little problems.
The war between El Salvador and Honduras started over a soccer game. "In Latin America, he said, the border between soccer and politics is vague. There is a long list of governments that have fallen or been overthrown after the defeat of the national team" (pg. 159). Just because the two soccer temas of these two nations have had conflicts, This two countries started a war. It´s hard to imagine that a war could have started because of that because know a days we are used to wars being fought over scarce products and power. The author is trapped in this war becasue he wanted to visit many places in Central America and just as he got to Tegucigalpa the war took place. As he experienced this event, he thought he should right about it and inform it to Warsaw, and he did. Here is were he really shows us that his passion of repoting news is so big, that he would risk his life for it. "Excited by the patriotic ambition, I decided, as the only Pole on the scene, to attach myself to the group that intended to make the desperate march" (pg. 168). He continues with the rest of the group just to report to the world what atrocious war Central America was going through.
As they continue, we see several acts that happen at wars from know a days. One thing that Colombians might be aware of is the child abuse that guerrillas perform in war. They poison childrens minds for them to fight and send them as bate. In the book we see when they get a Salvadoran boy as hostage. "A wounded boy arrived in a truck. A Salvadoran. He had taken a bullet in the knee. He was ordered to lie down on the grass. The boy was barefoot, pale, spattered with blood" (pg. 172-173). We see how also in the Salvadoran army they use children to fight for their country. Kapuscinski needs to get to get to Santa Rosa de Copan and in a moment he finds someone to lead his way after being in a heavily fired attack were he almost lost his life. With guts, he decides to continue and send the dispatch to Warsaw.
The war between El Salvador and Honduras started over a soccer game. "In Latin America, he said, the border between soccer and politics is vague. There is a long list of governments that have fallen or been overthrown after the defeat of the national team" (pg. 159). Just because the two soccer temas of these two nations have had conflicts, This two countries started a war. It´s hard to imagine that a war could have started because of that because know a days we are used to wars being fought over scarce products and power. The author is trapped in this war becasue he wanted to visit many places in Central America and just as he got to Tegucigalpa the war took place. As he experienced this event, he thought he should right about it and inform it to Warsaw, and he did. Here is were he really shows us that his passion of repoting news is so big, that he would risk his life for it. "Excited by the patriotic ambition, I decided, as the only Pole on the scene, to attach myself to the group that intended to make the desperate march" (pg. 168). He continues with the rest of the group just to report to the world what atrocious war Central America was going through.
As they continue, we see several acts that happen at wars from know a days. One thing that Colombians might be aware of is the child abuse that guerrillas perform in war. They poison childrens minds for them to fight and send them as bate. In the book we see when they get a Salvadoran boy as hostage. "A wounded boy arrived in a truck. A Salvadoran. He had taken a bullet in the knee. He was ordered to lie down on the grass. The boy was barefoot, pale, spattered with blood" (pg. 172-173). We see how also in the Salvadoran army they use children to fight for their country. Kapuscinski needs to get to get to Santa Rosa de Copan and in a moment he finds someone to lead his way after being in a heavily fired attack were he almost lost his life. With guts, he decides to continue and send the dispatch to Warsaw.
lunes, 17 de septiembre de 2007
The Soccer War: Kapuscinski continues traveling
As we keep on reading the book, we see that Ryzard Kapuscinski is the complete opposite person of a hard working business man which deals with problems and "wars" in an office. The author is tired of this work and decides to head for another trip, but this time to Central Asia.
As he returened to Warsaw, he decided to head to Latin America and first stop Santiago de Chile. In this specific part of the book, the author seems to be completely desorientaded and naive becasue he didn´t imagine that this place and situation would be any similar as the one he was living at. "In this way I discovered a world I had never Known it had existed. The Owners of these furnished apartments were aged ladies, widows, divorcèes and old maids in slippers, bonnets and furs" (pg. 149). Its great how he describes this place and how it´s easy to imagine and compare this with europe. It is a developing country and Kapuscinski is completely used to this, but in a more drastic way. He continues to travel all around Latin America and experiences many of latin american culture. "If there is a jungle, it has to be enormous (the Amazon); if there are mountains, they have to be gigantic (the Andes); if there is a plain, it has to be endless (the Pampas); if there is a river, it has to be the biggest (the Amazon)." (pg. 151). He continues to ravel around all of Latin America but still we don´t know what for. It´s intriguing what Kapuscinski might be doing in America. I can´t wait to see.
As he returened to Warsaw, he decided to head to Latin America and first stop Santiago de Chile. In this specific part of the book, the author seems to be completely desorientaded and naive becasue he didn´t imagine that this place and situation would be any similar as the one he was living at. "In this way I discovered a world I had never Known it had existed. The Owners of these furnished apartments were aged ladies, widows, divorcèes and old maids in slippers, bonnets and furs" (pg. 149). Its great how he describes this place and how it´s easy to imagine and compare this with europe. It is a developing country and Kapuscinski is completely used to this, but in a more drastic way. He continues to travel all around Latin America and experiences many of latin american culture. "If there is a jungle, it has to be enormous (the Amazon); if there are mountains, they have to be gigantic (the Andes); if there is a plain, it has to be endless (the Pampas); if there is a river, it has to be the biggest (the Amazon)." (pg. 151). He continues to ravel around all of Latin America but still we don´t know what for. It´s intriguing what Kapuscinski might be doing in America. I can´t wait to see.
domingo, 16 de septiembre de 2007
Audio Clip: Ryzard Kapuscinski
As I heard the audio clip about the writer Ryzard Kapuscinki, I could see that all the things that we have discussed in class, are said in the clip. First of all, I think that Kapuscinski is a very passionate man for society conflicts most of all in Africa. As we see from his friend Lawrence, his most important book or most famous book is The Emperor, a book also about social problems in Africa. His writer friend explains how he disguises everybody in Africa because he is a white man and still nobody notices his prescence. Also when they talk about Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Kapuscinski, and tell us that they were great friends, it´s fun to know and try to compare and contrast his novels. This friendship also may explain why latinoamerican literature has so much to do with Ryzard Kapuscinski and why here he is so important.
miércoles, 12 de septiembre de 2007
The Soccer War: The story goes on
As all the tension passes for the author, he starts explaining and letting us readers know a little about his life. As he arrives to Lagos again, we understand his position and vision of a white man in Africa and also about Africa itself. He feels completely desperated because of ilness and fright of Africa. "I have no strength left to fight the pain, so I ask Warsaw for permission to return" (pg. 137). He has had enough of adventure in Africa and ants to go back to his home, to his country, to Poland.
As kapuscinski leaves Africa, i stop to think in one thing. He might leave but doesn´t him have curiosity of what might happen later on? Maybe his just too freaked out to stay and reveal all the misteries in all of the different countries in Africa. But when he gets to Warsaw, he also finds a "War" for him. '' I have never had a desk, and I have never joined in meetings where people shout into each other´s faces and jump down each other´s throatswith a desk between them. ''(Pg. 146)Also he is not used to be behind a desk, he just likes work were adrenaline is always present, just like in Africa. Its completely understandable that he doesn´t like this kind of work and I can relate it to contemporary reporters. I have seen real life reporters that like very intense experiences to tralk about and certainly Kapuscinski is one of them. "Upon the desk, I have declared a silent war. It is, after all, a specific piece of furniture with particular properties" (pg. 146). It will be very interesting to see what decision would Kapuscinski take, if be present at a civil war were he could get killed or would lonelyness and boredom would "kill" him in his desk.
As kapuscinski leaves Africa, i stop to think in one thing. He might leave but doesn´t him have curiosity of what might happen later on? Maybe his just too freaked out to stay and reveal all the misteries in all of the different countries in Africa. But when he gets to Warsaw, he also finds a "War" for him. '' I have never had a desk, and I have never joined in meetings where people shout into each other´s faces and jump down each other´s throatswith a desk between them. ''(Pg. 146)Also he is not used to be behind a desk, he just likes work were adrenaline is always present, just like in Africa. Its completely understandable that he doesn´t like this kind of work and I can relate it to contemporary reporters. I have seen real life reporters that like very intense experiences to tralk about and certainly Kapuscinski is one of them. "Upon the desk, I have declared a silent war. It is, after all, a specific piece of furniture with particular properties" (pg. 146). It will be very interesting to see what decision would Kapuscinski take, if be present at a civil war were he could get killed or would lonelyness and boredom would "kill" him in his desk.
lunes, 10 de septiembre de 2007
The Soccer War: The dispute of Power all over Africa
The first chapter ends with Ben Bella´s story and do we know if his story is going to appear again? that´s something that Kapuscinski has kept for himself and later on in the book it may appear. I also think that the disguise that Kapuscinski is doing with Ben Bella´s story will later on come in great portions of suspense and a great development for the book.
As we keep on reading we realize that as the author travels, he starts seeing the really poor and crude part of Africa. After being in Algiers, he flies to Accra and from there he starts a journey through many African Countries. One of them is Dahomey, and he describes the vast poverty that Africa is facing at that time “Dahomey is a poor, underdeveloped country. To lift Dahomey out of poverty will require enormous effort concentrated energy and education. But nobody is even working.” (pg. 123). As we know Africa is still the poorest continent in the whole world, so it is easier for us readers to associate the situation that the narrator is telling us. And most importantly, the author is risking his life. In the moment, Africa is passing through many civil wars because guerrillas such as the FLN in Algeria. In dahomey the situation is different because the goverment is completely divided. "So Dahomey had two presidents, two heads of state. Such a situation cannot go on for long."(pg. 124).
This contradiction in the powerful classes of Africa is hwhat is causing the disturbance and also the civil wars.
Also in this chapter we see how Kapuscinski cheats death becasue this is a very hostile environment and well let´s face it, he seems to be a white guy, with nothing to do in this civil wars of Africa. “I had to experience everything for myself.” (pg. 130) He experienced everything with a lot of apreciation but once he almost got killed for appreciating a lot. “I wanted to live, but life was abandoning me. I wanted to live, but I did not know how to defend my life. My life was going to end in inhuman torment.”(pg. 134). This happens when in Nigeria they almost end his life in flames. Here we see how military movements like UPGA try to cause terror or send messages of power by killing people. This is what the lack of demanding power is doing to Africa, it´s tearing apart it´s country, it´s culture.
As we keep on reading we realize that as the author travels, he starts seeing the really poor and crude part of Africa. After being in Algiers, he flies to Accra and from there he starts a journey through many African Countries. One of them is Dahomey, and he describes the vast poverty that Africa is facing at that time “Dahomey is a poor, underdeveloped country. To lift Dahomey out of poverty will require enormous effort concentrated energy and education. But nobody is even working.” (pg. 123). As we know Africa is still the poorest continent in the whole world, so it is easier for us readers to associate the situation that the narrator is telling us. And most importantly, the author is risking his life. In the moment, Africa is passing through many civil wars because guerrillas such as the FLN in Algeria. In dahomey the situation is different because the goverment is completely divided. "So Dahomey had two presidents, two heads of state. Such a situation cannot go on for long."(pg. 124).
This contradiction in the powerful classes of Africa is hwhat is causing the disturbance and also the civil wars.
Also in this chapter we see how Kapuscinski cheats death becasue this is a very hostile environment and well let´s face it, he seems to be a white guy, with nothing to do in this civil wars of Africa. “I had to experience everything for myself.” (pg. 130) He experienced everything with a lot of apreciation but once he almost got killed for appreciating a lot. “I wanted to live, but life was abandoning me. I wanted to live, but I did not know how to defend my life. My life was going to end in inhuman torment.”(pg. 134). This happens when in Nigeria they almost end his life in flames. Here we see how military movements like UPGA try to cause terror or send messages of power by killing people. This is what the lack of demanding power is doing to Africa, it´s tearing apart it´s country, it´s culture.
domingo, 9 de septiembre de 2007
The Soccer War: Algeria hides it´s face
As I started reading, many things went to my mind about the book. First of all, i´m learning a big amount of African culture, specifically Algerian culture. The books starts telling us that Ahmed Ben Bella, the president of Algeria, was overthrown on June 16th, 1965. That introduction is completely catching my atention because i want to just keep on reading. As the book explains Ben Bella i see he lacks of presidential "requierements". "In fact, Ben Bella had an uneven nature. Everything about him was fluid, uncoordinated, contradictory. He was a seething element, electrified, one that could not be confined". (pg. 95-96)
Also we see that he was sort of a hyperactive and impulsive person that in a moment of rage or temper we would not care of what he was saying. "When excited, he would let words fly, unchecked, unconsidered, and then make irrational decisions That he would have to disown next morning" (pg. 96). This qoute explains us maybe why the only good place in Algeria is Algiers. I think that the socialism thought that Ben Bella had, could have been the answer to the rural part of Algeria that is nine tenths of all the country but he needed more knowledge of managing his power. This is also why I think that he was overthrown by Boumedienne, because of his military power and desire, he might think that the solution was by the military way.
Despite his great closeness with Boumedienne, to gain power of the country in 1962, he was betrayed but still we dont know what´s the deal with Ben Bella. "There were problems that still needed to be solved: the millions of unemployed, the rural poverty, the confusion in the private sector, the lack of expertise, the gap between what the goverment said it would do for the country and it´s actual state, the deficit" (pg. 109). Not mattering what Ben Bella had done to the country there were also negative aspects of his period of ruling. This first chapter explains how Ben Bella had controled everything in the country now I hope to read fast why was he overthrowed and most importantly, betrayed.
Also we see that he was sort of a hyperactive and impulsive person that in a moment of rage or temper we would not care of what he was saying. "When excited, he would let words fly, unchecked, unconsidered, and then make irrational decisions That he would have to disown next morning" (pg. 96). This qoute explains us maybe why the only good place in Algeria is Algiers. I think that the socialism thought that Ben Bella had, could have been the answer to the rural part of Algeria that is nine tenths of all the country but he needed more knowledge of managing his power. This is also why I think that he was overthrown by Boumedienne, because of his military power and desire, he might think that the solution was by the military way.
Despite his great closeness with Boumedienne, to gain power of the country in 1962, he was betrayed but still we dont know what´s the deal with Ben Bella. "There were problems that still needed to be solved: the millions of unemployed, the rural poverty, the confusion in the private sector, the lack of expertise, the gap between what the goverment said it would do for the country and it´s actual state, the deficit" (pg. 109). Not mattering what Ben Bella had done to the country there were also negative aspects of his period of ruling. This first chapter explains how Ben Bella had controled everything in the country now I hope to read fast why was he overthrowed and most importantly, betrayed.
lunes, 3 de septiembre de 2007
The Stranger: The End
The book is now finishing and really i feel frustrated because of the main character. As i said in my more recent blog, i really thought that Monsieur Meursault was starting to change in a way were he´d start caring for others, from now on. This is were i notice a very rare characteristic in Meursault. He would start expressing his feelings from the moment he realized to the future but never would he look to the past regreting anything so this might be a false way of showing his feelings and really not regreting anything.
As soon as he knows that he will be murdered by choping his head off, i realized and fet that there was kind of a temerous feeling inside him and really i think is completely human to feel it, even Meursault. ''That is why I ended up sleeping only a little bit...the hardest time was the uncertain hour when I knew they they usually set to work''(pg.113). He starts to feel a lot od fear and suddenly he realizes that it is completely normal to feel the way he is feeling. '' I remember feeling a little disgusted by him at that time. But now I understood, it was perfectly normal"( Pg.110). This is were I see what Meursault does in the entire book, he soes it again. He does not want anybody to see that he is nervous and frightened so he seems not to care about his death sentence but im sure he does care. It is typical of him to do that. This i can relate it not with death presently because sentence of death is not that common now a days but people are frightened of losing there jobs, loves etc... and for them not to look "small" the trust completely in their pride and really think that would take them some place. At the final moment of his life he realizes that he doesnt know himself at all but only wishes that some people might get happy with his death. "I felt ready to live it all again too. As of that blind rage has washed me clean, rid of me of hope; for the first time, in that night alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentle indifferece of the world. Finding it so much like myself, so like a brother, really, I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again."(Pg.122-123.)Cruedly this is how the book the stranger ends, sombody hoping that their murder might make happy other lives.
As soon as he knows that he will be murdered by choping his head off, i realized and fet that there was kind of a temerous feeling inside him and really i think is completely human to feel it, even Meursault. ''That is why I ended up sleeping only a little bit...the hardest time was the uncertain hour when I knew they they usually set to work''(pg.113). He starts to feel a lot od fear and suddenly he realizes that it is completely normal to feel the way he is feeling. '' I remember feeling a little disgusted by him at that time. But now I understood, it was perfectly normal"( Pg.110). This is were I see what Meursault does in the entire book, he soes it again. He does not want anybody to see that he is nervous and frightened so he seems not to care about his death sentence but im sure he does care. It is typical of him to do that. This i can relate it not with death presently because sentence of death is not that common now a days but people are frightened of losing there jobs, loves etc... and for them not to look "small" the trust completely in their pride and really think that would take them some place. At the final moment of his life he realizes that he doesnt know himself at all but only wishes that some people might get happy with his death. "I felt ready to live it all again too. As of that blind rage has washed me clean, rid of me of hope; for the first time, in that night alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentle indifferece of the world. Finding it so much like myself, so like a brother, really, I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again."(Pg.122-123.)Cruedly this is how the book the stranger ends, sombody hoping that their murder might make happy other lives.
domingo, 2 de septiembre de 2007
The Stranger: Feelings
As we know Meurssault is still in jail because of the Arab´s murder. But at this part of the book something that personaly didnt believe that was possible happens. Meursalut is completely alone in jail so here he has time to think of the meaning of his life and of what he has done with it. He even starts to talk alone and here he realizes how lonely he is. What I think is Meursault´s problem is that he does not want to get hurt by nobody and therefore demonstrates to the society that he doesnt care of nothing at all. Theres an example y was thinking about that supports completely my statement. "Nevertheless I answered that I had pretty much lost the habit of analyzing myself and that it was hard for me to tell him what he wanted to know" (pg.65). Here Meursault is being asked by the attourney about his feeling towards his mother but he still wont show anybody that he cares for other people. Also when he has a new nickname: "Meusieur Antichrist" because he denies god and says that he wont believe in him. This is what meursault is trying to make belive the other characters of the book but us as readers we see that Meursault is experiencing change in his life. Who would´ve thinked that jail, something that at the beggining when meursault just entered, would make the main character change the way I think he is changing. Its good that he starts to get feeling for other people and also for him.
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