Ms. Gokturk
Advanced Composition
Group Activity: Chapter 1 The Stranger
Please work with your group to answer the following in
your notebook, clearly labeled. Use direct quotes (with page numbers) in your
responses and be sure to explain HOW the evidence supports your
assertions/observations. We will chare our responses and put all the responses
in our notes.
GROU P 1
- What are Meursault’s
feelings about his mother? Consider how they lived together, why she is in
a home, and his reaction to her death. How does his behavior differ from
what society expects? Find
evidence.
- How does Meursault’s
relationship with his mother and his actions after her death reveal who he
is? In other words, how do you describe him?
- Did you read the directions?
GROUP 2
- What is Meursault’s relationship to light, heat,
and the sun? Find the references and imagery connected to light, heat, and sunshine. For
each, show how Meursault reacts. In what ways
does he respond? What pattern do you see?
- What does this tell us about Meursault?
In other words, what do you think Camus is
trying to show us?
- Did you read the directions?
GROUP 3
- Meursault does speak with other characters in the novel.
How does he interact
with and/or view his boss, the people at the café the
caretaker of the home, Mr. Perez, and the old people at the home?
- What do Meursault’s
relationships and interactions with the people around him reveal about
him? In other words, what does his interaction with each person illustrate
about his character (or the kind of person he is)? Find text-based
evidence to support your point.
- Did you read the directions?
GROUP 4
- How does Meursault defy expectations? In other words,
how does his behavior or point of view differ from what we would expect?
Review how Meursault reacts: to his mother’s
death, at the vigil, at the funeral, how he discusses her death with
others.
- Is Meursault the kind
of person with whom you would want to be friends? Why or why not?
- Did you read the directions?