The Handmaids Tale Art!

I plan on drawing something too.

Journal #9

FINAL THESIS:

Camus uses mostly simple descriptions of setting and characters to reference the unemotional, selfish mental state of an isolated person.

Journal #8

 
I enjoyed The Stranger a lot because Camus does a great job of illustrating the inner thoughts and feelings of a person with a strange philosophy on life. Camus creates an insight into this philosophy and forces the reader to sympathize with people like Meursault.

Journal #7

THESIS: Camus uses mostly simple descriptions to reference the mental state of an isolated person.

1. "It's dirty. Lots of pigeons and dark courtyard. Everybody's pale" (42)
2. "The noise was getting painful" (75)
3. "A few minutes later, it got dark" (72)
4. "It was nice and he agreed" (51)
5. "[...] and we felt a closeness as we moved in unison and were happy" (50)
6. "She was staring right at me" (86)
7. "It was very hot" (3)
8. "She sniffled a lot" (11)
9. "The boss was nice" (25) 

During the trial Meursault remembers his life vividly. This contrasts the way Meursault described things before the murder.

1. "[...] the big fans were still churning the thick air in the courtroom and the jorors' brightly colored fans were all moving in unison" (103)
2. "My head was spinning with heat and astonishment" (102)
3. "[...] what rose to meet me was the silence in the courtroom, silence and the strange feeling I had when I noticed that the young reporter had turned his eyes away" (106)
4. "He was very talkative and spoke to me more confidently and cordially than he ever had before" (106)
5. "But all the long speeches , and the interminable days and hours that people had spent talking about my soul, had left me with the impression of a colorless swirling river that was making me dizzy" (104)
6. "In the end all I remember is that while my lawyer went on talking, I could hear through the expanse of chambers and courtrooms an ice cream vendor blowing his tin trumpet out in the street" (104)
7. "I was assailed by memories of a life that wasn't mine anymore" (104)

He still had troubles with his emotions

1. "I wasn't thinking about anything anymore" (107)
2. "But my heart felt nothing, and I couldn't even return her smile" (105)

Journal #6

1. Does Camus show a change in Meursault’s philosophy by having him think about less physical things during the trial?
2. Is Camus showing the reader that Meursault has a mental condition by using indifferent words when describing the shooting?
3. Why does Camus use a depressing tone in the court room?
4. Is Camus trying to show a change in Meursault when he suddenly tries to defend himself? “I blurted out that it was because of the sun. People laughed” (103)
5. Is Camus showing Meursault as an absurdist by using a short sentence structure and limited adjectives?

Journal #5

 I think Camus split the novel into two parts to show a change in Meursault. He becomes more emotional in part II.

Journal #4

1. Why does the translator use the word "indifference" when he is explaining the Arabs' faces?
2. Why does Camus have Meursault talk about Marie so much?
3. Why doesn't Meursault feel happy on the beach with Marie? He only feels a little happier.
4. Does the sun bother Meursault a lot because he doesn't like being warm?
5. Does Marie put up with Meursault because he is fascinating? Why does she stay with him?
6. Why does Camus make the Arabs seem completely innocent? It makes Meursault look like an antagonist.

Journal #3

Intellectuistic

1. There is a God and he gives us choices. Those choices put us on specific paths.
   
2. The theory of evolution is accurate.
   
3. Happiness is more important than wealth.
   
4. There are five parts of life that have to be balanced. Health is the most important.
   • Health
     
   • Friends
     
   • Family
     
   • Work
     
   • and Education
5. Never become close minded. Always be pragmatic and make the right decision.
   
6. Beauty isn’t everything.
   
7. People should educate themselves and become active members in society because everyone can contribute in different ways.
   
8. There is more bad than good in the world but having beauty in life covers most of the bad.
   
9. Hard work now and happiness will come later.
   
10. Not everybody had to believe the same things. It is important that everyone is unique.

These ideals developed in my childhood and from my education. I grew up in a wide variety of surroundings with very liberal parents. I got to see poor people and rich people, bad places and good places, and a wide variety of religions. In my free time I read books about philosophy and religion. Kierkegaard  had a lot of influence on my philosophy. I would say that I am pragmatic and liberal. I am not afraid to change my mind or defend my philosophies. I enjoy finding myself in my art. It is my way of expressing my self and I have learned so much about myself through my research of art. The study of architecture also changed my look on life because art and beauty have a huge impact on everyone whether they know it or not. Your surroundings can effect who you are because you see them everyday. Everything has an idea behind it and it reminds you of that idea everyday. This can be inspiring to some people or boring to others. Everyone sees things differently and that is ok.

Journal #2

Part one: According to your work today in class, which translator would you argue has the most literary value and why? I liked Ward’s translation better because it was written in a simpler way. This added to the books theme. Diction and syntax were simple and short.

Part two: The Indifferent. I chose this word because Meursault says, “[…] my nature was such that my physical needs often got in the way of my feelings” (Camus 65). Meursault thinks that he would have feelings if he didn’t have physical needs. He is indifferent, emotionally, to the world around him. Especially when Marie asks him to marry her.

Journal #1

TABBING METHODS (for the strangers):

Motifs, Symbols and other techniques that stand out: outside of my book with technique labeled

Important quotes for themes: Top of the book with theme noted on tab

 

I only have one color of tab but I can label the outside edge accordingly.