Open letter to Albert Camus

Dear, Albert Camus

I have latterly finished your piece of art titled "The Stranger" I have never taken the time to analyze a book the way I did yours. Your books challenged me to think out side the boxes and see the world in a greater different perspective then I use to see it. I now question life its self after reading this book.

From the characters, to even the title, everything about this book was brilliantly laid out. "The Stranger" characterizes the main character in the book. Meursault sees the word in such a different perspective then the rest of society isolating him from the world making it seem like he's a stranger  or an outcast because of his realistic views on life. I questioned the character a lot at the beginning of the story because of his emotional aspect toward things and situations that a regular person would act different towards, like his mothers death or Marie's love towards him. "maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don't know. "(3) or"I answered the same way a did the last time..."(41) His tone sounds so indifferent so calm so careless about things  that should make you feel so much emotion. Makes the reader question why and get so deeply involved in the book.  Thought the  book the main character  has a emotional and physical connection with the weather page 57 paragraph two "There was the same dazzling red glare..." shows you the relationship between the weather and the characters feeling toward what he was about to do. You can feel the fear he has by the way he described the sun hitting his face "It seemed to me as if the sky split open...My whole begin to tensed and I squeezed my hand around the revolver." (59) as if the sun was trying to stop him from killing the man but his body wouldn't let him.

Part 2 of the book when everything starts to come together and make sense. This part of the book is when everything you knew about the world changes and your left with a blank mind saying nothing more but, "wow."  when said "I realized then that a man who had lived only one day..." (79)  get you thinking that humans can get used to ever type of environment they are placed in and time is the key to help you overcome, sadness, discomfort, or change. "no, there was no way out , and no one can imagine what nights in prison are like"  (81)  he quotes what one of the nurse had told him at his mothers funeral. knowing the feeling of being in prison I feel like the character was trying to say know one knows how others lives unless you liked there life's or you get used to a environment you don't see yourself living any other way.  Just like your mind sets, you don't change unless you are faced with a situation that makes you change.

"I had the stupid urge to cry.." is when the character realizes how different he is from the world how his thoughts are nothing like what his society what's his to think. during his jury they kept on reminiscing on his behavior during his mothers death. The jury wanted a reason his behavior the jury or his society can not except his actions as just something that happened because they are stuck on there is an explanation for everything, but to Meursault's isolated soul there wasn't. "Deep down I knew perfectly well that it doesn't much matter whether you die at thirty or at seventy..." to Meursault human life was meaning less, we all are born live and die. Not all the same way but we are bound to end up in the ground "For everything to be consummated..." (123) This ending given a sense of  relief, as if the character is at peace with himself knowing we will all face the same sentence at the ends of our life journey's.
                                                                                                                                                   sincerely,
                                                                                                                                           Yohana Olivas

The Stranger

 

 1) The Stranger is divided into two parts and I have already read part one page 59 out of 123 pages. The beginning part of the book is pleasant and very easy and simple to read the sentences are short sort of choppy showing the reader true voice of the author. I enjoyed the first part of the novel it is a well written introduction into the far more drastic things that are bond to happen thought the second part of the book, I and every excited to continue reading this unordinary book that I plan to finish very soon.
     2)The protagonist in The Stranger is a men named Meursault he seems to be an ordinary men  but is put in a position that alters his life. A What was suppose to be a fun filled at the beach turned into a senseless murder with no return. pages 57-59 the protagonist describes the sun with such drastic detail that leaves the reader wondering why? the author then compares the sun to the day the protagonist mother had died giving the reader a answer to why he describes the sun so much, the sun reminds him of a day he wishes not to remember. When he is face to face to his conflict the author begins to describe the sun hitting his face as if it was hell its self pouring down on him. Just as if the suns rays where trying to stop him from making a careless diction. From I have read the reader can guess that he will make a careless diction that he will quickly regret.
    4)Based on what I have read in this book I am very captivated by it, and is one I would recommend to all reading levels. Its simple, yet interesting, easy to read but not childish or boring, and for those who are not fund of reading, its short. A problem that may come across some with this book is, you need to stop and think about what the author is trying to say this book is not one you skim though and understand is simply. It take a little imagination, witch I believe is what keeps me captivated in this book.
    5)A quote that stood out to me is the very first sentence of the book "Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don't know." I first I was puzzled because I was unsure of who maman could be, but I quickly cached on, maman being a kind named he gave to his mother. What stood out to me about this quote is the casualness of it, his tone of voice seems so calm and careless. As if him mother was just a far relative that has just passed, and you don't really don't  feel a sense of pain because you have no emotional connection to them. Its unordinary that he would speak in this tone because this is his beloved mothers passing, the person that spend her hole life caring and protecting you has just passed and the protagonist takes it as an everyday thing, as if he was saying. "Its cool mom's die everyday no biggy." This gives an emotional appeal to the reader making you want to continue reading, but yet aggravates you keeping you thinking, why does he feel this way? As I have said before this book is one you have to have a good imagination, these rhetorical devices are what keep you at the edge of your seat with this book.

Open Letter to a Author

Dear Rebecca Skoot,

       I have currently finished your new york times best seller, The Immortal Life of Henrirtta Lacks .  This book has given me a better understanding of advancements in medicine and changes throughout  our history. It have given me a new few on how one single person can make a huge impact in future life's, and future advancements. Before this book, the name Henrietta Lacks  had no significance in my brain, but after finishing this book Hernrietta Lacks is a name I am sure to let everyone know of. 

       You could have chosen to write this book in nothing more then a informative non-enthusiastic matter but, you did not. As the writer you gave this book both an informative and entertaining  aspect to it. "You better take me to the doctor. I'm bleedin and it aint my time"(15) is one of the quotes that stood out to me because of how much voice the characters have. You can imagine the character actually saying these words in your mind  letting you know these characters once lived and are real. 

        When I first picked up this book I was not sure if it was one I would really have an interest in because I knew it would be every informative  and no fun would come out of reading this book.  Soon I got attached and couldn't stop reading. At the beginning of the book I thought taking Henrietta's cells was inhumane and unfair to her and her loved knows, but by the end of the book I learned that it was legal at that time for doctors to take what they needed as research or history of the patient. I knew about segregation but I could never imagine it "Told she could not have any more children Says if she had been told before, she would not have gone through with treatment." (47)  This quote is one of the many that showed segregation in the book. She was colored and not well educated making it easy for doctors to take advantage or not tell her about the effects of her treatments.  
          " I know your mother and father and all the cousins all mingled together in their own way, but don't you ever do it, Dale. Cousins are not supposed to be havin sex with each other."(115) This quote tough me the shift in history morals. In Henrietta's time it was common and even encouraged for family members to have children and families together, but today it is morally wrong to do so. "People wouldn't use words like epilepsy, mental retardation, or neurosyphilis  to describe Elisie's condition until years later. To the folks in Lacks Town, she was just simple. Touched"(23) Shows people did not know side effects of having children with relatives, it also showed me that people in past times where more humble about disorders then people today. At the end of the book I had a deeper understanding on things that had crossed my mind a couple of times. I am looking forward to learing more from your style of writing and your other books.

 Sinceraly, 

Yohana Olivas