Sunday, March 13, 2011

Journal #7 Thesis

Topic: Repetition of weekends
Thesis: In The Stranger, Albert Camus uses the repetition of Saturday and Sunday to display the freedom from society.
(I'm still working on my thesis, I am sure that there are a couple of things that I need to add)

Quotes:
1) "That's partly why I didn't go there much this past year.  And also because it took up my Sunday" (5)
2) "He told me that he spent Saturdays and Sundays and all his days off there" (50)
3) "Masson immediately said there was a doctor who spent his Sundays up on the plateau" (54)
4) "... I used to wait patiently until Saturday to hold Marie's body in my arms" (77)
5) "He was wearing the new suit he used to put on to go with me to the races sometimes on Sundays" (92)
6) "... I'd be getting four days' vacation that way, including Sunday" (19)
7) "Yesterday was Saturday, and Marie came over as we'd planned" (34)

I looked through the book multiple times and could not find more than seven quotes that mentioned the weekend.  This is why there is a lack of quotes.  However there is definitely another topic that I tabbed and that is that Camus never mentions days of the week, he only refers to them as "yesterday" or "today".  He may do this to show the daily routine of a humans lifestyle in a demanding society.
(I'm not exactly sure how to word this as a thesis)

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