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How does Camus create an environment of suspense and fear in the story?

Thu, 7 May 2009 20:01:41 PST

How does Camus create an environment of suspense and fear in the story?

what are the symbols and ironies in THE GUEST BY Albert Camus?

Thu, 7 May 2009 00:36:55 PST

what are the symbols and ironies in THE GUEST BY Albert Camus?

How does Camus create an environment of suspense and fear in the...

Fri, 1 May 2009 17:36:27 PST

How does Camus create an environment of suspense and fear in the story?

How does the political setting of the story affect the plot?

Fri, 1 May 2009 17:33:54 PST

How does the political setting of the story affect the plot?

Note the excellent summary of this story's themes at the link provided...

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:32:40 PST

Note the excellent summary of this story's themes at the link provided below. A conflict always brings choices. What choice must Daru make? To follow the French colonial system that insists he turn this Arab prisoner (who has killed his cousin) over to the French authorities. Balducci, as a representative of that system, advises Daru to follow the colonial land. Daru refuses, arguing he doesn't want to be part of a system where "every bit"...

Besides utilizing the helpful characterizations provided at the eNotes...

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:09:04 PST

Besides utilizing the helpful characterizations provided at the eNotes summary, you might begin by examining the context, or setting. Leading up to this conversation, Balducci speaks of "wartime" and how "things are brewing." In short, there is French-Arab conflict, and Daru and Balducci are the minority of French citizens who are either teaching or policing the area. Daru is expected to switch from his role as educator to role as...

Why does Balducci think that Daru has "always been a little cracked?"...

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:49:31 PST

Why does Balducci think that Daru has "always been a little cracked?" Why does Balducci give Daru freedom of choice?

What is the principal conflict in the story, and how is it resolved?

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:36:57 PST

What is the principal conflict in the story, and how is it resolved?

What is most important to Daru? Why does he feel exiled from the rest of...

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:31:49 PST

What is most important to Daru? Why does he feel exiled from the rest of the world?

In the story we read about cultivatig stone . Can we consider it as a...

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:33:08 PST

In the story we read about cultivatig stone . Can we consider it as a symbol?

a revenge note but no violence occurs in the story. In what aspect of...

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:39:33 PST

a revenge note but no violence occurs in the story. In what aspect of the situation is camus principally intrested?

Describe the setting and the mood of the story and explain how they...

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:52:17 PST

Describe the setting and the mood of the story and explain how they reinforce Daru's personality

Camus' Irony

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:15:52 PST

How does Camus use irony to develop the theme of "The Guest"?

If Daru had the choice to change his fate, what could he have done?...

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:17:44 PST

If Daru had the choice to change his fate, what could he have done? Explain with reference to the story.

Why Rizal termed as a theoretical revolutionist?

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:54:46 PST

Why Rizal termed as a theoretical revolutionist?

The pace of Albert Camus’ “The Guest,” could be described as...

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:57:34 PST

The pace of Albert Camus’ “The Guest,” could be described as deliberate. Camus writes about a school teacher, whose life is interrupted by a policeman with a prisoner. He is asked to transport the prisoner to the nearest town and then he can get back to his “comfortable life.” Camus begin the story, “The schoolmaster was watching the two men climb toward him. One was on horseback, the other on foot. They had not yet...

What is the pace of "The Guest" by Albert Camus?

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:53:02 PST

What is the pace of "The Guest" by Albert Camus?

One of the dicohotomies is presented early on and is a thematic...

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:27:30 PST

One of the dicohotomies is presented early on and is a thematic undercurrent to the story: the haves vs. the have-nots. Daru, isolated as he is, does not suffer the poverty and famine of the people in his adopted homeland. Daru recallsthat army of ragged ghosts wandering in the sunlight, the plateaus burned to a cinder month after month, the earth shriveled up little by little, literally scorched, every stone bursting into dust under...

In "The Guest," Daru is intimidated by guns. When the police...

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:17:57 PST

In "The Guest," Daru is intimidated by guns. When the police officer leaves the gun on the desk for Daru, "just in case" The police officer says, " Of course, you are armed?" "I have my shotgun." "Where?" "In the trunk." "You ought to have it near your bed." "Why? I have nothing to fear." "You're crazy, son. If there's an uprising, no one is safe, we're...

What is Daru's behavior toward guns, and how does it reveal his...

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:00:59 PST

What is Daru's behavior toward guns, and how does it reveal his personality?