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What main points should be discussed in a comparison-contrast paper about Albert Camus's The Stranger and Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five?

bashbro1

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I'm writing an essay for my AP Lit class.

Posted by bashbro1 on August 13, 2010 at 1:31 AM and tagged with camus, compare contrast, compare contrast slaughterhouse-five the stranger, slaughterhouse-five, the stranger, themes, vonnegut

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One point of comparison between The Stranger and Slaughterhouse-Five is the element of absurdity. The protagonists of both novels Meursault and Billy Pilgrim watch their...

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In a compare/contrast essay addressing The Stranger and Slaughterhouse-Five one comparable point common to both is the theme of free will. Both novels address free will and its...

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Posted by kplhardison on August 13, 2010 at 6:44 AM

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