AlittlePlum

I'm up for joining!! I really need a good book to read and dissect!!

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Kinbote

Sorry for my prolonged absence!

To talk just of the first half then (I've learnt my lesson from before geminye ), one of the things that struck me was Meursault's relationship with his friend Raymond. Despite witnessing Raymond's treatment of his girlfriend, Meursault does not find him morally objectional because towards him his friend is agreeable.

What do you think of this scene?

K.

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wacker

I would be interested, count me in.

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geminye

Ok. Let'ts finish this one out. Its a short second half, so lets make the deadline and discussion date for 9/13. I know that's not a lot of time, but since the second part is short, we can use more time to discuss the book as a whole as well. Let me know if there are any scheduling conflicts.

Once we've finished with this book, we can begin talking about the next vote, and see who is still with us...if any.

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geminye

Sorry, I'm running late. Lets make the end date 9/20. Those of you who have already finished the book can begin discussing if need be.

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geminye

Okay, now that we have finished the book, let's go ahead and skip the discussion of just the second half, and consider the work as a whole, shall we? (alright Kinbote, now you can go! lol)

Probably, the most rudimentary measure of a complete story would be whether or not the protagonist has experienced a profound change of some kind. In Meursault's case, would this be considered true? Has his character been fundamentally changed by the events in the story? And, if so, has the change been positive, or negative (as far as a conventional measure is concerned)?

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