The Stranger - Journal 7

Journal 7- Post your topic and 15 quotes that connect to your topic (these quotes can connect thematically or by technique). Once collected and analyzed, write a thesis statement.

Topic: Contrast between black and White

1. "I felt a little lost between the blue and white of the sky and the monotony of the colors around me - the sticky black of the tar, the dull black of all the clothes, and the shiny black of the hearse" p. 17
2. "his forearms were all white under the black hairs." p.47
3. "he had on a dark suit, a wing collar, and an odd-looking tie with broad black and white stripes." p. 64
4. "She had put on a white linen dress and let her hair down. I told her she was beautiful and she laughed with delight." p. 47
5. " the blood-red earth spilling over Maman's casket, the white flesh of the roots mixed in with it" p. 18
6. 'She seemed very surprised to see I was wearing a black tie and she asked me if I was in mourning."p.20
7. "a long gray moustache, and lots of thick, almost white hair." p. 64
8. "The glare on the white walls was making me drowsy" p. 9
9. "I wanted her so bad when I saw her in that pretty red-and-white striped dress" p.34
10. "One of them, however, much younger than the others, wearing gray flannels and a blue tie" p. 85
11. "a black tie with a knot [...] fine, white hair." p. 15
12. "Céleste was there, as always, with his big belly, his apron, and his white moustache." p.26
13. Near the casket was an Arab nurse in a white smock" p. 6
14. "small houses behind green or white fences" p. 49
15. "I still had to go up to Emmanuel's place to borrow a black tie and an arm band. He lost his uncle a few months back" p. 4

Camus contrasts black and white to illustrate the (external?) conflict that arises when individual desires do not match up with societal expectations and how the two cannot exists independently of one another.