The Stranger - Day 4

Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend!

For today, we'll look back at our first impressions of Meursault - I'll hand back the story writing you did last week.
Open the document (for your period) below and type your responses into it.

• 1st period
• 2nd period

Then we'll look at the climactic moment at the end of part 1. We'll approach it from a number of perspectives, trying to understand what happens there on the beach.

We'll also check out the song "Killing an Arab" by the Cure - here are the lyrics:

Standing on the beach
With a gun in my hand
Staring at the sea
Staring at the sand
Staring down the barrel
At the Arab on the ground
See his open mouth
But I hear no sound

I'm alive
I'm dead
I'm a stranger
Killing an Arab

I can turn
And walk away
Or I can fire the gun
Staring at the sky
Staring at the sun
Whichever I choose
It amounts to the same
Absolutely nothing

I'm alive
I'm dead
I'm a stranger
Killing an Arab

I feel the silver jump
Smooth in my hand
Staring at the sea
Staring at the sand
Staring at myself
Reflected in the eyes
Of the dead man on the beach
The dead man on the beach

I'm alive
I'm dead
I'm the stranger
Killing an Arab

(Oh Meursault)