Journal: Respond to the quote below:
"... I often thought that if I had had to live in the trunk of a dead tree, with nothing to do but look up at the sky flowering overhead, little by little I would have gotten used to it."
1. Discuss Journal. Do you agree with Mersault?
2. Activity: With a partner, craft a defense for Mersault. Be specific about your rationale. (10 mins - Share)
3. Read Ch. 2
4. Discuss:
Marie's determination to get married: Why?
Mersault's relcutance to get married.
Maman's idea that "people can get used to anything".
5. Pg. 79 "I would remember every piece of furniture; and on every piece of furniture, every object; and of every object, all the details; and of the details themselves - a flake, a crack, or a chipped edge-the color and texture."
*With a partner, consider the significance of this passage. What might this "practice" illuminate about the existential world. 10 mins: Share.
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