The Stranger — Narrative Voice, Themes, and Ideas (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Flashcards

Simple, coordinate sentences without subordinate clauses

Collision between search for meaning & universe's indifference

Mother died today. Or, maybe, yesterday; I can't be sure.

Physical sensations trump spiritual/metaphysical claims

Meursault's lack of tears at funeral, not murder itself

Clear acceptance of existence without comforting illusions

Unnamed, no dialogue; exemplifies colonial erasure

Name given to Arab victim; granted family, history, interiority

Pretending social meanings are natural rather than arbitrary

Literalises existential nausea; environmental determinism