IOP Journal 2

IOP Date: (Wednesday) May 19 [3 days away. Also when point recovery for commentary is due]
IOP Novel & Topic: The Stranger & Society v. Individual
Thesis: TBA

1. I found my copy of The Stranger by Albert Camus
2. Presentation points to cover:

• Introduce thesis concept
  
• Introduce different characters who help to emphasis thesis: Meursault, Maman, Salamando, Marie, Raymond.. (Perhaps may only do Meursault, Salamando & Marie/Raymond. Maybe even just Meursault & Salamando)
  
• Explain the significance of the particular character to the text
• Analysis of significance to real life
• Connections of society rules from text to real life
  
• Real life application to how individuals lives their lives: How do we determine our morals? What makes them so significant that we should follow them? Essentially, why do we do what we do?
  
• Leads to bigger question: Should it matter? ("it" being reasons behind our decisions; this question only rising if one believes that what society wants is more powerful then what the individual wants)

1. In regards to: passages that would support my main points, I need to first settle on which characters I want to focus on. I'm thinking (due to time) I may just do Meursault (how he is effected by his society, how he reacts to those in his society, how he deals with the loss of this mother) & Salamando (how he is effected by his society, how he reacts to those in his society, how he deals with the loss of his dog)
2. On how I want to present my topic: I want something visual (but PPs can get redundant), I don't want to just stand there with notecards and talk (or even without notecards, I don't want to just talk), interation with the audience would be nice. So here's what I think I'll do:

• A T-Chart transparancy of Meursault and Salamando
  
• I will read specific passages pertaining to the text
• When I am done with explaining Meursault/Salamando, done developing the impact of socety rules in the text, then I will move onto the application to real life
• To do this I will attempt a discussion by asking simple questions (like the ones in italics above), eventually this will lead to questioning how much our society impacts who we are, and how questioning this can impact how we treat ourselves as well as others in our society (ambition, Meursault's boss, Paris, relationships)

*People are often afraid of what they don't understand. Things are out of one's comfort zone are (duh) not comforting. The establishment of one's comfort zone stems from society & its rules/guidelines. It then branches out to how one interacts with actual individuals in a society (though it must be noted that those other individuals have also felt society & its rules/guideline to as much of an extent as one has, therefore those who are not at least majorly like society & its rules/guidelines are deemed to be not of the comfort zone, and essentially: strangers)