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Albert Camus’ Biography:Part One
Kwabena, Carter, Rong, Dung, Sydney, Brianna
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Life in Algeria ● Born in Mondovi, Algeria in 1913
○ From family of pieds noirs (Black feet)■ People of French and other European ancestry
who were born or lived in French North Africa● Poor French family had colonized from an
earlier generation● Father, Lucien Camus, died one year following
his birth as a result of infected wounds from the Battle of Marne○ “... he’d gone to watch a murderer be
executed” (110).● Mother, an illiterate house cleaner, provided a
life without material possessions
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Life in Algeria
How does irony relate to Camus’ assertion against non-
violence and The Stranger?
● Camus occupied himself with school and sports○ Soccer○ Accepted to the School of Philosophers at the
University of Algiers■ Due to him contracting tuberculosis, Camus
was only able to study part-time along with getting odd jobs
● Following graduation and obtaining his degree he joined the French Communist Party after the rise of Fascism in Europe
● In 1934, Camus married Simone Hié, but they soon divorced two years later○ “She just wanted to know if I would accept the same proposal from
another woman, with whom I was involved in the same way. I said ‘Sure’” (42).
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Life in Algeria ● Theatre du Travail
○ In 1935, Camus joined this theater group and developed the idea of moralism, social justice
● In 1938, Camus became a journalist for an anti-colonialist newspaper called the Alger-Republicain○ He reported specifically on Kabylie region to
attract public notice and eventually rousing the Algerian government to take action ■ He lost the job because of this action
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Life in Algeria ● The German army invaded France when he arrived Paris to work for another paper
○ He returned to North Africa and worked as a teacher in Oran, Algeria● As a pacifist, Camus constantly wrote articles criticizing the war in
Europe openly ○ “Threat to national security”
■ Made a home in Southern France and could not return because of allied invasion in Algeria
● On 15 December 1941, Camus witnessed the killing of Gabriel Péri○ This event crystallized his revolt against the Germans
● In 1942, Camus completed his first two books, The Stranger and The Myth of Sisyphus
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Life in Algeria ● In 1943 he joined the French Resistance
and completely rejected Communism in 1944
● Algeria was liberated in 1944 and came into contact with many figures that influenced his “absurd” philosophies○ Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de
Beauvoir, Arthur Koestler, and Maria Casares
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The Algerian War● The Algerian War began in in 1954
○ France had occupied and oppressed the Arab culture within Algeria■ The Arabs organized to form groups in order to overthrow its colonial
rulers○ The liberationists wanted to declare independence from France; however,
France wanted to keep Algeria as a colony■ The war became a bloodbath between Algeria and its leader, France
● Albert Camus was devastated with the result of the lack of immediate compromise○ Still, he identified with being Algerian
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“Algerian Chronicles”● Published in France in 1958● Algerian War brought about the collapse of the Fourth
French Republic ● Collection of articles and letters reflecting his opinion on
the eighth year of the Algerian war● The most famous of which was “Letter to an Algerian
Militant”● The Chronicles are largely against violence
○ Dreamed of a peaceful Algerian nation where everyone lived as one
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Involvement in Combat Resistance● In 1943 he joined a French newspaper, as an editor, called
“Combat”○ Used for underground intelligence and sabotaging the
opponent● Second stint with journalism
○ Worked at Le Soir in Algeria● In his newspaper articles he wanted to combine strong political
action to a sense of morals● Articles disparaged the actions of the Germans
○ If Camus was caught the Germans could kill him● During the war he started to become more absurd
○ “Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don’t know” (1).
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Involvement in Combat Resistance● People believe his involvement was greatly exaggerated● Opposed the United States use of the Atomic bomb
○ This alludes back to the idea that he loved political moves yet hated when political moves become more important than ethics
○ He believed it was a great move politically because it ended the war, but he opposed it because he thought that it was wrong morally because it killed mainly innocent civilians
● After the war the newspaper became commercial
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How does Camus’ family life display an influence within
The Stranger?
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How does the setting and the context of the novel relate to
Camus’ early life?
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Why do you believe that Camus intentionally
antagonizes the Arabs in his novel, but he sided with
them in the war?
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What parallels can be seen in Camus’ character, Mersault,
and himself?
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Parallels Between Camus and The Stranger
● The Stranger is an illustration of Camus’s absurdist worldview
● The character Mersault have close resemblance to Camus○ Life has no rational meaning or order○ Meursault is a stranger in the society○ Meursault life and attitude possess a strange
rational order● Meursault is known as a social wreckage like Camus● Meursault and Camus stayed true to their opinion
until the end
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Is there irony in Camus’ assertion against non-
violence and his work, The Stranger?
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Works Citedhttp://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Football/Clubs/Club%20Home/2009/3/1/1235933046692/Albert-Camus-001.jpg
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/books/review/algerian-chronicles-by-albert-camus.html?_r=0
http://www.gradesaver.com/author/albert-camus
http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2012/01/27/01016-20120127ARTFIG00422-les-pieds-noirs-50-ans-apres.php