The stranger

Kelvin Tsang

Mr. Gallagher

Period 1, English12

 

                  In the passage,when meursult is on his apartment watch the street, the stranger, Albert Camus suggest that life moves very fast and life is boring. the main character Meursault, his life is very boring and as a human our life is very short. The writer use the sky and Meursalt mama die to symbolize how life is bored and moive very fast.

                 In the passage, Meursault life is very boring of what he did. In chapter two, the last paragraph. "i felt my eyes getting tired from watching the street filled with so many people and light." (24) in the quote he is in his house. Watch people pass by. And as the time go. His eyes is getting heavy, and start getting tired. This show that he is boring, because first, who will watch people walking on the street? he should go have some fun or some thing else other than stay home watching people walking in the street.

              When the passage end in chapter two. Meursalt it been very long time he watch the street and the sky that he knwo so much random stuff.  "The first start appearing in the night sky grow dim." (24) He is very bored that all he do is look outside very long. Long enough that he know when that he know when is the first start appear. Also he even know the first car across the street. "the first cat slowly made it's way across the now deserted street. He must put a lot of time that just watching stuff. He is killing his time. He stay there very long  that his neck as start hurt. "my neck was a little stuff from resting my chin on the back...... for so long. (24) he have noting to do other than waste his time. 

              The book, stranger, the writer also want to tell us that life moves very fast. The end of the chapter, when Meursalt after his dinner and coming back smoking his cigarette. And he saw alcohol lamp next to some bread. "it occurred to me that any way one move Sunday was over." (24) it pass one move Sunday. Which mean there more than 1 sunday was pas. It also mean is mother day few weeks already. this show that life moves very fast. He just realized his mom was buried long time.

           The write Albert is showing the Meursult is not connect to his life. All he do is kill time of his life. the writer describe him at his apartment sitting there smoke cigarette, watch the sky, watch the street. He just want to make the time go by.

independent reading

Kelvin Tsang

Mr. Gallagher

Period 1, English12

            In Augusten’s fiction “Running with Scissirs”, the main character Augusten’s. His life was very differical than other. Because of his family, in the end of the story. He change to a better person.

           

            In the book Augusten is a child that if he don’t feel like going to school he’ll skip. The reason why, because of his mom, he always need to look good when she go out. In page1 “do and the waxy sweetness of lipstick her white, handguns haps blow – dryer is lying on top of the white cloths hamges, ticks as it cool”. In the quote Augustan mom need to look good every time. And if Augusten hair is not good, he won’t go to school.

            In the story, because of his family and his mom, Augustan, he likes man. In page 74 “he was the fist person I told I was gay” the gay that he say this to. His name is Neil Bookman. After he meet that guy. He like him, and he like him too, they start dating. This man change him a lot. He smoke after he meet him. On page 75 “smoking had been my favorite thing in the world to do. In was like having instant comfort.” I didn’t think he like that much. But because of Neil hand him the cigarette. That why he like it so much. In the story, when things start getting better. It when Neil leave him. After Neil left. I feel that he grow up a lot. He doesn’t use to think like a child. He knew he needs to live. In the book page 300 “that week found an affordable apartment.” He grow up. He turn to live alone, with out his family. Also he got a job as a waiter. In page 300 “ hi my name is Augustan and I’ll be your server, was the only thing he need to keep in my mind” in the quote it’s very important. He starts turn to a normal person. In the end of the story he is happy of what he did, he change page 300 “I too an inventory, no job training, no money, no furniture, no fried. ‘it could be worst. “He is happy of what he changes of his life. Even though he mess up. But he is happy that he fixes it.
            n the story, Running with Scissors. Augustan, when he was young. He mess up. But is lucky that he brave enough to fix. And he did. I think the main idea that he wants to tell people that is it’s ok to mess up. And long as you fix, change. Thing will go better in the end