Zachary Hunte

Senior CP

Ryan Gallagher

1/17/11

Annotated Bibliography for Camus’ The Stranger

"Algeria Asks France To Admit Violence." New York Times 9 May 2005: A10 (L). Gale World History In
Context. Web. 9 Dec. 2010.

Summary:

France killed 45,000 Algerian civilians in the street during a rally for independence. The French launched
an attack for several days in response to an independent demonstration.

Important quotes:

“‘The paradox of the massacres of May 8, 1945, is that when the heroic Algerian combatants returned
from the fronts in Europe, Africa and elsewhere where they defended France's honor and interests,'' Mr.
Bouteflika said in the speech, ''the French administration fired on peaceful demonstrators. P.3’”

Purpose:

This document would be a great to teach to students and show them what was happening during the
time The Stranger was written. I could also use this document as a theory for why Meursault is the way
he is.

Bigelow, Barbara C. Europe Under Occupation." World War II Reference Library. Ed. Barbara C. Bigelow,
et al. Vol. 1: Almanac. Detroit: UXL, 2000. 131-156. Gale World History In Context. Web. 8 Dec.2010
 

Summary:

The article talks about WWII and the condition Europe countries were in when Germany was in control.
The Germans occupying European countries caused many problems like: food shortages, harder living
conditions, and sever punishments for crimes. Germans occupied countries like France, Poland,
Netherlands, and Yugoslavia to name a few.

Important Quotes:

“In Paris, people who were caught outside after the official curfew were arrested, held overnight, and
usually released in the morning. But if German soldiers were killed during the night, then the curfew
violators might be shot as a reprisal. In October 1941, the Germans shot fifty French civilians in the
western city of Nantes in retaliation for the killing of one German officer. The Germans announced they
would shoot fifty more hostages if the killers were not turned over to them within two days. The next
day, after another German officer was killed in the southwestern city of Bordeaux, the Germans arrested
one hundred people there and immediately shot fifty. The other fifty were held hostage, as in Nantes.
But these actions created a tremendous outcry throughout the world and increased French hostility. The
Germans decided not to shoot the fifty hostages in each city. But the general policy remained the same.
By the end of the war, the Germans had executed 30,000 French hostages. In Greece, which had a much
smaller population than France, the number of murdered hostages may have been as high as 45,000. In
one Greek town, Klisura, 250 women and children were burned to death. P. 20”

Purpose:

This article would be good to use to develop theories why Meursault is so repetitive in his life. Since
Germany occupied Europe during world war 2 the crime rate increased. That could explain why
Meursault committed murder. Germans had strict rules while occupying Europe like had to be inside at
a certain time. Meursault probably had this drilled in to his head and lived like this. This would be a good
class discussion, connecting the German occupation to the way Meursault is acting/ behaving.

Camus, Albert, Encyclopedia of World Biography. . Thomson Gale, 1998. NA. General OneFile. Gale. 

Malden High School. 14 Jan. 2011 

Summary:
Flynn, Thomas R. "Existentialism [Addendum]." Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ed. Donald M. Borchert. 2nd
ed. Vol. 3. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2006. 510. Gale World History In Context. Web. 6 Jan.
2011.

Hardy, Thomas. “The Man He Killed.”

"Had he and I but met

            By some old ancient inn,

We should have sat us down to wet

            Right many a nipperkin!

            "But ranged as infantry,

            And staring face to face,

I shot at him as he at me,

            And killed him in his place.

            "I shot him dead because —

            Because he was my foe,

Just so: my foe of course he was;

            That's clear enough; although

 
            "He thought he'd 'list, perhaps,

            Off-hand like — just as I —

Was out of work — had sold his traps —

            No other reason why.

            "Yes; quaint and curious war is!

            You shoot a fellow down

You'd treat if met where any bar is,

            Or help to half-a-crown."

"Themes and Construction: The Stranger." EXPLORING Novels. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Gale Student
Resources In Context. Web. 7 Jan. 2011.

Summary:

 
"Zineb Sidera." Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. Ed. Michael R.
Fischbach. Detroit: Gale Group, 2008. Gale World History In Context. Web. 7 Jan. 2011.