1. The Guest Albert Camus
By: Ashley McGill

2. Albert Camus Background
Born 1913 in Algeria
1914 father died in WWI
Theatre de L’Equipe
Journalist, editor, playwright and director, novelist and short story writer, political essayist and activist, and philosopher
1951 writes the short stories in Exile and the Kingdom, including The Guest)

3. Albert Camus-Political Stud
Algeria experiences
Member of L’Equipe (Algerian theater group)
Creation of Revolte dans les Asturies banned for political reasons
Wrote an essay on the state of Muslims
Lost his job due to essay
Joined French Resistance against the Nazis
Columnist for the underground newspaper Combat
1947 retired political journalist
1957 wins the Nobel Prize in literature

4. The Guest Published in 1957 Takes place in Algerian war Themes:
Part of Exile and the Kingdom series
Takes place in Algerian war
Camus uses what he has experienced to write this story.
Contains Camus’ philosophical ideas
Themes:
Morality
Solitude
Freedom
Human Knowledge
The Absurd
“The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world.” -Camus

5. Time Period
The story was written during the years that lead to the Algerian war in 1954
Contains colonial issues of the time
Story was difficult to write without worsening the tensions between the French and Arab Algerians.
Multiple revisions

6. Works Cited
“Albert Camus – Biographical.” Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB Web. 23 Apr 2014.
“Albert Camus.” The Famous People website. 23 Apr 2014.
Tornaritis, Nicholas. Miller, W.C. ed. “The Guest Background.” GradeSaver, 17 May 2007 Web. 23 Apr 2014.