1. Reading Schedule and Annotations
The Stranger
Reading Schedule and Annotations

2. Reading Schedule
Must be read and thoroughly annotated by the due date below:
Part I
Chs 1-3 due Thursday, 9/22 (12-15 annotations)
Chs 4-6 due Tuesday, 9/27 (12-15 annotations)
Part II
Chs 1-3 due Thursday, 9/29 (12-15 annotations)
Chs 4-5 due Tuesday, 10/04 (10-12 annotations)

3. Guided Annotations Existential Principles Absurdist Principles Motifs
The Individual (man makes himself and there is no human nature)
Free Will (is a fact – no external influences allowed)
The World is Absurd (anything can happen to anyone at anytime)
Absurdist Principles
Irrationality of universe
Meaningless of life
Importance of physical world
Motifs
Death/decay
Watching/observing
Sun/Heat
Main Events & Meursault’s Reaction to these events

4. Example: Annotations “Maman died today” (3).
Motif- death We are introduced to the motif of death in the first words of the story. His mother dies and he is going to her funeral. This is a start to many deaths to occur. OR Main event- Meursault shows little reaction to his and doesn’t even remember exactly when she died. This connects to existentialism because they don’t stop to consider why death occurs but just that the world is chaotic and irrational.
Must LABEL each annotation!

6. Not an appropriate analysis
Not in MLA format
Format is incorrect.
Missing labeled header
Not an appropriate analysis

7. Shallow analysis/ Obvious
Missing page number(s)
Shallow analysis/ Obvious

8. Missing direct quote and page number