Journal 7-Quotes

Topic: The color red
In The Stranger, Albert Camus uses the repetition of the color red to represent sadness and how Meursault deals with the grief from his mother's death.  This subtly illustrates that Meursault does have emotions, he just deals with them differently than most people.

1. "Above the hills that separate Marengo from the sea, the sky was streaked with red" (Camus 12).
2. "I was struck by their blood-red color next to the pallor of his face" (Camus 15).
3. "Seeing the rows of cypress trees leading up to the hills next to the sky, and the houses standing out here and there against that red and green earth, I was able to understand Maman better" (Camus 15).
4. "Then there was the church and the villagers on the sidewalks, the red geraniums on the graves in the cemetery, Perez fainting (he crumpled like a rag doll), the blood-red earth spilling over Maman's casket[...]" (Camus 18).
5. "A little later the local boys went by, hair greased back, red ties, tight fitting jackets" (Camus 22).
6. "Above the rooftops the sky had taken on a reddish glow, and with evening coming on the streets came to life" (Camus 23).
7. "Old Salamano has reddish scabs on his face and wispy yellow hair" (Camus 27).
8. "he took out a sheet of paper, a yellow envelope, a small red pen box[...]" (Camus 32).
9. "There was the same dazzling red glare.  The sea gasped for air[...]" (Camus 57).
10. "Once again I could see the red sand and feel the burning of the sun on my forehead" (Camus 67).
11. "I saw a tall, thin man dressed in red and wearing a pince-nez" (Camus 85).
12. "Three judges, two in black, the third in red, entered" (Camus 85).
13. "The man in the red gown sat in the chair in the middle" (Camus 85).
14. "He had nice pale blue eyes and a reddish complexion" (Camus 6).

I have gone through the book and tabbed the mention of red, and it is only used this many times...therefore, I can not post 15 quotes.  However, I may use another topic, so I'll post quotes for that too.

Topic: Coffee
In The Stranger, Albert Camus uses the motif of coffee to illustrate Meursault's connection to society-how delicate it is and how easy it is for him to act in a way that is considered wrong and that can be used against him.

1. "Then he offered to bring me a cup of coffee with milk.  I like milk in my coffee, so I said yes, and he came back a few minutes later with a tray.  I drank the coffee" (Camus 8).
2. "'I have to go get some chairs and black coffee" (Camus 9).
3. "He left, came back, set up some chairs.  On one of them he stacked some cups around a coffee pot" (Camus 9).
4. "It was pleasant; the coffee had warmed me up" (Camus 9).
5. "I had some more coffee and milk, which was very good" (Camus 12).
6. "You have coffee in the afternoons with your friends. You even provide the coffee and sugar" (Camus 30).
7. "By the time the coffee came, my head felt heavy and I smoked a lot" (Camus 52).
8. "He said I hadn't wanted to see Maman, that I had smoked and slept some, and that I had had some coffee" (Camus 90).
9. "for the first time I realized that I was guilty.  The caretaker was asked to repeat the part about the coffee and the cigarette" (Camus 90).
10. "He hesitated and then he said that he was the one who offered me the coffee" (Camus 90).
11. "'they will conclude that a stranger may offer a cup of coffee, but that beside the body of the one who brought him into the world, a son should have refused it'" (Camus 91).
12. "I had the ridiculous feeling that they were there to judge me" (Camus 10).
13. "He simply asked, in the same weary tone, if I was sorry for what I had done.  I thought about it for a minute and said that more than sorry I felt kind of annoyed" (Camus 70).
14. "And again I almost thanked him.  But I thought that that would be ridiculous" (Camus 84).
15. "examining me closely without betraying any definable emotion.  And I had the odd impression of being watched by myself" (Camus 85).
16. "He was quiet, and I was embarrassed because I felt I shouldn't have said that" (Camus 6).