Thesis: In The Stranger, Albert Camus uses parallelism to demonstrate the change in ideology the character Meursault experiences throughout the novel.
Quotes:
1. "I admitted I hadn't and inquired whether it was really necessary to have one. (63).
2. "Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don't know." (1).
3. "That was how they'd been wired: it was all or nothing. I didn't pay too much attention to him after that." (9).
4. "I said I'd really like to, but I'd promised to spend the day with a girlfriend." (40).
5. "I explained to her that it didn't really matter and that if she wanted to, we could get married." (41).
6. "What I can say for certain is that I would rather Maman hadn't died. (65).
7. "I wished I could have made him stay, to explain that I wanted things between us to be good [...]." (66).
8. "As far as I could see, it didn't have anything to do with me, and I told him so." (69).
9. "The day of my arrest I was put in a room where there were already several other prisoners, most of the Arabs." (72).
10. "And the things I've never liked talking about began." (76).
11. "[...], I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate." (123).
12. "No, there was no way out, and no one can imagine what nights in prison are like." (81).
13. "[...] the witness practiced the profession of a procurer. I was his friend and accomplice." (95).
14. "Even in the prisoner's dock it's always interesting to hear people talk about you." (98).
15. "In reality, the machine was set up right on the ground, as simple as you please." (112).
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