Summary Of The Book 'The Stranger'

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The Stranger Study Guide Part 1 Ch. 1 1. The reference to a soldier tells you that it’s the 18th to early 20th century because way was common in those times. 2. he says doing so took up his whole Sunday because it was trouble just to get a bus, buy the ticket, and spend 2 hours traveling. 3. It’s odd because she is not a religious person so a lot of people don’t think she deserves a religious burial. 4. No, he just says he doesn’t know why he doesn’t want to see the open casket, but admits to being embarrassed because he felt he shouldn’t have said “no.” Some people don’t know how to deal with death very well and its hard for them to say goodbye. However, most do want to see the body before burial because it offers closure. So no, this is not really normal behavior. 5.…show more content…
The caretaker is 64 and from Paris. 6. He dozes off and opens his eyes to find the whiteness of the walls almost blinding. It appears as if his mother’s friends are floating into the light with no sound. It’s in this state that he notices all of the details about them. 7. A vigil is to allow people to honor the dead and pay their respects, as well as to see them for the last time before burial. In this case it lasts overnight. 8. He is her Fiancé 9. It took them “3 quarters of an hour” to walk to the church. The casket was transported by hearse. 10. 1) Tears streaming down Thomas Perez’s wrinkled face 2) The red geraniums on the graves in the cemetery 3) Blood red earth spilling over Maman’s casket and white flesh of the roots mixed

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