This unit was all about existentialism and my favorite book in this unit was The Stranger. The Stranger explores existentialism because Nick gives his own life meaning and even will the lawyer tries to help him and get him off for the murder, Nick just tells him the truth and he doesn't even stretch the truth while on stand. Also, Nick does not have a lot of character or personality. Normally I would not like a book like The Stranger because I would not like the Nick as a charater but something about him and this book made me love it. I like what was really driving me was that I really wanted Nick to go to the trial and see what the jury thought about him. I feel like being an existentialist would be hard, because to think that you are the only person who can influence your life is hard to imagine, especially when you have so many other influences and people you give your life meaning. I think that being an existentialist led to Nick's downfall because he would not let other people like Maria, the lawyer, or the magistrate give meaning to his life. Also, I feel like he would have believed and let this people influence him, he would have able to convince the jury that he was in fact not guilty. I just wished that Nick and Maria would have gotten married and that Nick would not have had to have an appeal. I also did not appreciate the way the book ended. I wish that the appeal trial would have been in the book. This just leaves me with too many questions that will go unanwserd.
Mrs. Burnett, this has nothing to do with the blog this month. I just wanted to say that you are a fantastic teacher and I wish that I would have applied myself better in your class. I wish that I would have done most of the work and read more of the books. I did not use my full potential while in your class, but I just wanted to let you know that I really did enjoy being in your class. I am going to miss you being my teacher so much next year! Best of luck with all of your classes in the future, none of them will be as good as ours! Thanks for being my teacher!
