Carrick Hawes

[Carrick Hawes @Carrickjh]

@Raj102700 @LokrageMachine I agree. This is the difference between Adam and Fiona. While Adam would rather die to please others, Fiona recognizes the significance of life and this ties back into existentialism and how your first, greatest accomplishment is just being alive #laylit18

[Carrick Hawes @Carrickjh]

@sameershah27 @DiannaCacace Adam uses music to distract himself much like how Fiona goes to Adam to distract herself. There are many similarities between the 2 and this is why Fiona likes Adam. Do you think these distractions are better coping methods than actually facing their problems? #laylit18

[Carrick Hawes @Carrickjh]

@DiannaCacace Maybe this shows how Jack will never be able to make Fiona passionate because only someone completely different and young like Adam could bring this out in her #laylit18

[Carrick Hawes @Carrickjh]

@ShreeRaghavan3 I definitely think having children would give Fiona another perspective on her cases, but this creates another issue. Judges must be impartial and not let emotions get in the way. Without children, you could argue that Fiona is able to make decisions much more logically #laylit18

[Carrick Hawes @Carrickjh]

@GrantDong2 That’s a good point. However, the fact is that not everything is cut and dry. Sometimes there are extenuating circumstances, exceptions, and emotions and we begin to see that as Fiona starts to contradict herself and involve her emotions in her court decisions in part 2 #laylit18

[Carrick Hawes @Carrickjh]

The fact that Fiona keeps watering down her drink shows how she’s a very sober, realistic person in general. This makes sense given her job which involves the law system and impartial, realistic decisions #laylit18

[Carrick Hawes @Carrickjh]

A lithograph is a type of painting that’s put on metal or stone. (p3) #laylit18

[Carrick Hawes @Carrickjh]

A chaise longue is a reclining chair with a lengthened seat forming a leg rest (p3) #laylit18

[rmccaffery2000 @rmccafferyhtps]

@litwithlayton everyone’s working on their tweets really hard (and asking if they retweet this if it counts)... prom weekend bro!

[Carrick Hawes @Carrickjh]

@janwei_ This presents the novel’s existentialist https://t.co/OusmnFyxIP’s ironic b/c we as humans arbitrarily feel a parracide is worse than Meursault’s murder, but really relations do not make one case worse than another. In each, a person was killed. That’s what’s important #laylit18

[Carrick Hawes @Carrickjh]

@rmccafferyhtps This reveals the flaw in society that people will accept and use this faulty logic to convict Meursault while in reality, Meursault realizes his character and past actions has nothing to do with his case #laylit18

[Carrick Hawes @Carrickjh]

@catherinetherye This lack of importance for picking a judge contrasts with the tremendous importance of the decision being made which puts Meursault’s life at stake. It reveals the flaws in societal customs and how something so arbitrary decides something so significant (2/2) #laylit18

[Carrick Hawes @Carrickjh]

@catherinetherye In this quote Meursault means that his execution decision is so arbitrary. The judge could’ve been French, German, Chinese, etc. but in the end one judge is picked for no specific reason. (1/2)

[Carrick Hawes @Carrickjh]

@marissa_osofsky This aspect of the novel really highlights the book’s message about existentialism, where the greatest accomplishment a person will ever make is just being alive #laylit18

[Carrick Hawes @Carrickjh]

@janwei_ It’s interesting how Meursalt is drawn to someone as passionate and loving as Marie, while he is so emotionless. While he used to have a thing for her, I think he will ultimately get bored of her if this apathy streak continues #laylit18

[Carrick Hawes @Carrickjh]

@GrantDong2 No I didn’t, I personally was surprised that the cop didn’t cuff Raymond right there for beating his wife (like they would do today). Shows the attitude toward women during this time period—more acceptable to abuse women #laylit18

[Carrick Hawes @Carrickjh]

@kpatton00 I think Salamano and his dog also foreshadow Meursalt’s relationships. Salamano acts unemotional and like he doesn’t care that his dog is gone but later comes to Meursalt in confession that he cannot live without his dog. This mirrors Meursalt’s desire for companionship #laylit18

[Carrick Hawes @Carrickjh]

Meursalt is so unemotional in advising his friends in chapter 4 because he is just using them for his own enjoyment. He does not feel attached to them and could easily replace them as long as he could then go to someone else for pleasure #laylit18

[Carrick Hawes @Carrickjh]

Ch4 shows Meursalt’s need for companionship. He’s a coward, refusing to call the police when Raymond abuses that girl b/c he fears he’ll lose Raymond’s friendship. Also, Salamano’s despair in losing his dog mirrors the reaction Meursalt would have if he lost his friends #laylit18

[Carrick Hawes @Carrickjh]

@litwithrahul “Parakeets” made me think the narrator was annoyed by their voices, similar to how he was annoyed by the old woman’s crying. Clearly the narrator is on edge and more affected by his mother’s death than he’s letting on #laylit18