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from the outside A Comparative and Poetic Exploration of Albert Camus's The Stranger By bianca cody mimi Violence and Human Nature by Howard Zinn Zinn argues we are not naturally violent. He agrees with John Stuart Mill that we are
By bianca cody mimi
A Comparative and Poetic Exploration of Albert Camus's The Stranger
Zinn argues we are not naturally violent. He agrees with John Stuart Mill that we are influenced by our environment or social circumstances. However, he proves we have the ability to choose to act violently or kindly within our environment.
First, he refutes Great Intellectuals because they give weighty support for the belief that we are naturally violent.
Zinn examines scientific studies from various disciplines--biology, sociobiology, genetics, psychology, anthropology, ethology--that show our actions are influenced by our environment.
Zinn lists many reasons we go to war: Ruling Elites Patriotism Social pressures Economic opportunity Professional opportunity
Difgerent Responses to Social Circumstances
Zinn shows that Americans: Responded differently to U.S. involvement in World War I Veterans write about varied experiences in war Obeyed, questioned, and disobeyed
Zinn concludes by inviting us celebrate and be a part of a different history, one that that defies authority and imagines another world, a better place for us all.
From Zinn to Brazil From Zinn to Brazil
○ Depicts violent gang war in Brazilian favela
brutal depictions of violence
Zinn
Some of the players...
Lil’ Ze
city of god
Knockout Ned
violence
revenge
Bené and Zinn
choice, Bené stands out the most
Nurture
choice to be peaceful
violence
Bené
us everyday
define us in the very moment
Be A Hero
individual’s choice,
environment
restricted in our choice due to where we come from
Based on Louise Rosenblatt’s Reader Response Theory Kathleen McCormick’s The Culture of Reading
Yellow-Red-Blue, 1925, Wassily Kandinsky Medium: oil,canvas
France 1930s Franco-Algeria 1930s Algeria 1930s The Stranger Albert Camus
“Killing An Arab” by The Cure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdbLqOXmJ04 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no1YszVVybo
“I Thought About Killing You” by Kanye West 2019, ART FAIR TOKYO, Tokyo
death, racism, hate, choice, inclusion and isolation
https://yuichihirakoinstallation.tumblr.com/post/183965200633/2019-art-fa ir-tokyo-tokyo
A poetry collection by Bianca White inspired by The Stranger
Sis and L'il Sis, 1944, William Johnson
A Haiku by Bianca White
I pull the trigger Shots I fire again—four Dreadful knocks, I hear
My Landscape II, 1967, Joan Mitchell Medium: oil
A Diamante by Bianca White
Algeria Lovely Free Yearning, hoping, losing Pied noirs, Frenchmen, Colonizer, Murderers Stealing, hurting, breaking Terrible, Horrible France
Convalescents from Somewhere, 1944, William Johnson
An Epitaph by Bianca White
My beloved country Algeria, You used to be ours until they stomped our ground Robbing and raping and claiming Your soil One day you will be ours again My heart can only hope.
A Green Thought in a Green Shade, 1981, Helen Frankenthaler Medium: acrylic,canvas
An “I Am” poem by Bianca White
I am brown and lovely I wonder why he beats me I hear heavy chains lifting I see my old home I want someone to love me I am brown and lovely I understand that I am in vain I say what I hope would be true I dream of real love that’s freeing I hope to get rid of you I am Brown and Lovely I pretend, Raymond that you love me so as I feel feel every pound of oppression I touch what could be mine- freedom but I worry you will kill me- would you? I cry out and keep repeating I am brown and lovely
Harlem Street, 1941, William Johnson
Some Poems by Cody Evans Inspired by the Work of Albert Camus.
Orcus (Stranger in the Garden) - Saddo
A poem by Cody Evans
If there was meaning, he’d be alive. If there was a purpose, he’d survive. If there was intention, the gun would have jammed. If there was a purpose, he wouldn’t have put it in my hand. If there was a purpose, no one would die. If there was meaning, I would have cried. If there was a difference, we all wouldn’t end up in the same place. If there was meaning, I wouldn’t have a smile plastered on my face.
An Alphabet poem by Cody Evans
Affairs; Beatings; Characters for neighbors. Deaf to the yelling; Every night it’s the same. Feel nothing; Go to court; “Handle it for me.” I’d do anything for a friend.
A haiku by Cody Evans
Run! Run far away. I know he’ll cry when I’m gone. Never when I’m there.
An assortment of poetry by Mimi Hopper (inspired by L’ Étranger by Albert Camus).
Self-Portrait, 1984, Jean-Michel Basquiat Medium: acrylic
A Shadorma by Mimi Hopper
Anger fills The cracks of the heart Silence spills From within We have all done evil things Yet, we’re not all bad.
Daniel Richter (German, b. 1962), Das Auge War Kaputt [The Eye Was Broken], 2011. Oil on canvas, 100 x 270.2 cm.
A Triolet by Mimi Hopper
Was there a point to it all? I watched their pathetic tears. I watched the Arab’s body fall. Was there a point to it all? I couldn’t believe the audacity, the gall. They said they knew Maman for years. Was there a point to it all? I watch their pathetic tears fall.
Lepanto, Part II, 2001, Cy Twombly
A Sijo by Mimi Hopper
From the outside, Meursault did not smile, only watched us with blank stares. His Maman died, and he did not know how, but he still came to mourn. But he didn’t cry, only watched the rest of us from the outside.
Woman Leaving Her Bath, 1888, Edgar Degas Medium: Pastel
The most beautiful thoughts are always besides the darkest Today I seriously thought about killing you I contemplated, premeditated murder And I think about killing myself And I love myself way more than I love you, so Today I thought about killing you, premeditated murder You'd only care enough to kill somebody you love The most beautiful thoughts are always beside the darkest
Chicago
“from the outside”
Stranger ○ Modern Context
“narcissistic”
health disorders
family
Camus, Albert. The Stranger by Albert Camus. A.A. Knopf, 1969 Evans, Cody. “Read Conmigo” Hopper, Mimi. “From the Outside” Ribeiro, Andrea Barata, et al. City of God. Miramax Films, 2002. “Violence and Human Nature .” Passionate Declarations Essays on War and Justice, by Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial, 2003. White, Bianca. “Brown and Lovely”
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989), Couple aux têtes pleines de nuages