The Guest By Albert Camus
Introduction: the story Best known and most popular short story Published in 1957 Born in Algeria
Homework Research about French colonialism in Algeria Research about Albert Camus Summarize the information you have gathered about the two topics
About the Author
Historical Context Algerian War (1954 – 1962) in which Algeria gained independence from French colonialism This war is often refer to “France’s Vietnam”.
3 parts to the story & 3 characters Arrival Night Departure Arab Balducci Daru
Character Analysis For each character, gather evidence to analyze the characters: Name Who is this person? (race/ethnicity/class) How does the person look like? How does the person behave? What can we infer from their behaviors and attitude?
Existentialism Find at least two examples of existentialism in this story. Explain the existentialist beliefs in each example. One paragraph per example.