Short Essay Due 2/4 (Day 3) and 2/5 (Day 4)

Essay Topics on The Stranger and The Battle of Algiers

Compose a well-crafted essay on one of the themes below in relation to The Stranger and The Battle of Algiers. This essay is due on Wednesday, February 4 (Day 3), and Thursday, February 5 (Day 5).

This essay should be roughly four paragraphs in length: an introduction, a paragraph on The Stranger, a paragraph on The Battle of Algiers, and a conclusion. Remember your writing of the tragedy essay—the introduction should mention both texts, and it should say something about how these texts illuminate the theme your essay takes up. By the same measure, your conclusion should not summarize the essay. Instead, it should give the reader a sense of why your thesis is important—it should give the reader an idea of what really matters when they think about this theme.

Your paragraph on The Stranger should include a quote that you then analyze. Be sure to include page numbers only in parenthetical references. Your paragraph on The Battle of Algiers should include specific references to scenes or dialogue, and so forth.

You may decide that you need a transition paragraph that links the two sections. If so, this should be a brief paragraph of maybe one or two sentences. You may find that you can link them with a sentence at the end of The Stranger paragraph or the beginning of The Battle paragraph.

Individual and Society

Choice and Responsibiity

Silence and Communication

Absurdity and the Meaning of Life