The Sun Dialectical Journal

The first ten lines of the poem describe a setting sun and establish the framework in which we are expected to view the monarchy’s fall. Detailing the “glorious” (1) sun’s “double brightness” (4) while he dips below the horizon, Philips portrays the sunset as something both beautiful and terrifying. As the sun “[p]uts on his highest looks in ‘s lowest state” (6), he compels observers to hate him while “ador[ing] his Fall” (8). This section not only characterizes the sun’s shining sunset as a response to his fated end, but evokes the idea of war with words such as “magazine” (as in a magazine of bullets) to refer to the sun’s light (1).

He characterizes the sun in human characteristics such as old and kind. 12) Wilfred is angry as the sun could wake up the first man, plant, and every type of life form on earth, but it cannot wake or heal the dead comrade now that the world is in chaos and is needed most. As he thinks the earth is sleeping or is using the sun as a metaphor for God. 13) The emotion behind the words Wilfred experienced is truly tragic “O what made fatuous sunbeams toil to break the earth’s sleep at all?

Throughout the novel, The Stranger by Albert Camus, the protagonist Meursault is tortured and motivated by the presence of the sun. The sun symbolizes life in the sense that it embodies the inescapable fact of life, known as death. The sun crops up over and over again throughout the novel from Maman’s funeral to the Arab on the beach, and eventually to Meursault in the courtroom. This reinforces the notion that the sun mirrors life as well as society, as it is always present. The sun mirrors society based on the fact that it is constantly oppressing Meursault, just as society seems to in regards to his unorthodox actions and emotions. From beginning to end, Meursault is significantly affected by the heat of the sun both physically and mentally.

From page fifty-eight to fifty-seven of Albert Camus’s The Stranger he uses the relentless Algerian sun as a motif for the awareness of reality that pursues the main character, Meursault, throughout the passage. When each motif appears in the novel such as this passage, Meursault’s actions change. This exemplifies that the light, heat, and sun trigger him to become debilitated or furious. Albert Camus sets up this motif in the passage to indicate to the reader that this motif shows the major themes of this novel. This motif shows Meursault’s emotion, how the imagery of weaponry affects Meursault’s actions, how the sun is a representation of society, and how the sun weakens Meursault.

Much like Meursault, Camus presents the sunlight in a very neutral, yet powerful way. The light is merely a reflection of the demeanor of Meursault throughout the story and when he is experiencing joy the sun is helpful, but when encountering danger, as in the murder scene, the sun causes him much discomfort, confusion and is ultimately laid as the scapegoat for the motivation behind the murder.

The author creates pictures in the audiences head through his descriptive language. He uses this descriptive language when describing the sunset, “And then we would sit and watch as the first hint of sunlight, a light tinge of day blue, would leak out of the eastern horizon, slowly erasing the stars.” (33). The sunset illustrates the calmness that he often had in his early life as well as to show the calm before the storm of his diagnosis. He also wanted to show that before his diagnosis he had time to watch the sunrise because he was not afraid of the future. He had his whole life planned out ahead of him. He also uses strong description to depict how one of his doctors reacts to his self-diagnosis that he may have cancer. “From the reflection

The sun can make Meursault, angry, resentful, sleepy, even happy, depending on its intensity. Since he’s a man with a small range of emotions in the first place, this is major. Throughout the book it’s almost like Meursault uses the sun to justify his actions and his feelings. Even when it comes to him murdering a man.

The anecdotal style in That Evening Sun allows the narrator, Quentin, to have a viewpoint and an attitude that is more

The sun affects Meursault’s decision because during the killing of the Arab “ It occurred to me that all I had to do was turn around and that would be the end of it. But the whole beach, throbbing in the sun, was pressing on my back” ( Camus 58) we can see Meursault describing the sun in great details and he even said that he could have just turned around and left but the sun seemed to control him and made him

The sun plays an incredibly significant role in this paragraph, for it is the instigator and beginning of the conflict. Because of this heat, Meursault’s judgment is clouded and he makes a rash decision that changes his life. The line about the sky splitting open and raining fire down upon him suggests that he subconsciously feels confusion about not grieving at his mother’s funeral. If the sun had not made an appearance that day on the beach, it can be safely concluded that Meursault would not have killed the Arab. But because it was there, it pushed

“The Sun is Also a Star” portrays the two very different lives of two very different people, who meet by fate, leading to an odd but capturing turn of events. I never judge a book by its cover, but this one was not only beautifully written but beautifully adorned on the outside, with its warm and multicolored strings on the cover

Finally, the prisoners eyes have fully adjust to the surroundings around him and looks up to the sky and sees how the sun is the real cause for the existences of everything that is life. In this story of the Cave the sun represents the Form of the Good, the top of the line, full knowledge and truth. The prisoner has reached the stage of understanding.

From this we can see that Meursault had an illness that wouldn’t allow him to view life as people who are not psychopaths would. The sun represented both the uplifting and depressing times of Meursault’s life. Meursault lacked of reason and deeper meaning in the world. There was no acceptable answer to why Meursault killed the Arab. This is exactly the point the author was trying to make.

This film creates a lonely and isolated atmosphere with it’s use of durational shots, absence of action and bare setting. Narration is also used to further this effect. For example, after the long period of silence at the beginning of the film, the artist says in a calm voice “I can’t look, so I’ll shut it out”. The nature of this phrase expresses a sense of defeat, which can be interpreted literally, in terms of the brightness of the light coming from outside as well as metaphorically, referring to a painful experience or difficult situation that might be easier to disregard than address. Following this statement, the second line is “I want to see the sun, to be blinded”, which contradicts the former, though follows a similar theme, evident of a troubled mindset.

Throughout the story, the author uses the power of emotion to draw the audience in. One way the author displays this idea is by connecting a real-world ideal to his claim. An example of this is when the author makes a connection of religion to his claim. As the author states, “Every religious tradition has considered darkness invaluable for a soulful life”. Like it or not, religion plays a huge role in the world. Religion throughout history, rallies people to fight wars, end empires, solve problems even to this day. If religion can start wars, then imagine what would happen when people’s religious practices are threatened by light pollution; more aggressive actions would be taken, possibly solving the problem. Another play on emotion is by relating the night sky with inspiration. The author mentions how