What is the setting of this story? What is Camus trying to evoke through his description of the setting? Why do you think this setting might be important? To Daru? To the Arab? What tone does this description establish?
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The setting of this story is upon a picturesque yet lonely plateau above a few villages and a valley. Camus is trying to evoke a feeling of removedness from humanity and the problems of the world, a sense of beautiful loneliness. This setting is important to the plot and characters as a man who cares not for the squabbles below him won't take sides or treat prisoners with bias. This is (partially) why Daru is so sympathetic towards the Arab. He hasn't absorbed the hatred of the mob. This setting helps create a sense of peaceful brotherhood between Daru and the Arab. The overall tone of the story is as icy yet as soft and tender as Daru's little sanctuary on the plateau.
ReplyDeleteThe setting of this story seems very bare. Although it describes it accurately, it seems that it is just a small village who went through a drought and now has finally had snow. It also states that due to the weather, the students at Daru's school have all left leaving him by himself. Reading this, it gives me a feeling of being alone and having no one there to keep me company.
ReplyDeleteI think that Camus is trying to describe Daru's life. Daru is just a poor school teacher and like the village all alone, he really has nothing but his school. However, it seems that Daru is satisfied with his life because this is what he is accustomed to. Like the drought that lasted 8 months, his life seems dry and not filled with excitement but life continues the way it is. The setting maybe important to Daru and the Arab because it is were Daru lives and it is a form of representation of his life. I think it is important to the Arab because here he meets Daru who feels sympathy that the Arab is like this and it is also the place where he gets a chance to be free and run away from being a captive. However, he chooses to turn himself in and take the consequences of his crime.
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ReplyDeleteThere is a plateau where Daru is posted, and a desert. The desert has many stones, making travel difficult. During the time when Camus wrote "The Guest", it was the height of the French-Algerian war. Daru, who symbolizes Camus in the story, wishes to remain neutral in the war. The plateau symbolizes the French, who believe they have the most power, and the desert represents the Algerians. Because Camus wished to remain neutral, he made it so Daru wished to be placed at the foothills of the plateau (symbolizing neutrality). "He had requested a post in the little town at the base of the foothills separating the upper plateaus from the desert. There, rocky walls, green and black to the north, pink and lavender to the south, marked the frontier of eternal summer." In "The Guest", Camus gives readers a sense that he is writing how ridiculous the war is, even more so that he isn't allowed to remain neutral.
The setting is Daru living alone in the school, on top of a plateau in the snowy cold. I think Camus was trying to evoke from Daru being in solitude and removed from the rest of humanity; that he had to make decisions on his own and rely on his own morals. It portrayed that humans have the freedom to find their own home and place on this earth, and for Daru it was on the cold plateau in the schoolhouse. This is important to Daru because it is his freedom and life choice. It might be important for the Arab because it gave him the choice if he would go to the prison or run away. He too had to think about this choice alone and decide what he thought was best for him. Overall I think Camus was trying to portray how alone humans really are and how we are all responsible for our own choices and should have our own thoughts.
ReplyDeleteIn the story of "The Guest" by Albert Camus, the setting is a significant factor. At the beginning of the story, it is snowing, it is cold, and Daru is living by himself in a school. Daru is so isolated from the rest of the world in this building that he can see anyone coming from miles away. He is secluded and alone, therefore portraying a solemn tone. This mood lasts until his guest arrives. The Arab stays in Daru's care, and they begin to develop some sort of bond. Their relationship develops, and while this is happening the day becomes warmer and warmer. When the Arab finally leaves from Daru's home, it is bright, sunny, and has a more positive or happy tone.
ReplyDeleteI believe this setting plays a huge role in the story line because it portrays Daru's emotions and emotions as the story develops. At first when Daru is alone, it is freezing outside and has a depressing feeling. This greatly emphasizes how sad Daru is due to his seclusion and lack of socialization with others. When the Arab is introduced to the story, the setting begins to change. The longer he stays, the warmer the climate becomes. I believe this event portrays the impact the Arab is having on Daru's life, and also Daru's opinions on the situation. At the setting changes and it gets warmer, Daru is growing closer to the Arab, and is comforted by his presence. By the time the Arab leaves, Daru is left as a happier person and is not as alone as he felt before.
The setting of this story takes place on a little plateau above small villages in France. Daru lives in a school house that is very secluded and isolated from society. The isolation form society makes Daru’s life very peaceful but sometimes even lonely. This is of major importance to the theme and plot of the story because almost all throughout their journey and at home they always speak of peace and serenity of the environment such as “There was nothing but the sky on the horizon. Not a man could be seen.” Like Jesus Daru was somewhat at peace with himself which made him open to others and have almost no bias. Daru was so open to the prisoner because he did not judge him and saw him as a human being with dignity.
ReplyDeleteThe setting of this story is a classroom/school located in a small village, but I think that Camus was trying to portray another meaning for the description in the story. I think that the classroom/school was France and Algeria under the rule of France until they separated. I think that the schoolmaster was Daru who I believe is one of the French Rulers and the Arab was like a prisoner or an Algerian. I also think that another part of the setting was the Atlas Mountains of Algeria after the blizzard. So at that time, the Algerians (Arabs and Berbers) were waiting for the day they got independence from France.
ReplyDeleteI think that the setting is important because what is portrayed in the story and what the author is trying to get across are different and you must read between the lines and know the history of the time the story was written and published as well as what the author had in mind. To Daru this is important because he is part of France and to the Arab it’s important because he is trying to get independence, which is something that both the Arabs and Berbers wanted during this time. I think that this is kind of hatred for the rule of France over the country of Algeria because they might not like how they are being ruled or downgraded. I think it’s a negative tone.
The setting of the story is on a deserted plateau with a few villages around it. It also says there is snow on the ground and it is night time. Camus is trying to evoke that this place is very lonely, very few people around, and it's a cold place. The setting is important because it gives off the sense of being lonely and more sympathetic and helpful because of the weather conditions. This could be why Daru is sympathetic to the Arab because he has been brought a long way and the weather is hard to keep up in, so Daru feels bad for the Arab. This is important to the Arab because the setting is lonely and he too is lonely, since he is a prisoner and was traveling behind Balducci for so long. The tone of the story would be a lonely one because the story started with Daru being alone, and it ended that way as well.
ReplyDelete"The Guest" by Albert Camus is set in a barren mountain area. The main character - Daru - lives in a small schoolhouse built on top of a hill. Extending around the schoolhouse is a rocky plateau. Daru reflects on the fact that he is very alone in his solitary schoolhouse. Although students come to school when they can, often they are inhibited by inclement weather or, as is the case in the beginning of the story, drought. In spite of his being alone, Daru is happy at first. In the end, however, Camus writes that "In this vast landscape he had loved so much, he was alone" (29). After his 'betrayal' of the Arab, Daru is no longer satisfied with being alone. He feels guilty and, for the first time, lonely.
ReplyDeleteThroughout the story, Camus goes into detail about the weather several times. In the beginning, he notes that it is snowing and a layer of "dirty, white snow" (1) has accumulated. By the end of the story, however, the piles of snow are melting and "to the east a steamy heat was already rising" (28). Camus' description of the bleak landscape brings to mind loneliness and melancholy. His notes about the weather hint at change and transience. The weather also has a very real impact on the Arab's journey. He labors through snow and heat to reach an unpleasant, unknown destination. This, combined with his 'betrayal' by Daru, is a huge - and probably undeserved - burden on the Arab. And yet he accepts the change in his life, like the passing of the weather, with resolve.
In all of these details, Camus uses the setting to tell part of the story - a message of alone-ness and the fact that nothing can stay the same forever.
Albert Camus describes Daru's schoolhouse as being built on the hillside of a high plateau. Daru is alone on that plateau where it is snowing after 8 months of drought which left the land of the plateau very dry. The plateau is south of a village called Tadjid and in the background there is a mountain range only seen in clear weather. The setting of "The Guest" implies that it is a very lonely land. Daru is isolated from the rest of the world and that could explain why his views on treating other people are different. Despite the dry and cold climate, Daru is a warm, good-natured person who is always giving to those in need no matter what the situation. The Arab doesn't see the setting as another prison, but as a way of getting away from the world. The setting allows the Arab to reflect on his past actions and contributes to his decision to turn himself into the police station at Tadjid. The setting itself gives off a lonely tone.
ReplyDeleteThe setting of "The Guest" is at a school on a plateau in France. Camus describes the classroom as empty and frigid. It is the middle of October and there is snow falling after a period of eight moths of drought. The students for the school live in the villages scattered over the plateau. In contrast with such poverty, Daru lives almost like a monk. He lives in a remote schoolhouse, but is very satisfied with the little he had and with his rough life. I believe that Camus is trying to evoke in us that this place Daru subsides in is a barren and desolate land but he is very content with what he has. He is so isolated from the rest of the village but he feels most comfortable on his own because if he were to live elsewhere, he would feel exiled. The setting is important to the plot because the Arab somewhat is going through the same thing that Daru is. Since the Arab was considered a prisoner, he was treated harshly, avoided, and isolated. Daru can easily relate to the Arab prisoner because he too receives similar treatment. I think that the setting is important to Daru because by being isolated from everyone else, he realizes to not treat people differently because of what has happened to them or what they look like. I think the setting is important to the Arab because he is finally in a place where there are not much people to judge him and to look lowly of him. The setting creates a tone of loneliness and isolation.
ReplyDeleteI think that the setting in The Guest is represented by human free will, which is the choices that people can choose to make; whether the choices are good or bad, and the setting is represented by the result of people's choices, or the consequences. The story starts out in a small little school, which is really just one classroom. The school is located on the top of a hill. The schoolmaster, or teacher is named Daru. When Balducci comes to the school with an Arab prisoner with him, Daru is expected to take the Arab to prison. Daru is faced with the decision to take the man to prison, or to let him go. That is the challenge he is faced with. And since the school is located on a hill, it symbolizes the challenge that Daru faces. The next day, when Daru is supposedly taking the prisoner to prison, they come to a crossroad. One path leads to the prison, and the other leads to farms, where nice peasant folk take in whoever comes to them. The two different paths represent Daru's free will. He has the choice to let the prisoner go, or take him to prison. Daru ends up letting the prisoner decide whether he wants to go to prison, or be free. And through all of this, it is snowing. The snow and cold, and bareness of life foreshadow the upcoming war, that will be just as coldhearted and life taking killing that will go on. This setting is important to the Arab because of the upcoming revolt. The snow and cold leave the French helpless. And the Arab feels that he deserves to be punished for killing his cousin, so the cold is part of his punishment. The setting is important to Daru because he always tries to provide food for the children who go to his school. But because of the snow, they aren't coming, and they are all poor. The tone is sad, depressing, foreboding, creepy, and a bunch of other fun stuff. :P
ReplyDeleteIn the beginning of the story, Camus tries to paint a mental picture of the setting in the readers minds. While reading the story, I imagined two men, one on a horse and another slowly following behind him, traveling on a trail covered in dirty snow. I think this shows the long and tiring journey that they had to travel along with the hardships that possibly could have occurred in order to reach the schoolhouse. Throughout the story, I get the feeling of being alone and isolation for Daru, possibly relating to Daru's life in general. This is because many children left the schoolhouse due to the weather, leaving him all alone. There was a drought in the village, which could've related to his life in a way that could've meant that his life was dry and boring, but when there's finally snow he has something to be happy about, like if there were something new in his life that he could be excited about. Daru is a poor man living in a small village and his only source of happiness is being at the schoolhouse. Daru lives in the Arab and that's where he meets Daru. He feels like he can relate to the Arab so he's inspired to live freely, but he chooses to turn himself in a face the consequences.
ReplyDeleteThe setting of “The Guest” by Albert Camus is located at a schoolhouse built on the hillside. The location is quite deserted and built by a vast plateau. Also, the people in this region is quite penury. Through Camus’s description of the setting, he is trying to evoke that it is an isolated place and not that much people would try to go there. The two men traveling towards the schoolhouse took about 30 minutes just to get onto the hill. Also, the horse was struggling and stumbling on the plateau.The setting affects Daru because he lived and taught in that rural area where the schoolhouse’s located. The setting is important to the Arab because not that much people would think that an amicable schoolmaster and an ordinary schoolhouse could hold an Arab prisoner. The tone of this description is quite frank and direct. The tone of the setting seems calm, but still in a solitude environment.
ReplyDeleteThe guest setting is taking place in the winter season of mid-october on a deserted plateau in the Mountains. It seems like it is after a blizzard, because Daru says that he can't see who the people are coming towards him, but as they got closer he sees the mist of the horses breathing through his nostrils. The Arab is a prisoner that Balducci brings to him, apparently the Arab He slit his cousin’s throat with a billhook (tool for pruning and cutting) in an argument over which of them owned a supply of grain. Through the setting I think that Camus is trying to tell us that where the house is, it's very lonely and deserted from the village, which is across the plateau. I think the setting has to resemble how the Arab is, he is lonely because he is a prisoner and Daru feels sympathy for him, so he cares for him and refuses to turn him in. I think the tone of the story is depressed at first because the arab is lonely and a prisoner. When you think of prisoners, you don't think that they are happy, they are sad and lonely because they had to leave their family and friends.
ReplyDeleteDaru lives in a vast region of emptiness. His house and schoolhouse are located on a desert plateau overlooking a valley. Albert Camus describes the setting as a wasteland only populated by stones and rocks. The author depicts a barren region not flourishing or blooming with life but dead with winter and bad soil. The depiction given by Camus evokes a sense of loneliness and lifelessness. Daru is in solitude on the plateau. Because Daru is separated from society and company, he does not have to deal or worry about troubles of the world. When Daru is assigned to take the Arab to prison, he is sympathetic towards him. Daru does not get caught up in the animosity of the people living outside his plateau. The compassion Daru shows the Arab creates a feeling of mutual respect between the two.
ReplyDeleteThe Guest's setting is a vast and desolate plateau, situated in the middle of a fearsome mountain range. Although the terrain is rocky and unforgiving, the sky is painted with beautiful colors and the air is soft and inviting in some sprawls. The setting Camus has painted is a symbol of time itself. Albert Camus depicts that although towns have sprung up and families have settled here, all of them (with no exception) have eventually died out. Despite the many towns that have come and gone and the people that have lived and died here, the terrain for itself is unchanged by any of this. The ground continues to be rocky and barren, the sky continues to be hues of magnificent colors, and the sheer lack of population is almost set in stone, regardless of who or what has been there. Daru lives alone on the plateau, and even when he eventually dies the plateau will still be the same as when he lived on it. Time will continue to flow onward even after Daru dies, regardless of what he does. The tone of this story is bleak and the fact is that no matter what we do, time will always march forward no matter on what note we end our lives.
ReplyDeleteThe setting of the story takes place during the summer as quoted, “There, rocky walls, green and black to the north, pink and lavender to the south, marked the frontier of eternal summer.” Daru lives in a desert plateau over a valley. The surroundings seem to be described as very bare with not much life. The soil is bad and there are many rocks. Basically the environment that Daru is placed in seems to be very dead, dry, and lonely. This setting might be important to Daru because it shows that he is alone up there most of the time and lives in solitude. Once Barducci brings the Arab to him, he is put into a situation which involves being with another person. Since Daru isn’t really used to this, you get to see a different side of him while the Arab is staying with him. This is important to the Arab because the Arab is probably treated as a cold hearted criminal where as Daru treats him with more respect and sympathy. This brings them together a little and builds a small trust relationship between the two.
ReplyDeleteIn the beginning of the story of “The Guest” the setting starts off at a schoolhouse on top of a deserted plateau, whom the character, Daru was living in. It also tells us that they are in the winter season because there is snow and during the night it is cold. Camus is trying to evoke that Daru is basically a person whom is remote from the other people in the village. This is showing that Daru is an independent person and being secluded from others is the way that he wants to be. The setting that Camus had made for us is important to the plot because he is telling us what the feel of this story will be, which is calm and slow. The setting of the story affects Daru because the hill is isolated from the village and so living on that hill all alone is relating to Daru’s loneliness. This setting is important to the Arab because Daru is in a way just like him, they can relate to each other by their living conditions. From the beginning to the end that tone of the story was being lonely.
ReplyDeleteThis story takes place in a vast region full of hills, valleys, and a plateau. Daru’s house is on top of a dessert like plateau surrounded by villages. After a long drought the winter brought much snow, and without rain the land became dry and barren. With Daru’s house being separated from outside villages, Camus emphasizes on the loneliness of it all. Daru is separated from the others which lead him to not be influences by them. He is sympathetic to the prisoner and gives him some respect, while others don’t. With this relationship Camus gave us a brotherly feel.
ReplyDeleteThe setting of “The Guest” by Albert Camus takes place on a plateau surrounded by small villages. It is a very isolated and somewhat deserted destination in which the extreme weather varies from time to time as well. A school located on a hillside also adds on to the very remote location. I feel that through the setting, it adds on to the lonely and separated feeling I get due to the secluded setting that Camus was trying to portray. This relates also more towards the characters Daru and Arab whom I perceive them to also be very reserved and withdrawn. Daru, having to live in a schoolhouse is not able to interact with outside society often. It describes his life to be almost like a monk due to the remoteness of his location but Daru is still satisfied with the life he lives however he seems to also be very lonely. This must be the reason why he acts the way he does when being faced with abnormal activity that he isn’t used to seeing, in this case the prisoner being brought into the schoolhouse and for him to keep watch over. Arab as well seems to be a timid and shy person due the isolation of the village he was from, which probably lead him to obtain such a withdrawn personality. The rural type setting of “The Guest” seems to be quite symbolic and contributes to the desolated and empty-like tone that the catches the readers, something very unusual than other stories.
ReplyDeleteThe Guest takes place in a schoolhouse located on a plateau in France. Because the plateau is on top of a hill, the schoolhouse is isolated from the villages below it, making human contact minimal. The area surrounding the schoolhouse is barren and rocky, implying that the area is dead and lonely. Daru, who lives in the schoolhouse, has rare contact with other people. This is important because he is not influenced by the hatred against Arabs that his country has. Instead of judging the Arab, he sympathizes with him.
ReplyDeleteThe Guest's setting is the space between a plateau and a desert, which is where Daru lives. The hill where Daru stays represents the divide between the French (the plateau) and the Arabs (the desert). Many towns spring up, and people come and go, but there is no way to make an everlasting friendship between these people. Daru, an Algerian man, lives in the middle of this strife as a neutral person, wanting to just keep out of the conflict. The tone of this story is Daru's struggle to remain indifferent and continue as a person who is alone and without people surrounding him.
ReplyDeleteThe setting is a snowy dessert plateau during the time of war. Daru is apparently part of some military alliance, and has been posted at a schoolhouse. The schoolhouse is very quiet and isolated. The quote “Bare rock covered three quarters of the region” suggests that this region is not very hospitable or suitable for many people to live there.
ReplyDeleteIt could be a metaphor for the way the war has made him feel separated from the rest of his people. Paragraph 4 states that Daru felt exiled even though he had been born there. The snow could symbolize that his heart has become cold due to the war. Since it is bitterly cold the snow could even symbolize the war itself. It could also symbolize the struggle everyone goes through in these difficult times.
Paragraph 4 also stated that Daru feels like a monk living in his remote house. The fact that he is placed on a plateau could show that he feels higher and more satisfied than many unfortunate people, even though he is quite poor himself.
Towards the end of the story, the weather warms up, the snow begins to melt, and birds start singing. This could be a sign that something new is about to begin, and could mean that the times of hardness will be ending.
The story “The Guest” takes place in a deserted plateau in the Atlas Mountains located in Algeria. The rocky walls make a rainbow of colors while bare rock covers three quarters of the region. At first it was a wasteland, but then people started to cultivate it. There was a routine of people arriving, either loving each other or fighting, and then dying. Camus states, “No one in this desert, neither he nor guest, mattered” (The Guest.) Here, the author is trying to portray an existentialist idea: that we live in a barren world and must create meaning for our lives. Later on in the story, descriptions of two paths are given. One path slopes down, leading to a plain of spindly trees. The other is a rocky path sloping upward. Camus is clarifying that it is our responsibility to make something of our lives. We have the choice to do something amazing or we can simply exist in a world of absurdity, angst, and boredom.
ReplyDeleteThis setting is important because it displays the existentialist idea well. To Daru, the plateau and its surroundings are comforting to him. He is used to desolation and quiet, but when something comes into his life that is different than what he is used to, he is scared. He will probably never leave the area because it is what he is used to. To the Arab, the setting represents his decision on how to live his life. He can continue living in this “chaotic” world, if he takes the path to prison, or he can start over and do something better, if he takes the path to freedom. This description establishes a gloomy tone, saying that there is nothing at all special about life unless we make it that way.
The setting of 'The Guest' seems like a large and relatively flat expanse, as such is a plateau, except for the hill. It is covered in snow and frigid cold - my favourite type of weather - but it seems a blizzard had just past the night before, leaving the area covered with snow. The place looks far from society, for they still rode horses and lived in villages. Camus seems to be setting the mood as barren and desolate, removed from the rest of the world. Daru's relationship with the Arab wavers between sympathy and respect, and eventually evolves into a type of friendship.
ReplyDeleteThe setting of this story is a village in France. When Balducci and the Arab arrive at Daru’s place, the setting is described as a village located to the north but Daru teaches in the schoolhouse. The village does encounter blizzards, which is why their crops and animals die from the cold. Camus is trying to evoke that the story would be sad anyways because of the way the setting is. In a village where it is almost like a desert which experiences the cold which comes and goes every forty-eight hours, that is saying that the story would most likely be a sad story that doesn’t have a happy ending to it. The Arab probably ends up in a blizzard and is last seen hanging while Daru does try to help the Arab. The setting is important because it contains clues to what will happen in the story. . In “The Guest”, it states, “This is the way the region was, cruel to live in, even without men--who didn't help matters either. But Daru had been born here Everywhere else, he felt exiled” which means even though the village is a horrible place to live in, Daru feels right at home. Daru doesn’t care what anyone else thinks because he is his own person who offers help to children when they need help. The Arab knows the village is not a prison and he can be his own person although, the Arab doesn’t feel that he is free. The tone of this story is sad and it seems like the characters are showing seclusion from themselves and others.
ReplyDeleteAlbert Camus describes the setting as “The Guest” as on a desert plateau that is surround by a few small villages. The main character, Daru, lives in a schoolhouse that is near to the plateau. He lives by himself and he does not seem to have contact with to many people. The story seems to be taking place during the wintertime (throughout the story there is talk about snow). Throughout the story, you get an idea of what the setting is. There are plenty of stones and rocks and the land seems to be hard to travel on (the first few paragraphs talk about how hard it was for Balducci and the Arab to travel to where Daru lived).
ReplyDeleteThe setting is very important because it helps to set the mood for the entire story. The main character, Daru, continually mentions how he feels lonely. There are not to many people who live by him (he mentions that since there has been snow the children do not come to school anymore). Probably because there is not to many people living by him gave him the opportunities to make the choices that he made. Since Daru lives alone, he is not greatly touched by outside influences (such as hatred, sadness, angry, etc.) and he is able to treat the Arab with respect.
The story of “The Guest” takes place mainly in a mountainous region in lands owned by the French because the text states that shiploads of wheat had been arriving from France and that they students were learning about the terrain and landscape of France (the rivers on the blackboard). There is a schoolhouse on a hillside near a high plateau. This schoolhouse seems to be far away from the farmlands and rural areas. The story is taking place during a mid-October blizzard and the students haven’t been able get to school for the past 3 days. Albert Camus says, “…for the little room was crowded with bags of wheat that the administration left as stock to distribute to those of his pupils whose families had suffered from the drought…Every day Daru would distribute a ration to the children.” The families who sent their children to this school were very poor and relied on the rations of wheat given at school and during these times, the families would suffer greatly.
ReplyDelete“The Guest” also mentions a classroom of the schoolhouse. This classroom is connected to Daru’s, the Schoolmaster, home. The text states, “His window looked to the south too. On that side the school was a few kilometers from the point where the plateau began to slope toward the south. In clear weather could be seen a purple mass of the mountain range where the gap opened onto the desert.” When Daru is visited by Balducci and the Arab, they come to his classroom and stay in his kitchen. Balducci and Daru talk about war going on. This could be suggesting the story occurs during the French Revolution.
Albert Camus’s “The Guest” begins with a schoolmaster living in a schoolhouse built on the hillside of an elevated plateau. It was mid-October and snow finally fell down after 8 months of drought. His students lived across the plateau as well, but because of the event that took place, he was his only company. “He who lived almost like a monk in his remote schoolhouse” was secluded from the rest of society. Two days before the blizzard, he was sent wheat not only because of the upcoming event, but because he and everyone else living on the plateau were poor. The setting implies that Daru lives a life of isolation. Throughout the story, he is more at ease when he is by himself other than being somewhere else because he feels like he belongs. The setting seems important to the Arab because he finally has a purpose in life. When the Arab was accused of killing his cousin, everyone judged him. Getting away from El Ameur and everyone who judged him was like starting over again and having a new life.
ReplyDeleteThe setting in “The Guest” is a schoolhouse on a desert plateau. During the story, the snow begins to fall after an eight-month drought. The climb up to the schoolhouse seems to be treacherous and long. Daru seems lonely staying in the schoolhouse and just going out to do minimal chores. I think Camus is trying to evoke feelings of loneliness and seclusion through the setting of the story. The setting is important because the author uses it to set the tone for what is happening in the story. Camus writes about the dreary weather, which is similar to Daru’s seclusion in the schoolhouse at the top of the plateau. The bad weather implies sad and lonely feelings, similar to those of the Arab because he is a prisoner. The tone of the description is dull and lonesome.
ReplyDeleteThe story takes place in a desert with upper plateaus separated by foothills. Daru lives by himself in a schoolhouse on a plateau. It is suggested that there is a harsh climate of cold winters, and hot summers. I think Daru has lived in this setting for a while and has watched people come and go throughout the years. Camus is trying to evoke that there is a sense of peace and between Daru and the Arab prisoner while instilling composure and stillness throughout the setting. The setting is important because it helps set the mood and tone of the story. The setting might be important to Daru because he is isolated form everyone else. The Arab prisoner is similar to Daru because they are both secluded from others. It seems that Camus brought two similar characters together and based his setting around them. The tone that the setting establishes is, isolation and solemness. However, in the end of the story, the tone changes to a happy isolation and a bit mysterious.
ReplyDeleteIn the beginning of the story, the setting of the takes place inside of a classroom. In a distance Daru could see two men coming his way. Later on in the passage, it says that the snow started to fall after 8 months of drought. It was winter time and it was starting to get chilly. When Daru looked out the window, he saw some snow. Camus is trying to evoke that Daru is alone and isolated, yet relaxed. This setting might be important to Daru because it helps him open up later on during the passage. It might help the Arab because he might be able to connect with someone else who is also as lonely as he. The tone was very somber, sad and lonely.
ReplyDeleteThe setting of this story takes place on top of a desolate plateau filled with rocks and stones that were harvested to build buildings. The region is filled with “solitude and silence” (15), as it is isolated and secluded from the rest of the world. There is nothing else in this area except the schoolhouse that Daru lived in. The schoolhouse was tiny and filled with “whitewashed walls, a narrow couch, unpainted shelves, and a well” (4). It was simple. Outside of its walls, the sky was dark as winds blew and large sheets of snow fell to the ground. From this description of the setting, Camus was trying to evoke a sense of loneliness and seclusion. Daru lived in this harsh region that is uninhabited by anyone else. He is all alone and by himself. That separation from the rest of humanity evokes the feeling of independence.
ReplyDeleteThis setting is important because it adds to the mysterious nature of the story. As Daru and the Arab are all alone on top of the deserted plateau in the middle of nowhere, it creates this almost peaceful and tranquil atmosphere. This setting is important to Daru because it has allowed him to develop a sense of independence. When he first moved into the region, life was hard and cruel. He has grown attached to this region, however, and felt exiled everywhere else. Living life away from the crowded towns and cities has allowed him to be unaffected by the views of others. When Balducci first brought the Arab to him, he refused to turn the Arab in even while knowing that the Arab had committed a terrible crime. The seclusion has allowed him to depend only on himself and to think for himself in the face of others. Towards the end of the story, however, Daru has come to hate the loneliness of the region. On the other hand, the setting is important to the Arab because he is not being judged for his actions here. They are in the middle of nowhere. This secluded nature of the setting allows the Arab to feel more at ease with himself and Daru. Since they are the only two up there, the Arab feels more comfortable as Daru is sympathetic to him. The Arab is able to stop and reflect on his past actions and just “freeze” time. Since life is very slow in this region, he does not feel so rushed or tensed as if he were in one of the towns or cities.
The description of the setting establishes a desolate and lonely tone. On top of this deserted region, the two main characters feel very much alone in their own way. It is almost eerie, yet mysterious and peaceful. The setting also sets a depressing tone to the story, as readers feel isolated from the rest of the world.
The story “The Guest” written by Albert Camus, takes place in France on a desert plateau. The main character schoolmaster named Daru, is in schoolhouse without any pupils to teach. Due to the horrible weather, the pupils have stayed home and Daru is left in the classroom alone. As he is looking through the window, Daru sees Balducci an old friend, who is an old gendarme who is accompanied by an Arab prisoner. Throughout the story, Daru and the Arab prisoner spend time together and at the end of the story, they go out on a journey together to find . I think that Camus is trying to evoke the kinds of emotions that Daru is going through. For instance, in the beginning the weather was cold and depressing representing the loneliness that Daru felt. Another example would have to be at the end, when the snow cleared and the sun rose in the sky yet again. This was after the Arab prisoner and Daru parted ways, representing that Daru gained something from this experience. Although he was alone, he learned something more from the prisoner, which would allow him to begin a new life. As for the tone of the story, I think that it establishes a sort of bittersweet tone. Although the Arab prisoner and Daru are complete strangers and feel the same feeling of loneliness, there is also a slight feeling of sweetness. An example of this would have to be when Daru takes care of the Arab despite his bad reputation. Also at the end of the story, Daru gives the Arab prisoner a choice between life and death.
ReplyDeleteThe story takes place near a barren, empty plateau. There is a schoolhouse located on the plateau, which is were Daru dwells. There are also some mountains creating a barrier from the outside world. It is also mentioned that it was snowing after a long drought. Camus is trying to evoke loneliness and being secluded from everything else. The snowing could represent quietness. Also, no one wants to go attend his school because there will be a blizzard soon.
ReplyDeleteThis setting might be important because it might have a connection to the author. The author might be expressing how he felt when he was lonely and when everything was silent. The setting is important to Daru and the Arab because it shows that they have something in common. They are secluded from the world in a way. Daru is secluded due to the area where he lives, and the Arab is secluded because he was taken as a prisoner away from his family.
The tone establishes the sense of loneliness and emptiness. It's almost as if the setting was set to seclude the characters away from anything else and simply be alone.
The setting of this story is a secluded and desolate plateau in a vast location up high. Daru, the main character, lives in a school house. Coming to live here after the war, this region is secluded, hauntingly peaceful, and contains no other inhabitants besides himself. Just like the outside area, his school house is also remote and surrounded by white wash walls and unpainted shelves. Daru lives in this area and is secluded from society and other human beings. Because of the setting, it depicts an eerie and mysterious tone which is especially conveyed at the conclusion of the story.
ReplyDeleteAlbert Camus describes the setting as “The Guest” as on a snowy desert plateau that is surround by a few small villages and is during the war. The main character, Daru, lives in a schoolhouse that is near to the plateau. He lives by himself and he does not seem to see people to often. The story seems to be taking place during the wintertime because the mention of snow. Throughout the story, you get an idea of what the setting is. It seems to be a hospitable region or that not many people live there because it said, “Bare rock covered three quarters of the region”.
ReplyDeleteThe setting helps because it could be metaphor for how Daru feels because he is a lonely person. There are not many people and Daru has little to no contact with them it seems like his less touched by the outside. At the end it is starting to get warmer and it seems like spring is coming. Spring is a metaphor for new life or a new beginning.
The setting of the story is in France’s countryside where Daru's schoolhouse is located. Camus is trying to convey a dark and gloomy feeling for the reader because he likely wants to show the following dramatic difference: Even in “Hell,” the feeling of responsibility still rises in some humans. The setting is important because it tells of the characters’ surroundings and Daru's feelings about his living conditions, and allows the reader to step into Daru's world easier. To Daru, his surroundings convey emotions of emptiness and loneliness. To the Arab, it makes him seem weak, motionless, and insignificant in this foreign land. The description expresses a tone of loneliness, hopelessness, and confusion. Description can be found throughout the characters’ quotes and story’s setting.
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