Richard asks…
How do Kafka in Metamorphosis and Albert Camus in The Stranger show alienation and absurdity of existence?
Hey guys I was looking for some direction and a little help on an essay question. Any help would be much appreciated! Below is the question:
How do both Franz Kafka in The Metamorphosis and Albert Camus in The Stranger portray the alienation and absurdity of existence in the 20th century? Cite specific examples from their novels. How do Jacques Maritain in “Christian Humanism” and Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Cost of Discipleship attempt to offer Christian alternatives to these visions?
Thanks!
weight loss cardiff answers:
I would say Camus only shows that those traits can exist in the man who makes his own rules about how HE will live it can not be extended to the human race in general.The life of a man can be shown to have been meaningfull and have a purpose.This what we are supposed to learn before we find fault with life itself If I set out just to look after my own satisfaction then by all means it would be O K to simply shoot someone just because I felt like it Relativism is absurd.It is obvious that it was wrong to shoot the man on the beach but not to the relativist he thinks you can do whatever he feels like The world which ran on those rules would be like a highway where we all drive our car by our own rules
Joseph asks…
Do most democrats believe there should be a limit to social welfare programs?
Do most democrats understand the dangers of entitlement?
“A well-respected German historian has a radical new theory to explain a nagging question: Why did average Germans so heartily support the Nazis and Third Reich? Hitler, says Goetz Aly, was a “feel good dictator,” a leader who not only made Germans feel important, but also made sure they were well cared-for by the state. To do so, he gave them huge tax breaks and introduced social benefits that even today anchor the society. He also ensured that even in the last days of the war not a single German went hungry. Despite near-constant warfare, never once during his 12 years in power did Hitler raise taxes for working class people. He also—in great contrast to World War I—particularly pampered soldiers and their families, offering them more than double the salaries and benefits that American and British families received. As such, most Germans saw Nazism as a “warm-hearted” protector, says Aly, author of the new book “Hitler’s People’s State: Robbery, Racial War and National Socialism” and currently a guest lecturer at the University of Frankfurt”
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer
http://americansforprosperity.org/legislativealerts/the-moral-dangers-of-the-entitlement-state/
weight loss cardiff answers:
Limit how?
You mean by not helping out our most vulnerable citizens in this nation?
Because if you do, then that’s an America I don’t want to be a part of.
Steven asks…
What Do You Think This Quote Means?
“We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.” ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I saw this quote the other day and sometimes I have a hard time figuring out the meaning. I figured getting others opinions would be a great idea.
So what do you think that quote is talking about or what it means?
weight loss cardiff answers:
In simple terms the quote means:
“Don’t judge or think too much about what people do or don’t do. Instead of doing that, think about what they may have suffered that makes them act the way they do.”
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