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14 November 2025

F - ... when I dropped the French title lore-bomb of Camus's short story and your whole interpretation ascended.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What happens when personal choice conflicts with societal expectations?

Learners read their independent novels.

Learners worked in their pairs from last class and tried to recall their understanding of setting, plot character, conflict in Camus's "The Guest." Learners shared details from the text that spoke to moral ambiguity, isolation, the conflict between personal choice and societal expectation, and indifference to the "universe."

We also discussed how understanding that the original French title, L'Hôte, means both "guest" and "host" deepens our understanding of the short story as social commentary, as does using a Catholic lens, especially when we consider "host" as Eucharist - a sacrifice.

PRACTISE: With today's understanding, revisit or rewrite the Daru's monologue / diary entry at the end of the short story.

NEXT CLASS: Daru & Meursault

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