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To: Rambi who wrote (227)	7/17/2001 5:39:24 PM
From: Poet	Respond to of 466

(for instance I came across some reference to the Arab being considered an inferior race and so the crime wasn't exactly what it seems to us). Unfortunately there's still prejudice against the dark-skinned in France. I had a pearl bracelet stolen in Aix-en-Provence last summer and the police were sure it was "North Africans", as they're now called there. Not exactly 'innocent till proven guilty" over there.

To: Rambi who wrote (227)	7/17/2001 5:48:03 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 466

And he certainly didn't assign moral values to actions or events- What did you make of the scene where his buddy was waving the gun at the Arab and Meursault offered conditions under which the buddy could or couldn't shoot? It was right before Meursault took the gun. That was the only time I recall him ever giving any thought to any standards of behavior beyond what to wear. It seemed so out of place. Karen

To: Rambi who wrote (227)	7/17/2001 10:10:22 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 466

Sort of like my cat stretching in the sun. nothing had any 'inner significance' which is the way I think of meaning. Great image. I want to think more about it as I read further tonight, but the image of him as a cat resonates with the way I feel about him in the first half of the book -- a big, fat Garfield cat willing to lie in any nearest lap that will scratch behind his ears, going with the flow and basically untouched by it, not one of those lean, mean bird chasing cats.