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Compare And Contrast: The Stranger Vs. A Family
The Stranger vs. A Family on their lawn one Sunday in Westchester, N.Y. Alienation comes in many different shapes and sizes. It can be caused by one's self or it can be caused by a community. Both individuals and communities can be alienated and for all we know there may be a community of alienated people somewhere in the world. Although it can be hard to recognize at times, it is clearly evident in both The Stranger by Albert Camus, and a photograph by the name of A Family on their lawn one Sunday in Westchester, N.Y. taken by Diane Arbus. The Stranger, or L'étranger to some, is often hailed by intellectuals to be one of the great modern classics. It tells the tale of a peculiar man in his peculiar world. The man, Monsieur Meursault,

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