DB Survey World Literature
Unit 7 DB Survey World Lit
1. What do you think of the decisions Daru makes in “The Guest”? Were they wise? What might he have done that would have produced a better outcome?
2.Ultimately, is the message of Camus’s “The Guest” positive or negative? Is its view of mankind optimistic or pessimistic? Explain.
Each question should be 250 words each.
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. Thoughts about Dura’s decision and what he might have done to produce better outcomes
Daru’s decisions in “The Guest” entail allowing the unnamed Arab prisoner to make his choice whether to use the direction to Tinguit, the prison, or to the south in the pasture lands and nomads that would take care of him (Camus 1958, 2320). This decision was wise because, despite the prisoner killing his cousin…
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