“You don’t appreciate what you have until you loose it”

It´s astonishing how the following quote; “You don’t appreciate what you have until you loose it”, is applied in everyone’s life. Long time ago I could see a friend who was dating a guy, and it was conspicuous he was the one much more in love than her. Days passed, and my friend got really uninterested and determined to end with this love date. It is really funny because now days she is the one looking for this same man, and he’s now in a relationship with another girl. She knew she had the opportunity to be with him but she didn’t take advantage of his past feelings, and now that she doesn’t have him, she is passionate about been with him.
Now, with this short story I want to emphasize the situation that occurred with Meursault´s neighbor, Salamano, who lived with his dog, but he was always desperate because “he was bad-tempered, Salamano said”(P.45)
But...”His life had changed now and he wasn’t too sure what he was going to do”(P.46) since one day he woke up without the presence of his dog. From this moment, I realized how Salamano was suffering about his dog life , just when he wasn´t present.
Maybe if Salamano finds his dog, he will now be conscious about his gorgeous relationship.
From these two examples, remember... We need to be aware of taking advantage of the circumstances though we may not have them again, as well as with people!

"Take a risk, take a chance, make a change, and breakaway"

"Take a risk, take a chance, make a change, and breakaway"

"He was planning (Boss) to open an office in Paris...Then he asked me if I wasn´t interested in a change of life"(P.41)
...Oh my God! For the first time since I started reading the book I saw an open door where I would be able to discover new events and a change of plot...But...

Meursault said, “I said that people never change their lives, that in any case once life was as good as another and that it wasn´t dissatisfied with mine here at all”(P.41)
Here´s where I want to reaffirm how humans, such as Meursault, lock themselves in certain habits which appear to have no changes nor improvements.
This is the reason individuals require to learn how to risk themselves in captivating different paths and apply acceptance and analysis to every new change.
Today´s society live under certain routines where members are fulfilled and adapted...which is not bad! But it will be exceptional to follow Kelly Clarkson´s words in Breakaway song... "take a risk, take a chance, make a change, and breakaway"

GIVING IMPORTANCE TO INSIGNIFICANT DETAILS

GIVING IMPORTANCE TO INSIGNIFICANT DETAILS
VS.
RELEVANT ISSUES

"Maman died today or yesterday maybe, I don´t know"(P.3)
VS.
"Before leaving the office to go to lunch, I washed my hands...I really like doing this at lunchtime...I don´t enjoy it so much in the evening."(P.25)

The protagonist reflects to the audience the opposite of the human stereotype who usually gives importance to significant dealings that will have effects upon itself. With these two quotes we can clearly realize Meursault´s interests where the typical vital things for today’s society aren´t significant for him. He really cares about washing his hands before having lunch, while he drastically diminishes the importance of his mother´s death and his future marriage with Marie...
Wow! With these two passages we can definitively start to comprehend the book´s peculiar title, The Stranger!!

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Hello!! My name is Paula Aparicio and I'm part of the twelve grade english class. In this page you'll be able to know what I read, think and analyze about all novels I have read. This will be the best space to reflect free and spontanous thoughts throughout all this semester.
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