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Independence
A war launched in 1954 by the Algerian National Liberation front (FLN) against the French colonial regime. After eight years of fighting, in which both sides resorted to brutal tactics and committed atrocities against civilians, the war ended in the 1962 Évian Accords, through which Algeria gained independence. Most French settlers left the country in the years after the war.
War of Liberation Quotes in The Meursault Investigation
The The Meursault Investigation quotes below are all either spoken by War of Liberation or refer to War of Liberation. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 3 Quotes
Who, me? Nostalgic for French Algeria? No! You haven’t understood a word I’ve said. I was just trying to tell you that back then, we Arabs gave the impression that we were waiting, not going around in circles like today.
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In this passage, Harun expresses his ambivalence about Algeria’s progress after Independence. Harun has never been gripped by the patriotic fervor or optimism that gripped the country as colonial rule collapsed. He even avoided joining the liberation army, which was practically mandatory for young men—a decision that rendered him extremely unpopular in his community. Now, he feels that the fact of Independence is insufficient to erase the damage wrought by centuries of colonial rule, and that the government is given to stagnancy and circular thinking—a tendency he begins observe during his brief arrest for Joseph’s murder. His dissatisfaction with Algerian Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatib
Chapter 11 Quotes
He started stammering, declaring that killing and making war were not the same thing, that we weren’t murderers but liberators, that nobody had given me orders to kill that Frenchman, and that I should have done it before.
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Some days after he murders Joseph, Harun is ordered to report to the town hall and is then thrown in jail. However, as he finds out when he speaks with the army officer in charge, he’s in trouble not for murdering a Frenchman but for doing so outside the official auspices of the war effort. In this passage, the officer blusters passionately about the conventional distinctions that pardon murders committed during war and condemn those that occur in peacetime. The sarcastic tone in which Daoud renders this speech argues that such distinctions are hazy—after all, a murder is a murder, Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corr
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War of Liberation Term Timeline in The Meursault Investigation
The timeline below shows where the term War of Liberation appears in The Meursault Investigation. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1
...he stops looking up at the sky. Years later, he declines to fight in the War of Liberation , even though he’s sure the Algerians will win. As soon as he learned to...
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Chapter 8
Harun already knows he won’t be punished for the murder. Outside, the War of Liberation is raging, so this murder will be considered part of the combat. It’s one of...
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