Saturday, November 12, 2016
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Existentialism is a philosophy which emphasizes the significance of conception and those actions which enable one to figure their own existence, such as making decisions or intuitive feeling emotions. The novel The Stranger was scripted during the Existentialist movement, and thats why the leading character in the novel, Meursault, has a neutral and cold character because objectivity is the important aspect of existentialism. The Stranger, can be analyzed with the themes of absurdity, mans relationship with life, society, god, and free-will. The novel conveys umpteen examples of the absurdity of the human condition. piece reading the novel, firstly it is sight that Meursault shows no affection subsequently he hears about his mammy dying. He receives a telegram. Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I dont know. I got a telegram from the basis: Mother Deceased. Funeral Tomorrow. Faithfully yours. (Camus 3). When he gets home, he hurls himself a drinking chocolate and smokes . He doesnt counterbalance bother to see the lifeless body or mourn. alternatively of grieving, he appears more hard put about the time he will take to go to his mothers funeral. Although Meursault has no emotions, he has a girl named Marie. In their relationship, Meursault mainly focuses on the physical features of her rather than her characteristics. When he talks about Marie, it is broadly about her appearance. I valued her so bad You could identify out the shape of her slopped breasts... (Camus 34). When Marie asks him to marry her, he says that he does not love her, exclusively he would marry her to make her happy. Their relationship portrays a honest example of existentialism philosophy. other example is the murder. Meursault kills the Arab on the rim not because he be him, he did not seem to bother with that, but because the sunlight hit him on his affection so he got umbrageous and killed the Arab brutally. The scorching blade cut down at my eyelashes and st abbed at my con eyes�...
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