Albert Camus portrayed Meursault as a hero severally in ‘The Stranger’ but readers of this book will think otherwise because he didn’t react to death or complications like other people would do. Meursault was a different person but the attitude he had depictes would be seen by readers who don’t really look into the type of man he is as nonchalant and apathetic. Truth be told Meursault does come off like that in the book, for instance when he is at the nursing home for his Maman’s funeral and his
As Meursault detachedly stated in The Stranger, “Then I fired four more times at the motionless body where the bullets lodged without leaving a trace. And it was like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness.” In The Stranger, Albert Camus uses the theme of frivolousness of human life and the lionization of the physical world to demonstrate the certainty of death, the importance of ‘matter over mind’, and the absurdity of the Universe. One major element of Camus’s inane philosophy is
The Stranger, a fiction novel by Albert Camus, provides the reader a kaleidoscope of altering interpretations and a spectrum of emotions. Camus develops situations and events based on characters’ responses to actions. As seen by the magistrate’s questioning of Meursault, each situation is strongly molded by the characters’ expression of their individual views. In the text, Camus implants messages and warnings in both subtle and glaring approaches. In The Stranger, Camus’ portrayal of the magistrate
The Stranger Existentialism has many components and one of them is the idea of the absurd. In the novel, The Stranger by Albert Camus, the philosophy of absurdism is explored thoroughly through the protagonist’s thoughts and actions. Throughout the book, Camus argues his belief of the “absurd world”. Camus’s definition of the absurd world is that the world is filled with people who are anxious over small aspects of their lives despite the world being meaningless and irrational. Camus’s absurd world
contains characters and plots guaranteed to induce sleepiness.” Because of Albert Camus’s writing style the book seems to lack depth in addition to a lack of connection to the protagonist. Camus's writing style was meant to force the reader to speculate and "make the complexities of a man's life appear simple," (Camus, v) although it falls short of this goal and makes not only the book appear simple including Meursault. Camus's lack of depth and complexities in his writing is often viewed as trite
label: Caution: contains characters and plots guaranteed to induce sleepiness.” Because of Albert Camus’s writing style the book seem to lack depth as well as a lack of connection to the protagonist. Camus's writing style was meant to force the reader to look "make the complexities of a man's life appear simple," (Camus, v) but it falls short of this goal and makes not only the book appear simple but Meursault as well . Camus's lack of depth and complexities in his writing often bores the reader and
decide on a meaning of life, one approach is absurdism. Absurdism acknowledges that the meaning of life is too complex for people to understand, so the solution presented is to stop trying to find it. The book "The Stranger" by Albert Camus is one example. It is about a man named Meursault. Following his mother's death--which isn't affected by, he gets into a fight on the beach and kills his coworker's brother for no apparent reason. He is then taken to jail and eventually sentenced to death. Throughout
demonstrates his notion of love through his luck, which in return he tries to give to his mother since he sees she isn’t very happy nor satisfied with his father. His notion of love differs from Meursault’s notion from the book “The Stranger” by Albert Camus. Meursault is the exact opposite from Paul in the respect that he shows no feelings or emotions at all, even in situations that it is normal to do so! In the book “The Rocking-horse Winner”, Paul’s one and only quest is to please his mother. His
L'Étranger by Albert Camus begins with the death of the main character, Meursault’s mother. “Aujourd'hui, maman est morte. Ou peut-être hier, je ne sais pas”. This admission of a son's unconcern about his mother's death is the key to Meursault's simple, uneventful life as a shipping clerk. He lives, he doesn't think too much about his day-to-day living, and now his mother is dead. The behaviour shown by Meurault towards his mother’s death and his lack of emotion, contrast with the traditional type
English Internal Assessment Luca Klinghoffer To what extent does Camus’ deconstruction of religion throughout The Stranger justify his absurdist standpoint? Camus integrates the philosophy of the absurd in many ways throughout the novel, most prominently shown through religion. Through Meursault, the philosophy deems religion irrelevant in finding meaning in life, and therefore breaks down the point of religion in general. The first instance we see this is when the clerk is interviewing Mersault