Comparing Metamorphosis to The Outsider The Outsider‚ by Albert Camus‚ and Metamorphosis‚ by Franz Kafka‚ are similar in many respects. The protagonist in The Outsider‚ Meursault‚ and the protagonist in Metamorphosis‚ Gregor are very similar. In the introductions of both stories‚ we get a glimpse at what the is like for them and their families: both are faced with kin that can be viewed in a negative light. After morphing into a bug overnight‚ Gregor is met with a family that is reproached by his
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Albert Camus once said “the only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion". This quote is exemplified in various examples in our society most notably through Martin Luther King and Gandhi who used civil disobedience as a way to rebel. Both of these figures were in state of living in an unfree world which resulted in them to revolting and speaking up. When one thinks of an unfree world they usually think of a place that is distressing
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How does Camus present his theory of the absurd through Meursault? The Absurd is a philosophy derived from existentialism which was conceived by the French philosopher and writer Albert Camus. It states that humanity searches for meaning in a meaningless world thus‚ the search and life as a whole become futile because there is no such thing as a meaning to the world and to existence. This also makes other aspects of life worthless such as believing in a higher entity like God or in an afterlife
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"Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe‚ I don’t know. I got a telegram from the home: ’Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours.’ That doesn’t mean anything. Maybe it was yesterday." Part 1‚ Chapter 1‚ pg. 3 Mersault’s preoccupation with the exact date that his mother had passed genuinely perplexed me. This man had just lost his only family in the world and he was caught up in‚ what I believe to be‚ a frivolous detail. Off the bat‚ the book starts off with these lines‚ foreshadowing
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In Albert Camus’ short story "The Guest‚" Camus raises numerous philosophical questions. These are: does man have free will?‚ are an individual’s decisions affected by what society demands‚ expects‚ neither‚ or both?‚ and finally‚ how does moral and social obligation affect decision making? Balducci brings the Arab to Daru’s door‚ informing Daru that "I have an order to deliver the prisoner and I’m doing so‚" (90) thus freeing Balducci of the responsibility over wherever the Arab ultimately ended
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Albert Camus’ The Stranger: Meursault Is Aloof‚ Detached‚ and Unemotional In The Stranger‚ Albert Camus portrays Meursault‚ the book’s narrator and main character‚ as aloof‚ detached‚ and unemotional. He does not think much about events or their consequences‚ nor does he express much feeling in relationships or during emotional times. He displays an impassiveness throughout the book in his reactions to the people and events described in the book. After his mother’s death he sheds no tears; seems
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Rebellion’s Heart “I rebel; therefore‚ I exist.” –Albert Camus. Many question the right to rebel or not. One could say it is a form of violence or a form of breaking free. There is usually a deep rage behind the many rebellions along with rhapsodic crevice-filled brains. The need to rebel has affected today’s world and past events‚ for suffering is a sonorous noise bombinating as we wait to reach a zenith. The colonist felt the need to rebel‚ and they yearned to become the independent country they
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How do the characters of Therese‚ Laurent and Meursault change after they have committed their respective murders? The protagonists in both the novels “Therese Raquin” by Emile Zola‚ and “The Outsider” by Albert Camus‚ ultimately commit murder. This is the turning point in both cases‚ and the way in which their various characters change because of this will be analysed and compared. In Therese Raquin‚ after the murder of Camille‚ both Therese and Laurent react at first with shock‚ Therese flying
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In Franz Kafka’s enigmatic novel The Metamorphosis‚ Gregor Samsa lives the life of a bug. The traveling salesman awakens one morning to find himself incredulously transformed into a “monstrous vermin.” At First‚ Gregor is apathetic towards his “metamorphosis” and immediately begins describing his room and slight discomforts in great detail. At the same time‚ Gregor incessantly comments on unimportant aspects of his – almost dismissing the fact that he is now a cockroach. When his family starts knocking
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What are Albert Camus in The Outsider ’ and Hermann Hesse in Siddhartha ’ trying to achieve through the relationships that the main protagonists experience in each novel with Marie and Kamala respectively? Both Herman Hesse ’s Siddhartha ’ and Camus ’ The Outsider use the notion of love as a means to examine the protagonists and their perspectives on society‚ and how society views them. Hesse uses Kamala ’s love for Siddhartha as the means whereby he gains an understanding of the
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