Philosophical Readings of The Stranger Example 1 Existentialism in The Stranger[pic] Existentialism is characterized by the idea that the essence of an individual and the meaning of one’s life are both derived from the choices one makes. With this understanding‚ Albert Camus wrote a novel with a character that was figuratively dead. His novel‚ The Stranger‚ benefits from a reading through an existential lens because existentialism provides a solution to the absurdist problem Camus exemplifies
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The Stranger: Essay Topic 1 Albert Camus’s The Stranger takes place in a society confined with social standards that dictate who everyone is supposed to be and how they’re supposed to act. In the middle of this society‚ Camus introduces the character of Meursault‚ who is anything but ordinary. Meursault’s nonconformist personality causes him to be alienated from the world. However‚ he isolates himself more with his attitude about not caring about anyone but himself. Throughout the novel‚ The Stranger
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“…I See no Reason‚ Why the Gunpowder Treason Should Ever be Forgot.” I hate being cheated. Although I have had several hundred people to help me with my job‚ I still hate it. Kane‚ Hitler‚ Booth. These are just a few of those who helped me. Even if I did claim their lives in the end‚ I am thankful to them. One who tried (but failed) is Guy Fawkes. I avenged myself by killing him too. That’s my job. No one lives forever. I am sorry to tell you this‚ but it is true. The tale that we commemorate
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of the plague’s effects on the European people and Europe in general. The plague was brought to Europe by cargo from China. In this cargo there were rats that had flea’s on them that carried this plague‚ and this little flea’s caused one of the most devastating epidemics in the history of the world. The people of Europe were already in bad times before the plague due to economic depression and agricultural expansion had reached its limits. Then in 1347 the plague struck‚
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Christians viewed the black plague as a curse.They believed it was God’s way of punishing them for all the sins they had committed.” We know whatever we suffer is the just reward of our sins”. Also the “estimated mortality rate for Christians by 1351 pre-plague was nearly 75‚000‚000 people‚ during the plague the population dropped drastically to 51‚160‚000‚
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June 27‚ 2012 Book Critique of Albert Camus’ THE PLAGUE In reading Camus’ The Plague‚ I found myself easily attaching personal significance to the many symbolic references and themes alluded to in this allegorical work. Some of the most powerful messages woven throughout the novel seem to all speak to conflict or imbalance between two ends of a spectrum. The ideas of apathy vs. concern‚ solidarity vs. isolation‚ freedom vs. imprisonment (intellectually and physically)‚ individual moral
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The plague‚ figuratively speaking‚ is something one goes out of their way to avoid. The phrase is a cliche used lightly in modern eras to describe wanting to be as far away as possible from someone or something‚ but historically‚ your life depended on doing just that. However‚ the plague isn’t just part of a hilarious idiom‚ but a crippling epidemic that swept across Eurasia‚ infecting nearly all the nations it touched‚ not to mention killing up to one third of their respective populations. Now it
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had been several outbreaks of diseases throughout history such as Plague of Justinian (541-542)‚ Antonine Plague (165AD)‚ Third Cholera Pandemic (1852-1860)‚ etc. The Black Death had been one of the most castastrophic pandemics in human history. It resulted in the deaths of an estimated 75-200 million people in Eurasia between 1346 and 1353. The cause of this plague is believed to be the bacterium Yersinia pestis. The Black Plague changed the world by creating a series of religious‚ social and economic
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Black Death” from When Plague Strikes by James Cross Giblin the author goes into detail about the bubonic plague. Giblin informs the readers where the black death occurred‚ when and how the plague started‚ what the cause was‚ who the targets were‚ and the people’s thoughts about the plague. Initially‚ the Black Death arrived in Sicily on October 1347 and spreaded into cities such as Milan and Florence. The Black Death initiated because a crew of a fleet carried the plague from the east. The
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Black Death swept throughout Western Europe like wildfire from 1347 to 1349‚ devastating the European population. In just this short amount of time‚ this horrifying plague killed between 25% to 50% of the entire Western Europe‚ which was more than any pestilence had beforehand or since. This Black Death‚ otherwise known as the Bubonic Plague‚ was caused by a bad bacteria (Yersinia pestis) that inhabited fleas‚ which lived on rats. Then‚ these infected rat fleas started infecting people with the fatal
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