The Stranger‚ written by Albert Camus‚ is an existentialist novel about a man who struggles to understand his free will. Camus’ personal philosophy is portrayed throughout the entire novel through the actions of the main character‚ Monsieur Meursault. For the entire book‚ Meursault does not conform well into normal society. For example‚ he does not mourn his mother’s death. He also does not feel any regret after murdering a man who did not deserve to be murdered. However‚ at the end of the novel
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In the preface of his essay‚ The Myth of Sisyphus‚ Albert Camus states that the story is “A lucid invitation to live and to create‚ in the very midst of the desert. “ I agree with this statement as I believe that life is meaningless unless we create our own meaning. The world is merely arbitrary effects of causes that manifest and create life as we know it. When Camus says that the myth of Sisyphus is an invitation to live and create‚ he is saying that from this story we can learn to live on although
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shoulders. It seemed as though the pain she was experiencing was interminable. What this mother is experiencing is considered a very typical reaction‚ which many experience when a dear relative is lost. In the novel‚ The Stranger‚ written by Albert Camus‚ Meursault is the one who must face the agony of losing his mother. Many people might assume that Meursault would experience an emotional reaction
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Black Death‚ one of the deadliest plagues in world history‚ engraved a wide swath of cataclysmic damage and inflicted a large loss of life. Discriminating against no one‚ it claimed the lives of the lower class and the gentry‚ the young and the old. Albert Camus’s novel‚ The Plague‚ illustrates the effects of and the responses to a plague that strikes the Algerian city of Oran. The allegorical representations and actions of five central characters in the novel‚ Dr. Bernard Rieux‚ Jean Tarrou‚ Raymond
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The Stranger by Albert Camus is without a doubt one of the most iconic French novels to be released. The story begins with main character Meursault being introduced as someone with emotional indifference and lack of care for daily life. From there‚ readers get to see different sides of his character through interactions with various characters. Like most literary pieces‚ these small characters help contribute to the major character’s development. One of these characters in the book is one of his
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has painstakingly considered the exact ingredients to add to their work‚ and in what quantities. Nothing is added without a purpose‚ so if something reoccurs in a book‚ beyond the mundane circumstances‚ chances are‚ there is a weighty purpose. In Albert Camus’ The Stranger
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The Guest – Prejudice/Stereotyping In the short story‚ The Guest‚ by Albert Camus‚ there is evidence of prejudice that occurred in the area of El Ameur. The Arab that had been taken into custody was being taken to prison due to a murder that he supposedly committed against his cousin by a neighboring community that was soon to be at war with the Arab community. They didn’t offer a trial for the Arab to determine why he committed the crime or what circumstances it was under‚ they simply arrested
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throughout her writings. Brown supports the idea of individuality and originality through forms of isolation. Albert Camus displays his existential views through the motif of conformity and confinement in his novel The Stranger .This portrayal of the difference between society’s expectations and a character’s mentality of refusing to conform to society’s expectations through confinement reveals Camus philosophical belief of the benevolent indifference of the universe. The image of the elderly people gathered
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destiny when they were born‚ while others think that they decide what they do by themselves. In "the stranger"‚ Albert Camus creates Meursault as a protagonist‚ who does not think about anything deeply. Because of that‚ he can not really enjoy his life. However‚ finally‚ he thinks about his life when he faces death; he truly realized how to face to the absurd world‚ and thus becomes Camus’ perfect existential hero. Meursault is indifferent‚ and he thinks he perfectly enjoys each moment; however‚ the
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Plague’s allegorical and metaphysical narrative. Like most human observations‚ we notice the the obvious first‚ before we pull and prod at the exterior to reveal something more ambiguous and at the same time‚ something rather apparent. In the novel‚ Camus‚ “[juxtaposes] […] the symbolical and the realistic‚” creating a polygonal register where the connotative qualities can be discovered when taking into consideration Camus’s style of narration and metaphorical language (Picon‚ 147). Camus’s novel consists
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