under‚ the town you are from‚ or even the country that you were born in. Overall‚ a home is a place where you should feel accepted. French author‚ Albert Camus was born in Algeria and could not feel anymore left out from the society of which he lived in. Albert Camus wrote a book called‚ The Stranger‚ which takes place during the early 1940’s in Algeria. Although Albert was born in El Taref‚ Algeria‚ he was of French descent. Ever since 1848‚ Algeria was not only considered to be owned by the French
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Albert Camus THE STRANGER THE Stranger By ALBERT CAMUS Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert VINTAGE BOOKS A Division of Random House NEW YORK 1 Albert Camus THE STRANGER VINTAGE BOOKS are published by Alfred A. Knopf‚ Inc. and Random House‚ Inc. Copyright 1942 by Librairie Gallimard as L’ÉTRANGER Copyright 1946 by ALFRED A. KNOPF‚ INC. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher‚ except by a reviewer who
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“Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe‚ I don’t know.” (Camus‚ 3). These opening lines of The Stranger by Albert Camus gives a feeling for how the rest of the novel will continue to go. The reader’s initial reaction may be shocked. How does someone not know when their mother died and why do they not care? Albert Camus was an existentialist and wrote in such a way. Existentialism is a philosophy that focuses on the ideas of existence and not believing in a God‚ the freedom of choice and responsibility
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In his Novel The Stranger‚ Albert Camus tells the story of a man‚ Meursault‚ a character who shows almost no emotions‚ even though he lives an ordinary life. He has a job‚ a girl who loves him‚ and a life full or purpose‚ yet he still acts as a stranger in his work life‚ social life‚ and love life. From the first line of the story Meursault was strange‚ “Mother died today. Or‚ maybe‚ yesterday; I can’t be sure.” The telegram from the Home says: “Your mother passed away. Funeral tomorrow. Deep sympathy
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destiny‚ but to forge our own collective meaning. Independently‚ walking down the path to find your meaning is daunting and baffling‚ so‚ the idea of forming relationships helps ease the pathway to find happiness and a meaningful life. In The Stranger‚ Albert Camus illustrates the importance of relationships‚ as they help provide meaning but also the realization to cherish and hold life with significant value. The ideals of an existentialist philosophy reveal that there is no coherent
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In Albert Camus’ novel‚ The Stranger‚ Meursault represents an existentialist character. Most may believe him to be immoral‚ and in some cases they are almost correct. Contrary to that belief‚ just because Meursault is an emotionless silhouette of a man doesn’t mean he is immoral or evil. One cannot condemn him for being this way because he is simply misunderstood. Meursault does not make moral or immoral decisions‚ he is just completely indifferent to the matter. Readers are able to sympathize with
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THE STRANGER "What is it‚ indeed‚ the absurd man? The one who‚ without denying it‚ does not make anything for the eternal. It is not that the nostalgia is strange to him‚ but rather he prefers his anger and his reasoning. The first one teaches him to live without appeal and to be satisfied with what he has; the second teaches his limits. Sure of his freedom to term‚ of his rebellion without future and of his perishable conscience‚ his adventure continues in the time of its life. The field is
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The Itinerant One The Stranger by Albert Camus starts off with Meursault‚ who is the narrator of the story (in first person)‚ getting him a sad telegraph that tells him about the death of his beloved mom. Meursault then with no emotion goes to Marengo to see his mother’s body. The director of the assisted living home told him that he could see his mother. When Meursault found out that she was in her coffin‚ he declined the offer to take a look at her with disgust on his face. In the night‚
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Albert Camus’ The Stranger revolves around an ordinary man‚ Mersault‚ living in French Algiers in the 1940s. Narrated in first person point of view through Mersault’s eyes‚ the novel is about his life and his physical and emotional relationships around him. Beginning with the death of Mersault’s mother‚ the novel offers an existential point of view on life and is an exemplar of Camus’ philosophy of the absurd. Mersault’s character is initially nihilist and this novel is a narrative of how Mersault
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In the second part of “The Stranger‚” Meursault is on trial for the assassination of an Arab man. Camus simply utilizes the trial as a metaphor for life to promote his notion of the absurd. Camus believes that the absurdity of our inherently meaningless life is our quest to find meaning or validity in a world where there is no absolute truth. Similar to our ambition to find meaning in our life‚ the trial attempts to search for Meursault’s motive to murder the seemingly innocent Arab. As the case
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