Meursault is eventually convicted and sentenced to death because of his inability to conform to the societal expectations of French Algeria in the 1940’s. 3. Characters: Meursault- the protagonist and narrator of the novel, Meursault is a young shipping clerk who has detached himself from the world around him. He is indifferent
During the beginning of the novel, Meursault goes to his neighbor Raymond’s house. The visit results into a physical fight due to insults made towards Meursault. Relating to aspects on violence, this scene was made to show simple
Will Hartman Ms. Hogan English 4 March 10 Is Meursault a bad person? Is Meursault a bad person or just misunderstood? " The Stranger" by Albert Camus follows the life of a man named Meursault. This book was set in the 1940s. After careful consideration of Meurasult's actions and motives, it is obvious that he is an imperfect individual who is guilty of making very unethical decisions.
Close Reading - The Stranger In The Stranger, Albert Camus depicts a man, Meursault, who is emotionless to the situations that surround him. After committing a murder, he gets put on trial and is deemed as a danger to society, and therefore, gets sentenced to a death sentence. However, this decision was not made due to rational reasons but from false accusations on Meursault’s character and motives. In the passage, Camus uses point of view to portray how the people in the courtroom perceived Meursault the way they wanted him to act.
Right away the death of Meursault’s mother joined with other very random occurrences seem to be everyday occurrences. Once again I noticed the similarities of the two main characters of the book, acting as if all the events in their lives seem to be normal. Meursault views life so simply, despite its irregularity. This can be seen in the quote in which he talks about life, “I said that people never change their lives, that in any case on life was as good as another and that I was not dissatisfied with mine her at all”. He really exerts no emotion towards anything in this life.
The Stranger, written by Albert Camus, It follows the story of our tragic hero, Meursault, shortly after his mother dies through the events that lead to him being sentenced to death. Camus uses the motif of weather to express Meursault’s emotions. The Stranger shows how even when a person does not explicitly express emotion they are shown in some way. How emotions are expressed is a window to a person's personality. I will first discuss how Meursault appears emotionless, than how Camus uses the motif of weather to express Meursault’s emotions for him and lastly what impact this makes.
What if life contributed to no meaning and the only point which matters is the existence happening during the present? To make things worse, as humans live, they breath, but as they die a salvation is received to their soul, and their existence is over. The Stranger by Albert Camus illustrates that the human soul exists in the world physically, therefore the presence or absence does not contribute to any particular event in life. Through, this thought the novel introduces Meursault, who alienates himself from society. He lacks concern for social conventions and is deprived of the physical bounding from people around him.
I believe each person holds their own views on life, while this seems to be a reasonable assumption it stands to argue that people can share common beliefs as a community. An example would be people who follow the same religion; Christianity is a faith who believes marriage is a sacred practice between their god, a man and a woman. Christianity does not favor same sex marriages due to their belief marriage is meant to help encourage reproduction of more church going members. A person, like myself, would agree with certain aspects of the religion but not its entire philosophy. In “The Stranger” by Albert Camus, Meursault’s refusal to accept that he has been sentence to death is what prompts him to seek a repeal of the sentence.
All of themes are evident with Meursault’s emotionless nature. Meursault lives his life as if none of the actions he commits or the events that happen to him will matter in the end. This is shown when Meursault’s mom dies. When this occurs, Meursault doesn’t appear to be sad or even care about his mother's passing, which is the main subject of his trial. Meursault was unable to communicate how he really felt about his mother's death which meant that he continued
The Universe is a scary and vast thing. It’s full of unpredictability and that results in the necessity for a reason these phenomenons occur. In The Stranger, Albert Camus tries to show the absurdity of reason on certain events. Meursault lives his life with little to no feeling, he meets people but just goes with the grain. Eventually he kills an Arab and goes on trial.
We see how his thoughts and how they contrast from others. Throughout the novel, we see how society’s standard on someone could affect them. Meursault is judged by his society for being who he is, at first, he sees no problem with himself till society questions him. Meursault is an anomaly in society; he cannot relate directly to others because he does not live as they do. In the novel,
There are few books that have the ability to make one feel as uncomfortable as Albert Camus’ The Stranger––generally, people read to escape their lives, not to confront them. In the book, a man named Meursault kills someone in cold blood and is put on trial for his crime. The prosecutor capitalizes on Meursault’s inability to express his feelings, and so Meursault receives a death sentence. The Stranger explores many existentialist ideas, and one particular scene represents these themes better than any other: when Meursault faces his impending execution, it highlights the importance of facing the world’s absurdity and of accepting consequences, as well as the desire of outsiders to become a part of society. First and foremost, it is only in
The Stranger is a fiction contains philosophy from Albert Camus, individual lives and human existence in general have no rational meaning or order. The whole book could be easily summarized how the society attempts to impose rationality on an irrational universe. The protagonist of the Stranger, Meursault, is the type of person with no intense love or hate, fails to distinguish right from wrong. His physiological reactions often interfere with his emotions. And he doesn't feel matter as normal people usually do.
The Stranger by Albert Camus follows the daily life of Meursault, a French-Algerian that embodies Camus’ philosophical views of absurdum. Meursault’s life is a simple one; at first glance, he is like any other working, middle class man. However, through the first person narration, we gain insight into his unconventional thought process. He does not place value on anything, including, possessions, love and ambition. Nevertheless, he is content with his life.
As the French, absurdist philosopher Albert Camus once said, “Being different is not a bad thing. It means you are brave enough to be yourself.” That summed up with our topic, which is absurdity through human existence, a human being should tolerate the absurd condition of human existence. Albert Camus introduces Meursault the protagonist and narrator of the book The Stranger, who is a stranger through society eyes and the title point out his personality in the world of absurdity. Meursault is indifferent and alienates young man to others.
