The Stranger Essay

Word Count: 1211 Kyle Vaughn 4/30/15 IB English Howell Meursault and the absurd in The Stranger In Philosophy, the absurd refers to" the conflict between the human tendency to seek inherent value and meaning in life and the human inability to find any."(.......) The quote refers to humans always wanting to find meaning but not being able to find any. According to this definition one could draw the connection between absurdism and existentialism. It is however important to note that Camus did

In The Stranger by Albert Camus, there are two relationships that contrast each other, Salamano and his dog and Meursault and his mother. The first relationship is used to juxtaposition the second. The two relationships have many similarities and many differences as well. In The Stranger, the main character and his mother have an odd relationship. When the mother dies on page 1, the main character, Meursault, does not show a lot of emotion. This is bizarre because the book does not talk about

The Stranger by Albert Camus starts off with Meursault receiving a telegram. The contents told him that his mother had died. She was living in an old folks home in Marengo. Meursault asks his boss for a short leave as to attend the funeral, only to grudgingly accept causing Meursault to feel guilty. He arrives late, seeing the coffin closed. The caretaker comes in and idly chats much to Meursault's annoyance. Meursault spends the night watching over his mother's coffin, eventually his mom's friends

Samari Coleman The Stranger Topic #4 (Heat and Sun effects on behavior) In the fictional novel, The Stranger, the heat and sun have an effect on Meursault's mood and behavior. The motif is dispersed and mentioned throughout the entire novel. The heat and sun can put Meursault in a pleasant mood, and at times a unpleasant mood. The two elements also have an effect his behavior. They are also a strong influence on the events and thoughts of Meursault in the novel. Heat symbolizes the indifference

In our world, there are certainly expected manners of behavior ranging from emotional reactions to obeying laws. However, in The Stranger, Mersault lives his life detached from these societal constraints. Even though he lives an unusual life, he doesn’t completely alienate himself from society until he shoots a man. Later when he is in prison, violence erupts when he opposes the Chaplain’s Christian beliefs. Meursault’s rebellious actions in both of these scenes illuminate how society condemns people

The Stranger by Albert Camus was a very interesting book that dealt with the importance of the material world. Camus is a philosopher, and was able to express his views through Meursault, the main character. Albert Camus has an absurdist touch in his philosophy, and this really showed through in this work. Many of Meursault's actions reflect ideas that life is meaningless, and that sometimes the world is just absurd and strange. This novel takes place in Algiers, in North Africa around 1940. This

The stranger by Albert Campus initially portrays Meursault empathetic and disconnected with the mortality, but in the end Camus shows that perception of person can change when significant of human life can be understood while your own death is around. In the beginning of the novel, Meursault is stated to be like an infant, but eventually he is shown to gain more maturity due to being more connected to his surroundings. Though, throughout the novel Meursault seems to take a role of villain due

“And so, with that crisp, whipcrack sound, it all began.” (Camus 1946) The Stranger begins by introducing us to the main character, who we know simply as Meursault, and his struggle with his mother’s funeral in Algiers. Meursault is a young man, I imagine him to be between 25 and 35, who seems detached from society. He appears to be unbothered by the fact that his mother has died, but more focused on his own discomfort in the heat. Later on he acts indifferent to Marie’s feelings for him; she wants

Justice vs. Society "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." -Malcolm X. Justice plays a vital, but arbitrary portrayal in the novel, The Stranger. Monsieur Meursault is an emotionally detached, absurd, protagonist male character who exemplifies his own meaning of justice. Meursault demonstrates several emotionless, indifferent, nonchalant actions throughout this melancholic novel. He lives

In the novel “The Stranger” by Albert Camus the protagonist Meursault is a very detached character who does not view life like others. He is very emotionally indifferent from others and he shows this with the death of his mother and when spending time with his “lover” which he is not really sure if he loves her or not. He did not follow or accept the morals other civilians follow. He is typically viewed as an outsider. Every day he wakes up and unlike normal people, he does not have a boulder to