A Outsider Of The Stranger By Andre Gide And Albert Camus

Camus published “L'Etranger” or “The Stranger” during World War II, and it became one of his most discussed works in Europe (Rhein). The popularity of Camus’ work can be attributed to the overall feelings in Europe brought by the havoc of war that had left the lands marred. Many people throughout Europe were hurt by the war and began to question the point of life amidst such destruction. This resonates with the modern audience as well because “The Stranger” continues to play on themes that can be seen in the horrifying occurrences that fill the media today (Rhein). Many atrocities allow a modern audience to relate to the events of WWII, such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Haitian earthquake, which leave many questioning

Rubin’s dissection of Meursault in The Stranger details that he “is a man condemned to death not so much for a criminal act as for his attitude.” In regard to this statement, the reader is presented with the idea that he is being put to death as a result of his “attitude,” which is that of an outsider, or someone “removed” from society, and his motives were based on an absurdist mentality that leads one to think of death as “just another thing” because of the pointlessness of life, as there is no hope. We are lead to believe that Meursault is some “sick and twisted” person without realizing his indifference to the emotional expectations of society. The murkiness of his conscience is like a black and white film over his eyes that open to the

Meursault can simply be seen as a man who has created a sense of isolation for himself from the world. The lack of belongingness is ethnic and political, and it is also personal in the sense that Meursault lacks the ability to have meaningful relationships. He is a man who lives his life for himself and no one else, who can be seen as refusing to say more than what he knows, or in other words is a man of few words. He prefers to live within his own mind because that is the only reality that makes sense to him. Meursault can be explained by the existentialist view of psychology which basically has the idea that life has no meaning, it is accidental and there is no purpose behind

Meursault is a psychologically detached man on trial for murder. However, it is ultimately his psychological detachment, not the murder of another man, that proves to be most damaging to his reputation and judicial case. Deemed a monster by society for his lack of emotion and general indifference, Meursault is sentenced to public execution by guillotine. The Stranger, a philosophical novel by Albert Camus, explores the concept of alienation as a result of failing to adhere to society’s accepted moral standards. Camus begins with the idea of extreme indifference in a world that expects deep human emotions and feelings, continues with the murder of the Arab man, and ends with the concept of human life ultimately having no grand meaning or importance

The Stranger The conflict of personal integrity and social norms is one of the fundamental themes of Albert Camus’ book “The Stranger”. The title itself (The Stranger or The Outsider) puts Meursault outside of the normal world, isolating him from hope and understanding. And as an outsider, he displays behaviors that normal people do not understand and thus condemn in an irrational way. For example, during the trial, it was more important for the prosecution to emphasize the fact that Meursault did not cry after his mother’s death than it was for them to focus on the actual details of the murder case.

Within the last defendant Raymond’s testimony, who was Meursault’s friend that all this was ultimately caused from, we can see the how exactly the prosecutor fully intends to rationalize Meursault. Raymond was

The theme of absurdity can be seen through three different lenses in The Stranger, by Albert Camus: life, decisions, and reflection. The first lens in which the reader can see absurdity in the novel is when the protagonist lives for the sensual pleasures of the present moment. The second lens in which the reader can see absurdity in the novel is when the protagonist absurdity of the protagonists decisions on how he does or doesn’t decide to kill the Arab. The third lens in which the reader can see absurdity in the novel is when the protagonist how he reflects back on his decisions and life and concludes that life means nothing between birth and death. The changes in the lenses of Meursault ‘s absurdum are projected through the author’s choice of different language.

The story of The Stranger by Albert Camus is quite simple. Monsieur Meursault is a simple man, leading a simple, useless life until he makes some new friends and finds himself with someone else’s blood on his hands and his life on the line. Through Meursault’s reaction to his own impending death, Camus portrays the meaninglessness of human life.

Albert Camus’ The Stranger: Isolation within a Literary Classic In Albert Camus’ Nobel Prize winning novel The Stranger, we are introduced to a dynamic character named Monsieur Meursault. The way Camus writes the novel is by starting with a character that really doesn’t make decisions or give importance to any one or to any of the things happening around him; he is an isolated man. All the feelings or thoughts that he has are very passive; he gets over them very quickly. But going on an unexpected long get-away with his friend Reymond and girlfriend Marie, started to change the type of man he use to be. Finding one of Reymond’s old enemies, an Arab and his gang, made Monsieur, the once innocent man, a murderer.

In the novel The Stranger by Albert Camus, the main character Meursault kills an Arab man after the man attacks his friend and ends up in prison, condemned to death after the jury finds him guilty almost solely based on the fact that he was insensitive at his mother’s funeral. While in prison, Meursault has several epiphanies, that is, he has several moments when he feels a sudden sense of understanding about important aspects of his life that help him make peace with the fact that he will die soon. The epiphanies that Meursault reach parallel the epiphanies that I have reached during my lifetime in that we both realized that there are lives that exist independently of ours and that in the big picture, the lives we are living are

Meursault isolates himself from the lifestyle that the society attempts to condition him, but this pressure from society isn’t understood by him. One will not realize that they are breaking societal rules if they are entrapped into a world of their own and believe that that world is perfectly fine the way it is.

In the novel, The Stranger by Albert Camus, Meursault the protagonist, becomes drawn into a “senseless” murder that has to face the absurdity of life and because of his actions, Meursault is presented as a danger due to his lack of “morality” to society. Meursault who is not able to take control of his life but respond to what life offers him believes in the simplicity of life. He tries to understand the living through logic and objectivity, which ultimately turns futile, as he himself cannot maintain proper control over his thoughts and emotions. From the interactions between Marie, to the murder of the Arab, and the meeting with the Chaplain, Meursault overcomes his indifferent views to form an opinion about what life really means. The central theme presented by Camus is how the threat of mortality becomes a catalyst for understanding the significance of life.

   The Stranger by Albert Camus was published in 1942. The setting of the novel is Algiers where Camus spent his youth in poverty. In many ways the main character, Meursault, is a typical Algerian youth. Like them, and like Camus himself, Meursault was in love with the sun and the sea. His life is devoted to appreciating physical sensations. He seems so devoid of emotion. Something in Meursault's character has appealed primarily to readers since the book's publication. Is he an absurd anti-hero? Is he a moral monster? Is he a rebel against a conventional morality? Critics and readers alike have disputed a variety of approaches to Meursault. I believe he is the embryo

At one point, he declines a job offer to go to Paris. Despite the fact that he'd be able to leave colonial Algeria for Paris, which would seem like a good life choice for many, he doesn't care for the offer. Meursault said that “people never change their lives, that in any case one life was as good as another and that [he] wasn't dissatisfied with [his] here at all” (41). Meursault shows himself not only be indifferent to things or people around him, but that he's also indifferent to his future as everything is the same to him. In his relationship with Marie, Meursault was indifferent to the idea of getting married to her. When asked about marriage and if he really loved Marie, he responded that “it didn't mean anything but that [he] probably didn't love her . . . that it didn't really matter and that if she wanted to, [they] could get married” (ibid). Here he was, saying that he didn't care if he got married. By doing this, he discarded his own ability to decide his future, and instead put it in the hands of someone else. In this respect, Meursault is also like the world, in that his future is decided by others, but unlike the world, Meursault has the ability to decide his future, but never takes the chance, because, like the world, he doesn't care.

In “The Stranger” by Camus, Meursault’s actions throughout the story can be summed up in one word, absurd.