Who Is Meursault In The Stranger By Albert Camus

In The Stranger, Albert Camus describes the life of the protagonist, Meursault, through life changing events. The passage chosen illustrates Meursault’s view during his time in prison for killing the Arab. In prison, one can see the shifts in Meursault’s character and the acceptance of this new lifestyle. Camus manipulates diction to indicate the changes in Meursault caused by time thinking of memories in prison and realization of his pointless life. Because Camus published this book at the beginning of World War II, people at this time period also questions life and death similar to how Meursault does.

Meursault says this when he comes back from his mother’s funeral and is able to convey the meaningless of life and reflect on his mother’s death. Meursault still lacks remorse or grief and fails to reminisce about his mother in a typical or normal way. Instead, Meursault feels that since now his mother is gone, his apartment is too big for him. He doesn’t express how her death affects him emotionally, but spatially and abstractly. This signifies just how alone he is and how he views himself to be too small when inhabiting such a big world. Even though Meursault fails to display any signs of distress due to his mother’s death, this scene is probably the closest he gets to somewhat admitting he misses his mother enough to notice that she

Later on in the book, after he kills an Arab, not once does he show any

Although Meursault is the title character and narrator of Albert Camus’ short novel The Stranger, he is also a somewhat flat character. His apparent indifferent demeanor may be a convenience to Camus, who mainly wanted to display his ideas of absurdism. And as a flat character, Meursault is not fully delineated: he lacks deep thought and significant change. His purpose is that of a first-person narrator whose actions embody the absurd, even before he has any awareness of the fact. Since Meursault is embodied absurdism, it is not necessary that he be hyperaware of his thoughts and intentions. His truth has already been built into his character by the

He did not believe in an afterlife, so he has no purpose to worry about the consequences after death. Meursault is “sure about [himself], about everything, surer than he could ever be,” (Camus 120). The only thing left he is sure of is the rest of his life and his near death. He is so sure that “nothing, nothing matter[s],”

In the novel The Stranger, written by Albert Camus, Meursault, who works in an office, and Raymond, who says he works in a warehouse, end up getting involved with a few atrocious incidents. The main character, Meursault, is foiled by his friend and neighbor Raymond. A foil is someone who gives contrast to another. These two have many similarities and even some differences that enhance one another. Meursault and Raymond have some similarities that make it easy for them to get along with each other.

For Meursault life decisions are based on what is most convenient to him, not based on emotions that he may or may not feel. When Marie asks Meursault if he had any feelings of love towards her he “said that sort of question had no meaning” (Camus 24) but that he probably didn’t really feel any love

In the stranger, by Albert Camus, we are introduced to the main character named Meursault. it is clear from the beginning that he is not like any other character. what makes him unique is his lack of compassion for many events that occur throughout the novel. since he lacks emotion he earns a reputation which causes his community to hate and fear him. it calls for the readers to ask questions and really explore Meursault true character.

   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

If someone goes up to a devout person, and says that there is no such thing as god, that devote person, of course would be threatened. The devout person is threatened because he believes that without god, there is nothing. If there is nothing, that devout person’s life would not be in existence. After reading The Stranger, by Albert Camus, one wonders why Meursault, the main character, is so threatening to the Chaplain and the Magistrate. Meursault threatens the Chaplain and the Magistrate, with his beliefs.

In response to the inquiry, Meursault is "The Stranger," (AKA outsider) because his actions deviate from the social norms. Meursault's deviations are shown frequently throughout the novel. The most noticeable one is his lack of empathy during his mother's funeral. While many people mourn and demonstrated sorrow, Meuralt remained apathetic. Incidentally, that lack of emapthy led to his demise in the trial. In addition to that, Meursault's lack of ambition and drive is another sign of his deviations from society. Whereas it is good to have a good pay and a good job, Meursault rejected such opportunities from his superior. Then when he had a chance to marry Marie, Meursault showed no exuberance, but instead, he was nonchalant. Concerning the social

The language in The Stranger (The Outsider) is strikingly simple. The sentences are molded to fit their function. They state what Meursault, the narrator believes. More importantly, their structure conveys Meursault’s feelings. His feelings are a prominent focal point of the novel. With all of the varying emotions and feelings he has throughout the story, there is one general term that can be applied to them all: indifferent. Meursault delights in simple pleasures, but never fully indulges himself into any of his endeavors. He is always reserved, taciturn, lacking an abundance of emotion. The only passionate surge that emanates from his mind and body comes in the form of his

Kumari, Department of Psychology; Iqbal, PhD Clinical & Health Psychology; and Khan, Applied Social Counseling, Health & Wellbeing Psychology from New Delhi stated that although habitual criminals are usually more emotionally unstable than first time criminals (Kumari et al., 2017), both types suffer from different psychological disorders, with neuroticism being one. In these criminals, neuroticism causes anxiety, stress, and emotional instability that can increase the person’s risk of mental health problems (Kumari et al., 2017). This trait in criminals differs from the traits of Meursault from The Stranger by Albert Camus because, throughout the novel, Meursault is emotionless towards all the other characters—even his girlfriend. Singh, Department

Raymond typifies the beast-character in Camus' The Stranger (The Outsider). He is like Stanley from A Streetcar Named Desire (T. Williams), emotional and manly. Physical solutions come naturally to him, as we see when he mistreats his ex-girlfriend. Ideally, society is exactly the opposite; law and order attempt to solve things fairly and justly. I propose that Meursault is somewhere between these two extremes and that this is the reason why he is a societal outcast. This metaphor explains his major actions in the book: as he struggles to keep his identity, his personality comes in conflict with the norms of society and he is shut down.

The title of the novel “The Stranger”, written by Albert Camus, connects appropriately to the novel’s main character, Meursault. Meursault is a stranger in this novel, nobody really knows too much about him and his personal life. It seems as if not even his own girlfriend knew much about him. Meursault is more of an observer than a sharing type of person. This can be part of the reason of why he is such a stranger to other people.