The Stranger

The Hanging Stranger A science fiction story that affects you psychologically is the only way to describe this story without giving anything away. It actually caught my eye because it was under the horror section as a psychological horror story, which are a favorite of mine. It was first introduced in the 1950’s in one of Philip’s books, Science Fiction Adventures but was later added to The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick.

While reading The Stranger I noticed that traits that Albert Camus character depicts in the book are closely related to the theories of Sigmund Freud on moral human behavior. Albert Camus portrays his character of Meursault as a numb, emotionless person that seems to mindlessly play out his role in society, acting in a manner that he sees as the way he’s supposed to act, always living in the moment with his instincts driving him, and if the right circumstance presents itself the primal deep seeded animal will come out. I believe that most of the character’s traits fall under Freud’s notion of the Id and Ego mental apparatus, and don’t believe that his idea of the super-ego is represented in this book.

The Stranger The Stranger exhibits a society that has confined itself with a specific set of social standards that dictate the manner in which people are supposed to act. This ideology determines the level of morality, and how much emphasis should placed on following this certain "ethical" structure. Albert Camus's main character, Meursault, is depicted as a nonconformist that is unwilling to play society's game. Through Meursault's failure to comply with society's values and conform to the norm, he is rejected and also condemned to death by society.

“The Stranger” by Albert Camus follows the story of an apathetic and withdrawn man, Meursault, as he easily cruises through life with the belief that he is indifferent to the universe. The novel begins with Meursault receiving news that his mother had passed away. Immediately after traveling to the funeral, and not showing an ounce of emotion, Meursault engages in an unemotional relationship with a woman named Marie. His moral bankruptcy and emotionally detached demeanor stays constant throughout the majority of the novel, even after committing murder and being sentenced to death. In fact, as a consequence of his sentencing Meursault has an epiphany and realizes that the universe is irrational and therefore indifferent to human life. This theme

1. On page 109, Meursault says after his death sentence has been pronounced that there "really was something ridiculously out of proportion between the verdict such certainty was based on and the imperturbable march of events from the moment the verdict was announced." How does this comment address the strong need manifested in social and legal institutions to attain certainty about people and events?

The Stranger by Albert Camus has caught my attention from the first sentence. I have an impression that it’s going to be a darker, more in depth book into one’s mind and the way one thinks and I normally enjoy that in a way an author writes. I admire the way the author opened up the novel with tragedy and showed you a lot more about the main character, Monsieur Meursault, with the way he handled the loss of his mother's death. He almost seemed numb to the pain and the events that were unfolding around him. However, i do not believe his unsympathetic manners meant that he didn't care for his deceased mother. I believe everyone grieves differently.

In the movie, “A stranger among us”, it is vivid that there are three ethnic groups that are represented. The first group of people is the Jewish religious people who are from the Hasidic sub group of the Jewish religion. The second group of people represented in the movie are the mobsters who detective Eden refers to them as “scumbags”. The third group of people are the citizens of Brooklyn like detective Eden herself, her father, the boyfriend and other police men. All these groups play a significant role in the movie and thus are able to show is the diversity that exists in the movie. The movie is portrayed from various perspectives and this is because of the uniqueness of the groups represented in the movie. One of the main perspectives which the movie is portrayed is through detective Eden’s perspective, who observes the lives and the culture of the Jewish community. By virtual of the lack of understanding of the Jewish culture that we are able to learn how the Jews live and also get to know more about their culture. The other perspective in which the movie is presented is through the Jews, which enables us to see the ways of life in their community, in a completely different perspective.

The book The Stranger thematically coveys that society is the real sociopath that uses manipulation to always prove it’s right in the face of the individual’s different truth. People will always side with society over the individual due to society “never” being wrong. Throughout Meursault’s trial he sits there in the hot courtroom listening to the prosecutor talk about everything but his crime. He’s on trial for murder and it is expected of the prosecutor to paint Meursault as this horrible monster and Meursault knows that but he still isn’t able to take it.

Albert Camus creates a series of characters in The Stranger whose personality traits and motivations mirror those that are overlooked by the average man. Camus develops various characters and scenarios that are considered rude and unpleasant, but because it has become common, society accepts it as norms. Camus incorporates atrocious personality traits of the characters, variety, consistency, and everyone’s fate through the creation of the characters.

A Stranger Among Us is a movie that displays many aspects of ethnicity, and how many different groups of people interact and adapt to each other’s difference. There is a murder and a detective named Emily Eden has to place herself into a Jewish community to help solve this murder. In the film there is several groups displayed and many different perspectives, along with an ethnic neighborhood and lots of learning about the Hasidic culture, and Detective Eden made some crucial mistakes in unraveling the murder. Also, this is a movie that is beneficial to everyone in our class.

Albert Camus creates a series of characters in The Stranger whose personality traits and motivations mirror those that are overlooked upon by the average man. Camus develops various characters and scenarios that show true humanity which tends to have been ignored due to the fact of how typical it has become. Camus incorporates abominable personality traits of the characters, variety, consistency, and everyone’s fate.

It is the beginning of the book. We know nothing of the plot that is to come, nothing of the narrator Mersault, and nothing of his eventual demise. The Stranger could have begun with Mersault introducing himself, or with a description of the setting, but instead it began with the following quote:

In Albert Camus’ The Stranger, Meursault is seen as a very unique character, but not in a good way. Throughout the novel, he continually fails to show normal human emotions to things like his mother’s death, Marie’s love, and the man he killed. Most people in his town, along with the reader at first, are not able to reason out his actions but as the final events of the novel unfold, the reader begins to see Meursault in a different light.

The Stranger by Albert Camus follows the story of a man named Meursault, who received notice that his mother had passed away. Meursault was not emotionally connected to his mother, and his reaction is not what the reader would expect, as he did not seem to care at all. Therefore, the day after attending his mother’s funeral, Meursault goes to the beach and meets up with his girlfriend, Marie. After the beach, Meursault and Marie go to a movie and spend the night together. When he returns home from work the next day, Meursault runs into his neighbor, Raymond, who beats his mistress. Later in the story, Meursault, Marie, and Raymond go to a beach house, which is owned by Raymond’s friend, Masson. At the beach, Masson, Raymond, and Meursault

The Stranger by Albert Camus is a novel told through the eyes of a man named Meursault, living in French occupied Algeria during the height of colonial rule. Meursault, the main character who is detached from the world around him, is ruled by his base instincts rather than sentimental feelings. This novel explores the theme of absurdity and the actions of a seemingly absurd man perceiving his world as dysfunctional. An example “Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don’t know. I got a telegram from the home: "Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours." The opening sentences of the novel shows Meursault’s absurdist outlook on life, his detachment to people, and quiet alienation from the rest of society. It’s also a big flashing clue that he is also unaware. He doesn’t even know which day his mother died because to him it meant nothing. Meursault’s casual and nonchalant attitude throughout his mother’s funeral creates an emotional wedge between him and the reader insofar as their inability to justify his behavior. Meursault is amoral; he doesn’t seem to have any issues testifying to the "character" of a completely questionable dude. If there’s "no good reason not to," you could get Meursault to do anything.The fact that the structure of the book portrays Meursault’s indifferent attitude makes it so that reader is at odds with him in the beginning of the book. The first thing I do is to begin to search for a reason why Meursault is acting this way and causes them