The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Stranger “The Stranger,” written by the Algerian writer Albert Camus, is a novel about Meursault, a character who’s different and even threatening views on life take him to pay the highest price a person can pay: his life. This was Camus’ first novel written in the early 1940’s, in France, and it reflects the authors belief that there is no meaning in life and it is absurd for humans to try to find it places like religion. The main themes of the novel are irrationality of the universe and the

The Stranger by Albert Camus, begins by Meursault’s mother dying. Meursault does not express any anguish towards the death, this introduces the theme, life is meaningless. The only thing that life guarantees is death, why live if you’re ultimately working towards the inevitable. The theme is shown early on in the book after his mother’s funeral when he thought, “Mother was buried now, tomorrow I’d be going back to work as usual. Really, nothing had changed,” (Camus 30). This indicates that death

Albert Camus said, “Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that 's what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity.” In other terms, Camus is indicating that absurdity affects us all even if it’s hidden all the way on the bottom, but it’s the joy that comes from absurdity that makes us take risks and live freely without any thought or focus. Camus also specifies that the only

The novel The Stranger, written by Albert Camus, encompasses contemporary philosophies of existentialism and absurdism. Existentialist and absurdist philosophies entail principles regarding that one’s identity is not based on nature or culture, but rather by sole existence. The role of minor characters in The Stranger helps to present Camus’s purpose to convey absurdist and existentialist principles. The characters of Salamano and Marie are utilized in order to contrast the author’s ideas about contemporary

Translation Assignment: The Stranger by Albert Camus In society, many people will reach a stage in their life where they encounter an “existential crisis” and begin to seek answers by questioning the meaning of their existence, or whether a meaning truly exists. Absurdism is the school of thought which argues that meaning is inherently absent in the universe, but that one must embrace this to live freely. Albert Camus uses this philosophy to masterfully craft The Stranger, a novella in which the

The Stranger by Albert Camus originally written in French has the title “l'étranger” which roughly translates to the “Foreign” as opposed to the English title “the Stranger”, though out the book Meursault appears like a “outsider” to his society, unlike other compassionate humans, Meursault never cried at his mother’s funeral nor, did he question why he killed the Arab, he just simply killed the Arab without any remorse or indication why. While charged at guilty for killing the Arab, Meursault never

Albert Camus’s novel “The Stranger” revolves around a young man estranged from society. This man, Monsieur Meursault, lives the majority of his life fulfilling his own physical needs and social obligations, but has little emotional connection to the world around him. Throughout the book Meursault attends his mother’s funeral, begins a serious relationship with his former co-worker Marie, kills a man without motive, goes through trial, and is sentenced for execution. His lack of emotional response

In the novel, The Stranger, by Albert Camus, the pointlessness of life and existence is exposed through the illustration of Camus’s absurdist world view. The novel tells the story of an emotionally detached, amoral young man named Meursault. Meursault shows us how important it is to start thinking and analyzing the events that happen in our lives. He does this by developing the theme of conflicts within society. Albert Camus’s novel The Stranger portrays Meursault, the main character, as a static

In the novel, The Stranger by Albert Camus there are three major themes established by the main character, Meursault. His detachment from his emotions and him essentially being a sociopath set’s a major tone for the novel. In The Stranger, the major themes introduced are Isolation, The Meaninglessness of Human Existence, and Lack of Human Emotions. These are the three most major because it’s all surrounding the main character, Meursault and these themes provide similarities between Lord of the Flies

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