What Is Meursault's Point Of View

The narrator is reliable and the point of view of the story is in third person omniscient. The narrator tells us what all the characters like Millicent are saying, doing, or thinking, causing readers to be able to grasp a deeper understanding of everything happening around them.

On the other hand, Edgar Allen Poe writes in the first person narrator and the reader is able to experience all that the main character is

Brave New World, as a third person omniscient novel, is not limited to simple, chronological structure. In fact, Huxley routinely experiments with structure, amazing his reader by putting two different conversations adjacent to each as point of views. His plan to create an ultramodern world and then to introduce John the Savage as an outsider simply demands an eccentric structure. In introducing the Savage Reservation,

In this passage, Meursault tries to decide what he wants to do on his free Sunday. He goes over his thought process and attempts to justify his actions with a logical explanation through repeatedly using “because.” Meursault cooked himself some eggs and ate it out of the pan without any bread “because” he had ran out and didn’t feel like going out and buying some. He turned his chair around like a tobacconist “because” he found it to be more comfortable. Meursault supports not going and having at lunch at Celeste’s like he usually does “because” he knew they would ask questions and wanted to avoid that. Much of Camus’s writing style in The Stranger consists of him stating things in a logical manner as if they were facts. This is crucial to Meursault’s character because his motives primarily consist of him thinking rationally rather than emotionally. This eventually turns out to be his fatal flaw.

Meursault is not given a first name, knor is he given any physical attributes. I can be said that this is to generalize him. When not given an identity, we are able to see him as anyone. It allows us to bend him and shape him to our will, thus proving that he is what is expected of him to be. Therefore proving that no one is meant to be something in life, we are all merely going along with what happens.

Rather than giving direct interpretations, in Chapter 1 this is the great initial setup with that incredibly famous first sentence including “maman” which is a French term of endearment for a mother it's a little bit shy of mommy. It's kind of like how mama is said today so that whole entire issue there introduces a situation in which Meursault is disengaged. Meursault is at his mother's funeral but he doesn't really seem too terribly affected by it complaining more about being tired and the weather than anything else.

The real stranger in The Stranger is Meursault’s purpose to his life. The novel portrays him to the reader like a normal character when he isn’t. As any reader would believe there is much wrongdoings done by Meursault but they are missing the bigger picture; that he is indifferent to whether his actions were right or wrong because he didn’t think that his life had any purpose. The first part of The Stranger is a basis for how apathetic and passive Meursault was.

Meursault fully accepts his fate and understands his situation. In a truly absurdist fashion he rationalizes his position where no meaning can be found. He was condemned by his society because he was seen as a stranger. In the beginning Meursault is listening for footsteps, thinking of escape, what he will do after and what he should have done before. However, talking to the priest aggravates him with the talk of God and divine justice, when it is human justice that condemns him. Meursault’s outburst of anger causes him to lose hope in living. Unlike the priest who seems so sure of everything but as a human he cannot, Meursault is sure of himself and in the truth, as he always has been. (He is sure in the truth that he is going to die) In this

Throughout the book, Meursault slowly gains a more and more absurd mindset. Over the course of the novel he becomes more self focused, and his freedom of choice. Meursault begins to search

The Stranger tells the story of a man named Meursault, who lives for the physical pleasures in the moment, free of unwritten laws or societal pressures. Instead of obeying the social norms rules, Meursault tries to live as honestly as he can,

Meursault is the main character in the novel called The Stranger. He receives a telegram about his mother’s death who lived in an old persons home in Marengo Algiers. Meursault asks his boss for the time off to go to his mother’s funeral. He gives him the time off but makes him feel guilty about it.

What makes a narration so unique? How different can we perceive a story depending on who and how tells it? In the act of storytelling, many features are essential, such as the narrative time or mode, but especially the role of the narrator is crucial. Depending on the narrator’s perspective, many different impressions can be assumed. In Charles Dickens’ “Hard Times”, Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights” and Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” the narratological voice is third person, which means that the narrator tells the story from the outside. A third person narrator can be omniscient, which is aware of everything or limited, which has a more restricted knowledge. Each author has employed the third person narration in a different and unique way, which makes each story different from one another.

Meursault’s approach to life remained consistent throughout the novel. He was convinced of the world’s indifference to him and everyone else. Meursault had a nonchalant and superficial view about his relationships with people and life circumstances. His view of society is that it owed him nothing, therefore he owed nothing to anyone. People were thought of as interchangeable parts, one being easily adaptable and replaceable by another. Meursault is portrayed as a generally unemotional and detached character. There is not much known about Meursault’s life, other than to realize it is much more complicated that the author is indicating. There may be one defining moment in his past that made Meursault this way that we are not informed of from the story. We do know that Meursault is interested in the physical world around him, rather than its social or emotion aspects. While Meursault is perceived as a generally unemotional and detached character, there are specific instances where his actions reveal a true awareness of his feelings.

Huxley uses descriptions of characters and scenery in order to show his feelings about the

The courtroom symbolises society as a whole, where we view most of the characters present in the novel as witnesses. Consequently Meursault stands out from the rest because of his difference in morals, character and ideologies. In this essay I will explore the aspects of Meursault’s character presented in the courtroom scenes and dissect how Camus manages to portray his philosophy.