Who Is Meursault's Irony In Albert Camus The Outsider

In Albert Camus’s fiction novel, The Stranger, the main character, Meursault is an absurdist who is does not develop emotional bonds to those around him, and because of this, is looked at by society as an outsider. Camus uses the relationship between Meursault and Marie, Meursault’s belief in the meaninglessness of the individual person, and the symbol of the courtroom to show that the world is absurd, and that society can not accept the lack of order in the world.

In the book, The Stranger by Albert Camus, Meursault finds an old newspaper article in his jail cell about a Czechoslovakian man who is murdered by his mother and sister. This article relates to his own trial by providing himself peace as well as the missing pieces found in both. The Czech man’s story expands the themes mentioned throughout the book, as well as supporting Camus philosophy of the absurd.

All the facts the prosecutor presents are valid and true, though unrelated to his case. From the prosecutor's point of view, Meursault is a “monster, a man without morals” (96). Even Meursault agrees that "what he was saying was plausible" (99). The reader, who knows all of Meursault’s thoughts, knows how absurd the prosecution’s accusations are. Throughout the trial, Camus explains that perception means everything, and there is no absolute truth.

Not only embodying absurdism but speaking it by the end of the novel, Meursault parrots the same conclusion Camus reached in The Myth of Sisyphus, in which Sisyphus is charged with the meaningless task of pushing a rock up a mountain for eternity, each time watching it role back down to the bottom. He understands why his mother took a fiancé as she was approaching death, as if she were starting her life over: she would have

In Camus’s The Stranger, Meursault is a detached man who shows the reader from his own perspective his experiences of living outside of society’s expectations. Although Meursault finds comfort in living with his own standards, he finds that it is impossible for him to be treated fairly by those who live in accordance with society’s expectations. Thus, Meursault suffers from society's judgment and eventually loses his life.

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.

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 bombardment of reality triggers one’s mindset to re-evaluate the meticulous findings of life. As a society, we convey an idea towards each other that we anticipate the other will follow. Due to this mindset, various amongst us feel the conventional option is to follow each other and give in to society like dominoes. In the cycle of life there will be inevitably losses and griefs that without a thought will ignite sorrow within us. Not feeling these emotions in a situation where it is acceptable to remorse over someone valuable to your life, will leave people bewildered and distraught in not doing so. Due to this feeling of displacement it may affect you in a multitude of ways. In the novel The Stranger by Albert Camus, the protagonist, Meursault, is someone who has a peculiar perspective towards his surroundings. His mindset and actions influence his pathway to an unimaginable place you wouldn’t want to be thus becoming an outcast for not following society’s expectations. Meursault’s attitude and morals play a vital role over his consequences in the novel.

   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

In The Stranger by Albert Camus, the main character, Meursault, is an absurdist who lives in the moment and refuses to be distracted by societal norms. He views the world as random and is indifferent to it. But to many French people living in Algeria, religion, social order and character are intertwined and are imperative to human life. Camus uses the crucifix and the courtroom to convey the idea that religion is man’s desperate attempt to create meaning in life where there is none.

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

Meursault contradicts society's expectations. He does not indicate any signs of grief at the funeral and is therefore labeled a monster, thereby threatening the level of morality that has been instilled into the other members of society. Meursault's ideology concerning life has led him to deny the idea of a god or of an afterlife. Meursault's ideas threaten the ideas passed down by the Catholic Church in the Algerian society. There is no proof of an afterlife and therefore no purpose to worship a god.

In The Stranger by Albert Camus, the murder committed by Meursault is questionably done with no reason. Although the entirety of the second part is spent in society’s attempts to find a cause, Meursault has a durable existential mentality that proves that even he knows that there is no true reason for the crime. Through the use of light and heat imagery and diction in The Stranger, Albert Camus comments on the duality of society trying to find a cause for the murder and Meursault defying this because of his existential mentality. These elements heighten Meursault’s negative outlook on life by

In The Stranger by Albert Camus, Meursault exemplifies Camus principles of absurdism. In light of the two quotes from Camus Resistance, Rebellion and Death, the reader is better able to understand why Meursault reacts furiously to the chaplains reply to him. This reaction comes from the realization that has accumulated in him concerning the indifference of the world and the ephemeral nature of death that is what ultimately left him to be executed for his crime. In The Stranger, Camus introduces us to Meursault who is only concerned with the practicalities of life.

Despite his incarceration and soon to be execution “[he] I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again’. Coming to terms and being somewhat satisfied with his position in society and the concept that he is a loathed criminal. Through the scope of justice, teenagers do not value the murderous morals and unthinkable, unprovoked actions such as a senseless murder and just like the Jury, sitting in on Meursault’s trial, the readers believe that “the crime was worse than sordid by the fact that they were dealing with a monster, a man without morals." (96) not only this but a man with no justification for his unreasonable and absurd actions, which seemed to go completely against society’s prevailing attitudes. Another instance where the audience’s values towards