Absurdism

In the genre of philosophical literature, Albert Camus’ novel The Stranger examines the life of an ordinary man, whose actions portray the concept of Absurdism. The main character, Meursault, feels like an observer of the world and lacks purpose and strives toward nothing more than having the freedom of personal choice. His choices define his personality when he is forced to face death and murder, to which he reacts in a way that shows his perception and understanding of human mortality.…

The Stranger, Albert Camus’ debut novel, illustrates and reflects the view of absurdity of life using the main character, Meursault, as a catalyst. On a surface level, absurdism is perceived through Meursault alone. However, on a deeper level through Meursault, other characters act as a source of absurdity as different situations are forced upon them. Camus achieves this level of complexity by creating and establishing Meursault as a very absent and undistinguished main character, who holds no…

rational explanation was imposed over his irrational actions, which later on led to Meursault´s death as he was a threat the society that was trying to comprehend the incomprehensible. Camus portrays Meursault´s trial as an interpretation of how absurdism takes place in society; an instance in which many logical reasonings are given as an attempt to cover the idea that something can have no sense behind it. Which in fact is very frightening to everyone and everything since our mentality is based…

simple moment on the beach into one of torment and pain. Meursault continues to push on thinking that this means that he is close to achieving his goal. It builds up to the climax, the moment when he is standing over the Arab with his gun in hand. Absurdism is revealed here as he ultimately fails to find his purpose in this action. He had been so determined, thinking that this would solve his absurd life but instead ended in…

Plastered into the unwritten constitution of society is the innate need for reason and conformity to commonly accepted standards. From a young age people have role models which exemplify who they wish to transform into. When someone goes against this involuntarily adopted policy, they are seen as different. In The Stranger by Albert Camus, the reader is exposed to the judgments and differences of the main character, Meursault, from society. By Camus’ usage of stylistic techniques and symbolism,…

‘L’Étranger’ is a novel written by Albert Camus in 1942. The title of this work has an ambiguous meaning which leaves space to open interpretation; it has been translated to English as ‘The Outsider’ or ‘The Stranger’, as the French term ‘étranger’ comprises both these shades of meaning. Meursault, the multifaceted character that Camus chose as the protagonist, can be in fact regarded as an outsider, for he is completely alien to the society he lives in and to a series of social norms which at…

after philosophical schools for thought that deny those presence from claiming that the life has any meaning, and both of them behave immorally to the end of the novel. We can't say that these two writings indisputably substantiate that nihilism and absurdism prompt amorality, it will be sensible should infer that ethical quality may be important, in any case of a person’s school of thought. On Meursault needed behaved morally, he might not need been sent of the guillotine for murder. If…

The author of The Stranger, Albert Camus, was born in 1913 in Mondavi, French Algeria. His father died early in his life, so he lived with his half-deaf mother. He married two women when he was young, but divorced them both shortly after. He did very well in school and continued on into university. He also completed some military service and had a short political career as well. As far as his literary work goes, Camus wrote novels, plays, and even performed with the theater. He was awarded…

Title The original French title of this novel is “L’Etranger”, which led to several english translations that all accurately reflected a part of what the protagonist embodied in the novel. “The Foreigner” being one of the literal translations, appoints to Meursault being a foreigner to the land of Algeria as a Frenchman; “The Stranger” describes his mental isolation from fellow human beings and “The Outsider” is his ultimate detachment from the conventions of a humanistic society. Consequently,…

The Stranger is a philosophical novel written by Albert Camus during World War II. Having experienced the horror of war, Camus developed a sense of discontentment and skepticism towards the Western ideological beliefs, both secular and religious. Living in fear of the senseless atrocities, Camus developed his philosophy of the absurd based on the belief that humanity’s effort to search for meaning conflicts with the reality of an irrational universe. The protagonist of The Stranger, Meursault,…