Yes, I was bursting with a longing to be immortal. I was too much in love with myself not to want the precious object of my love to never disappear" (Camus 83). Clamence lives life trying to build up a self-image for him and greed drives him towards superiority amongst others. In wanting what he did not possess at the time, Clamence modifies his role as a judge in order to find more meaning. To achieve this, Clamence only acts in ways to objectify a person in order to come out superior without allowing negative judgement to come from others.
Employment as a lawyer, Clamence allows people to compare the job he once had to the idea of the Conqueror. The Conqueror is an absurdist depiction of a person who tries to find meaning in life through …show more content…
Walking one night Clamence comes across a bridge where he sees a woman drowning. Clamence knows that the right thing to do at this moment is to save the woman who thought life was not worth living. But before Clamence acts he looks around to see if anyone is around to see his heroics. He selfishly does not act as he sees no one around and lets the woman commit suicide. The uncertainty that no one would be there to applaud or at least acknowledge poor Clamence is the deciding factor of this outcome. Clamence tells people his life story and towards the end he reveals his intentions that remain the same from the beginning of the novel. Holman writes, “As he delights in revealing at the end, the story of his selfishness has been all along shadowed by the desire to persuade his companion of his own guilt” (Holman 128). Clamence’s next action is strategized just like any game requires a person. Mainly on the idea that does not show any change from the time he lived in Paris. As the encyclopedia states, “The good for man is an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue, or if there are more kinds of virtue than one, in accordance with the best and most perfect kind” (Kraut). It’s clearly impossible for Clamence to exert enough energy in order to save the women, as his activities are artificial. Not one activity involving …show more content…
At this point being located in hell articulates what exactly transpired. In comparison of his past life to Amsterdam, there seem to be no altercations made since. The only uncertainty displayed with the entire move to Amsterdam is the new location itself, as the person Clamence remains and what transpires doesn’t differ from Paris. Clamence simply continues his way of living just with the addition of new substitutions. With the addition of these new substitutions, the real intent of Clamence’s actions even from Paris become evident. The encyclopedia states, “It is well said, then, that it is by doing just acts that the just man is produced, and by doing temperate acts the temperate man; without doing these no one would have even a prospect of becoming good” (Kraut). Although looking at Clamence’s actions with face value, they seem to be moral actions. However this prospect of a man was unintentionally produced through Clamence’s real intentions and meaning in life. It’s just another feat for Clamence if he is able to objectify or deceive someone from the truth. Also, independently relocating himself to Amsterdam illustrates his own feeling towards his past actions. The oxford guide states, “Bad people...are in conflict with themselves; they desire one thing and will another, like the incontinent who choose harmful pleasures instead of what they themselves believe to be good” (Honderich).
Employment as a lawyer, Clamence allows people to compare the job he once had to the idea of the Conqueror. The Conqueror is an absurdist depiction of a person who tries to find meaning in life through …show more content…
Walking one night Clamence comes across a bridge where he sees a woman drowning. Clamence knows that the right thing to do at this moment is to save the woman who thought life was not worth living. But before Clamence acts he looks around to see if anyone is around to see his heroics. He selfishly does not act as he sees no one around and lets the woman commit suicide. The uncertainty that no one would be there to applaud or at least acknowledge poor Clamence is the deciding factor of this outcome. Clamence tells people his life story and towards the end he reveals his intentions that remain the same from the beginning of the novel. Holman writes, “As he delights in revealing at the end, the story of his selfishness has been all along shadowed by the desire to persuade his companion of his own guilt” (Holman 128). Clamence’s next action is strategized just like any game requires a person. Mainly on the idea that does not show any change from the time he lived in Paris. As the encyclopedia states, “The good for man is an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue, or if there are more kinds of virtue than one, in accordance with the best and most perfect kind” (Kraut). It’s clearly impossible for Clamence to exert enough energy in order to save the women, as his activities are artificial. Not one activity involving …show more content…
At this point being located in hell articulates what exactly transpired. In comparison of his past life to Amsterdam, there seem to be no altercations made since. The only uncertainty displayed with the entire move to Amsterdam is the new location itself, as the person Clamence remains and what transpires doesn’t differ from Paris. Clamence simply continues his way of living just with the addition of new substitutions. With the addition of these new substitutions, the real intent of Clamence’s actions even from Paris become evident. The encyclopedia states, “It is well said, then, that it is by doing just acts that the just man is produced, and by doing temperate acts the temperate man; without doing these no one would have even a prospect of becoming good” (Kraut). Although looking at Clamence’s actions with face value, they seem to be moral actions. However this prospect of a man was unintentionally produced through Clamence’s real intentions and meaning in life. It’s just another feat for Clamence if he is able to objectify or deceive someone from the truth. Also, independently relocating himself to Amsterdam illustrates his own feeling towards his past actions. The oxford guide states, “Bad people...are in conflict with themselves; they desire one thing and will another, like the incontinent who choose harmful pleasures instead of what they themselves believe to be good” (Honderich).