One has to live a live in its deepest depths to come up with such a constant and veritable fact that existence is the true crux of rightful living rather than foreseeing a dreamy future or brooding of fateful past deeds. It is such a simple yet a profound reality. Albert Camus in his text, ‘The Outsider’ uses the protagonist, Meursault’s journey through a period of time in his life where the events and dealings of his life make him realize an eternal truth: man must live in ‘benign indifference of the universe.’ Camus makes Meursault greet the reader with an attitude bearing immorality and indifference. Once the reader lives the life of the protagonist, a profound realization hits him/her and is compelled to look at life in a new light: don’t reason, don’t rationalize, and don’t react, only read reality the way it exists.
The book begins with a very averse reaction in the reader’s mind towards …show more content…
He thinks of the beach, the glistening water, swimming and the evening hour. He was willing to exist. After being sentenced to execution, Meursault does not think of the past. Here the author makes the portrayal of existentialism as Meursault’s strongest trait evident. What was once a state of confusion, disjointed feelings, and immorality for the reader become a realization that Meursault’s attitude shows that ‘benign indifference of the universe’. In the face of death, all things come to an equal footing and everything besides the reality of death becomes unreal or absurd. Meursault deals with it mechanically when he gives up thinking that the guards will soon lead him to the guillotine or maybe his plea to be pardoned will be granted. In the effort of distracting his mind, Meursault studies the sky, the beating of his heart, dusk changing to dawn. He begins to value every minute, every moment before death. Meursault finds greatest joy in unveiling this truth that before death nothing else matters. All that matters is being
The book begins with a very averse reaction in the reader’s mind towards …show more content…
He thinks of the beach, the glistening water, swimming and the evening hour. He was willing to exist. After being sentenced to execution, Meursault does not think of the past. Here the author makes the portrayal of existentialism as Meursault’s strongest trait evident. What was once a state of confusion, disjointed feelings, and immorality for the reader become a realization that Meursault’s attitude shows that ‘benign indifference of the universe’. In the face of death, all things come to an equal footing and everything besides the reality of death becomes unreal or absurd. Meursault deals with it mechanically when he gives up thinking that the guards will soon lead him to the guillotine or maybe his plea to be pardoned will be granted. In the effort of distracting his mind, Meursault studies the sky, the beating of his heart, dusk changing to dawn. He begins to value every minute, every moment before death. Meursault finds greatest joy in unveiling this truth that before death nothing else matters. All that matters is being