Heat is tyrannical. It imposes itself on to where it is unwelcome and has the power to control the things which surround it. Meursault's reactions and feelings toward
the heat and sunshine in "The Stranger" are described more vividly than his personalised thoughts and opinions. Albert Camus's use of sun and heat in the text provides
a metaphor for Meursault's character's rejection of a universe deeper than the physical.
Camus's emphatic description of heat reveals Meursault's ironic indifference during his mother's funeral. His account of this alludes to the detachment between
emotional investment and objectivity of reality. Just because a person is passionate about something does not mean their unique situation allows them to be fully …show more content…
Camus's characterisation of Meursault provides a criticism of the man who looks for meaning and rationality in the
world, and argues for the man who does not, both will die one day, and the world will not genuinely care about their legacies.
Providing a satire of the human condition, Camus believes there is just the physical world, if anyone feels there is an underlying metaphysical, spiritual reason to
live, he believes they are in denial of reality. The heat is what made him kill the Arab, perhaps trying to suggest the reader reflect on times they felt emotionally
driven to do something, offering a perspective with what the physical world has more to do with humans' actions than emotions; also if a person acts in accordance to a
god or a higher power then they are merely wasting their time."With every blade of light that flashed off the sand, from a bleached shell or a piece of broken glass,
my jaws tightened."(Camus, 59) The reason in which the blinding sun and stabbing heat are the foreshadows to the murder, and are the only things Meursault remembers
from the day is because he has no consciousness of a more complex reason for his motives. Camus argues those more complex reasons as ridiculous through creating …show more content…
He does not see a point in marrying her, and he tells her he does not think he loves her, although when he is in prison and is
growing bored, the only person he wants to see is her: This perked me up a little. I said I had been looking at the stones in these walls for months. There wasn't
anything or anyone in the world I knew better. Maybe at one time, way back, I had searched for a face in them. But the face I was looking for was as bright as the sun
and the flame of desire, and it belonged to Marie.” This could be interpreted as a longing for his past life, or just a desire to see a familiar face, but it could
also be his honest yearning to see her. Two pivotal scenes in "The Stranger" illustrate the function of Camus's fixation of heat in his writing, to uncover Meursault's
suppresed emotional attachments.
"The Stranger" by Albert Camus is a complex novel which analyzes and discusses the irrationality of life, so irrational that heat is a valid excuse of a person's
actions, Meursault's character's indifference and rejection of emotion, contributing to the overarching argument that the use of powerful sun and heat in this novel
are used to provide a metaphor for Meursault's refusal to believe there is a universe deeper than the
the heat and sunshine in "The Stranger" are described more vividly than his personalised thoughts and opinions. Albert Camus's use of sun and heat in the text provides
a metaphor for Meursault's character's rejection of a universe deeper than the physical.
Camus's emphatic description of heat reveals Meursault's ironic indifference during his mother's funeral. His account of this alludes to the detachment between
emotional investment and objectivity of reality. Just because a person is passionate about something does not mean their unique situation allows them to be fully …show more content…
Camus's characterisation of Meursault provides a criticism of the man who looks for meaning and rationality in the
world, and argues for the man who does not, both will die one day, and the world will not genuinely care about their legacies.
Providing a satire of the human condition, Camus believes there is just the physical world, if anyone feels there is an underlying metaphysical, spiritual reason to
live, he believes they are in denial of reality. The heat is what made him kill the Arab, perhaps trying to suggest the reader reflect on times they felt emotionally
driven to do something, offering a perspective with what the physical world has more to do with humans' actions than emotions; also if a person acts in accordance to a
god or a higher power then they are merely wasting their time."With every blade of light that flashed off the sand, from a bleached shell or a piece of broken glass,
my jaws tightened."(Camus, 59) The reason in which the blinding sun and stabbing heat are the foreshadows to the murder, and are the only things Meursault remembers
from the day is because he has no consciousness of a more complex reason for his motives. Camus argues those more complex reasons as ridiculous through creating …show more content…
He does not see a point in marrying her, and he tells her he does not think he loves her, although when he is in prison and is
growing bored, the only person he wants to see is her: This perked me up a little. I said I had been looking at the stones in these walls for months. There wasn't
anything or anyone in the world I knew better. Maybe at one time, way back, I had searched for a face in them. But the face I was looking for was as bright as the sun
and the flame of desire, and it belonged to Marie.” This could be interpreted as a longing for his past life, or just a desire to see a familiar face, but it could
also be his honest yearning to see her. Two pivotal scenes in "The Stranger" illustrate the function of Camus's fixation of heat in his writing, to uncover Meursault's
suppresed emotional attachments.
"The Stranger" by Albert Camus is a complex novel which analyzes and discusses the irrationality of life, so irrational that heat is a valid excuse of a person's
actions, Meursault's character's indifference and rejection of emotion, contributing to the overarching argument that the use of powerful sun and heat in this novel
are used to provide a metaphor for Meursault's refusal to believe there is a universe deeper than the