Is philosophy expressed in images? I don’t know because I have no facts or evidence, but I think Existential and absurdist beliefs are expressed in images within novels through emotions and descriptive features that allow the reader to imagine the situation. This is highly demonstrated in the book: the stranger, by Albert Camus, because the protagonist is an existentialist with absurdist beliefs.
Meursault has an absurdist outlook on life and also in events that are “supposed” to be really important to the extent that, it breaks people; However, Meursault acts so indifferent towards these events and the fact that he acts so indifferent is absurd, because normal people wouldn’t act like that., a clear example of this absurdism in the book was when he said. …show more content…
Or yesterday maybe, I don’t know. I got a telegram from the home: “ Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours.” That doesn’t mean anything. Maybe it was yesterday. ( Camus, 1)
This embodies Meursault's absurdist outlook on life, emotional indifference, and detachment to people. He doesn’t even know nor care which day his mother died, neither does he express any remorse upon learning of his mother’s death and to him, it doesn't mean anything “ anyway.” During the funeral, he only cared how much the sounds of the old people crying annoy him, and he spends his time throughout the novel in purely sensory experiences. This book highly illustrates Meursault's existential beliefs, it shows that he only cares about himself and doesn’t really care about what happens to others, and he puts himself first. This was shown when he said. “ A minute later she asked me if I loved her. I told her it didn’t mean anything but that I didn’t think so”. ( Camus, 41) This suggests that Meursault only cares about himself and doesn’t care about Marie's feelings, he only cares about what he thinks and getting his point across. This is a perfect example of
Meursault has an absurdist outlook on life and also in events that are “supposed” to be really important to the extent that, it breaks people; However, Meursault acts so indifferent towards these events and the fact that he acts so indifferent is absurd, because normal people wouldn’t act like that., a clear example of this absurdism in the book was when he said. …show more content…
Or yesterday maybe, I don’t know. I got a telegram from the home: “ Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours.” That doesn’t mean anything. Maybe it was yesterday. ( Camus, 1)
This embodies Meursault's absurdist outlook on life, emotional indifference, and detachment to people. He doesn’t even know nor care which day his mother died, neither does he express any remorse upon learning of his mother’s death and to him, it doesn't mean anything “ anyway.” During the funeral, he only cared how much the sounds of the old people crying annoy him, and he spends his time throughout the novel in purely sensory experiences. This book highly illustrates Meursault's existential beliefs, it shows that he only cares about himself and doesn’t really care about what happens to others, and he puts himself first. This was shown when he said. “ A minute later she asked me if I loved her. I told her it didn’t mean anything but that I didn’t think so”. ( Camus, 41) This suggests that Meursault only cares about himself and doesn’t care about Marie's feelings, he only cares about what he thinks and getting his point across. This is a perfect example of