Albert Camus

Albert Camus, a famous French philosopher, journalist, and author of renowned novel “The Myth of Sisyphus,” is widely known for emphasizing that the philosophy of absurdity should be embraced rather than frowned upon. In literature, absurdity attempts to get a glimpse into elements of the world that do not make sense. It portrays how humans experience isolation and alienation as a result of their strange behaviors and actions. It has a lack of realism, consistency, and logic, but is still able…

suffering is a persistent motif in Albert Camus's novel, The Plague. Camus explores this notion through two different characters, Father Paneloux, a devout Jesuit priest, and Jean Tarrou, a visitor to the town of Oran who is deeply philosophical and thoughtful regarding the workings of the world. While the subject of piety and sainthood swirl around these characters, the way these two men struggle with suffering is very telling. Indeed, while both men suffer and die, Camus paints two…

Upon reading The Myth of Sisyphus I have never heard of any mention of this myth. At first, I found it very hard to follow along with what the author was saying. Everything seemed very metaphorical and symbolic, but was so wordy that I had to reread it a few times in small sections in order to fully digest it. When I read the third paragraph about Sisyphus wanting to test his wife’s loyalty I thought wow that is a horrible idea. What I did not understand was why Sisyphus wanted to chastise his…

desire towards figuring out their lives or even improving them, which stands true for some humans as well. However, there are also unique situations that people and characters may face in their stories that cause them to create their own purpose. In Albert Camus’ The Stranger and Franz Kafka's The…

4. Setting and Time: The stranger was published in 1942 and takes place in French Algeria in the 1940’s. The french began invading Algeria in the 1830’s and by the 1940’s, Algiers was considered French territory. Because of this, French and Christian customs played a large role in societal expectations and anyone who did not conform to those values, was considered an outsider. Manifested throughout the book, it is seen that the French have a superior mindset over the Arabs. Raymond Sintes…

Meursault; An Absurd Hero In Camus’ The Stranger Albert Camus portrayed his beliefs and values through Meursault in The Stranger and gave him the perception that life on earth is nothing more than absurd unless one finds meaning or something to live for. In the beginning when Meursault gets the telegram informing him that his mother has passed away, we don’t really see much of a surprised reaction from Meursault, but he makes the effort of taking off from work in order to attend her funeral.…

The title of The Stranger, by Albert Camus, points out the disconnects between both the characters of the story and the characters disconnects within themselves. Throughout the entire novel the characters connect on a very shallow level and only when they are in need of something. This inevitably leads to them never really understanding each other but just being with each other to escape loneliness and fit in with the social standards. The novel also exhibits how the characters sell themselves…

pressed to find a religion or philosophy that neither addresses nor justifies human suffering. Literature as well often attempts to explore suffering, most frequently through the narrative format. It is in this space that both The Book of Job, and Albert Camus’ The Plague operate. In both literary works, the characters of Job and Dr. Bernard Rieux experience exceptional tragedy and are utilized as devices to forward the author’s own notion on the nature of suffering. Though written with…

Children often develop an urge to go against social norms and expectations when they are faced with the issue of growing up and maturing. The reason behind this rebellious behavior is widely debated upon among thinkers and scholars, one of which is Albert Camus, a twentieth century philosopher and writer who argued that the reason behind adolescent rebellion lies in the fact that young children often have tendencies to maintain their usual habits and innocence while avoiding the responsibility…

understanding the behavior of certain things, like wise, there are also the ones who consider that they are a better resembles than others, while miss concluding their own defects. In both, A Good Man Is Hard To Find, by Flannery O 'Connor, and Guest, by Albert Camus, illustrates that evil and good in an individual are not mutually exclusive. In A Good Man is Hard to Find, we encounter a variety of characters with different characteristic. There is two characters who really stand out, one of…