Albert Camus

goes to sleep to avoid the whole situation. Both characters also try to avoid talking to others and even going out of their homes if it is not absolutely necessary. Meursault recalls, “I said “yes” just so I wouldn’t have to say anything else.” (Camus 4) Raskolnikov also avoids everyone including his landlady just to avoid any conversation. He sneaks out of his flat so as not to have a chance of seeing her. They also have other means of escape. Risk constantly talks to himself. “I chatter…

In his novel “The Stranger”, Albert Camus gives expression to his philosophy of the absurd. The reason of this essay is to analyze absurdism and its relevance to the Stranger. The novel is a first-individual record of the life of M. Meursault from the season of his mom's passing up to a period obviously just before his execution for the homicide of an Arab. The focal subject is that the essentialness of human life is seen just in light of mortality, or the reality of death; and in demonstrating…

“The Myth of Sisyphus,” by Albert Camus, addresses the importance of choosing to find value in life despite life being meaningless due to the inevitability of death, or in other words, absurd. Through the motif of consciousness and the paradox of powerlessness and rebelliousness, that convey the idea that consciousness and rebellion are interdependent, Camus suggests that consciousness of the absurdity of life allows the tragedy of the situation, that life is meaningless, to be transformed into…

The Plague, by Albert Camus, the plague prevents the people of Oran from practicing their daily routines. Therefore, Camus develops the plague as an antagonist as it deprives the townspeople of the simple pleasures and the beauty of life. Camus utilizes personification to show how the plague is an enemy of Oran and its people. Camus compares the condition of Oran before the plague and its deterioration after the plague invaded the town. “It was plain to see that spring had spent…

’ That doesn’t mean anything. Maybe it was yesterday.” (Camus 3) The perplexing tale of Meursault, an emotionally detached and seemingly amoral young man living in Algiers, stands notoriously as the introduction to “the absurd.” Albert Camus coined this school of thought, using The Stranger as a mechanism for expressing his ideas in the novel that has confused, overwhelmed, and disoriented readers for decades since its publication. In Camus’ popular, yet controversial novel, he tells the story…

Inside Albert Camus’s The Stranger, Camus portrays Meursault as an absurd hero. Meursault was attached to the physical world, and he was different from a normal individual. Meursault would have a direct impact from the “shimmering heat” (17) of the sun, which ultimately caused him to “squeeze his hand around [his] revolver” (59) and kill an Arab. As a result, Meursault had to live in jail, and he had to change his routine. He would spend “sixteen to eighteen hours a day” (79) sleeping, and his…

In the novel The Stranger, by Albert Camus, Camus introduces and symbolizes his philosophy of the Absurd. The novel is introduced with a personal account of Meursault who receives the news of the death of his mother, Maman, leading up from this event he is eventually executed for the murder of an Arab. The philosophy of the Absurd, which takes a great role in the overall theme of The Stranger, influences Meursault’s actions and further progresses his consciousness throughout the novel. The…

Albert Camus: An Algerian Frenchman Famous authors create novels deriving from economical situations that cause people distress. Albert Camus was born November 7th, 1913, in Mondovi, Algeria he lived his whole childhood in deficiency, his father who was of French descent and was killed in 1914 (“Albert Camus” 256). Living only with his mother, Camus later attended the University of Algiers with help of many scholarships offering him money (“Albert Camus” 256). At university he was…

The title The Stranger makes Albert Camus novel seem mysterious. The novel itself is pretty straight forward, like the main character, Meursault, so it makes you wonder about who the stranger is suppose to be. Is it the murdered Arab, whose name is never revealed, or the dead mother, who is rarely mentioned, despite the fact the novel began with her death? I think the Stranger refers to Meursault. Camus makes Meursault 's personality stands out in a time period where it is imperative to blend in…

In Albert Camus’ novel, entitled The Plague, he uses assorted rhetorical strategies like plot, commentary, and tone to discuss the meaning of community in the struggle against the inevitability of death. As an existentialist, Camus accepts the inevitability of death, and outlines his idea of life’s meaning by proposing that one can only achieve meaningfulness by fighting death (whether it be through finding true love, chasing happiness, or fighting sickness), realizing its’ inevitability, and…