Albert Camus

do and I decided to go for a swim,” (Camus pg 19). This quote shows that Meursault is somewhat human after all because humans associate activities with pleasure and enjoyment and Meursault enjoys going for a swim. While…

The Underlying Theme in Crime and Punishment and The Stranger Both The Stranger by Albert Camus and Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky explore the criminal mind and its psyche. Each novel addresses the spectrum of emotions an individual deals with within their mind after committing a murder. Both books are centered on one criminal act that allows the reader to delve into the thought process of a convicted murderer, each varying from one another. In The Stranger, Meursault is seen as a…

of the unknown”. The unknown can be seen as the outsiders of society. Albert Camus, a French-Algerian writer writes the story of Meursault, a man detached emotionally from society in French-Algeria during the 1940s. In the novel, Camus explores the philosophy of the Absurd in which expresses a fundamental disharmony; a confrontation between our human desire for order or meaning in life and the blank indifference (Simpson). Camus' novel, The Stranger, utilizes character and plot development to…

Absurdism is a philosophical belief that a human’s life is purposeless because the world is irrational, and the search for the meaning of life would only result in personal chaos. In Albert Camus’s The Stranger, absurdism seems to be the central motif of the novel because it is shown through the symbolism of the heat and the sun and through Meursault’s inability to expressed emotions . The audience finds Meursault acting indifferently towards his mom’s death, being an accomplice to domestic…

All over the world people often find themselves thinking about what the purpose of life is. Repeatedly people occupy themselves with finding their true purpose, but even when they find their purpose they find themselves wanting more. Some believe that believing in a higher power may help seal the void, however, many philosophers argue that people can only achieve happiness if they accept that life has no true purpose. One philosophical system that is studied by many philosophers if called…

Absurdity in The Outsider Albert Camus, one of the eminent French novelist, essayist and playwright is often considered as a nihilist, or extreme absurdist who believes that life is senseless and useless. ‘The Outsider’, Camus’s first novel is a representation of his absurd thinking about the world. The use of the term ‘absurd’ in literature is a vehicle for writers to explore and represent those elements in the world that do not make sense and ‘The Outsider’ is one of the beautiful…

both brave, and dedicated. Bethany has never given up her dreams even after a shocking yet horrifying incident occurring only at the age of fifteen. Bethany’s story of courage can easily be categorized the same as both “The Myth of Sisyphus” by Albert Camus, and “I Think Continually of Those Who Were Truly Great” by Stephen Spender. Both pieces of literature connect to Bethany Hamilton because they are both about being brave, and fighting through suffrage,…

time trying to understand a connection between the two reading assignments, because as I had always understood the story of Sisyphus it was truly a tragedy that had no hope to be found except for the schadenfreude of not being the man himself. Albert Camus always has been a monolithic figure for me because he is the founding philosopher of the school of thought for absurdism. Which helps put not just his own short rambling interpretation of Sisyphus into context, but also helped give a little…

Harun, the protagonist of Kamel Daoud’s novel, The Meursault Investigation, and Meursault, the protagonist of Albert Camus’ novel, The Stranger, are strikingly similar people that commit strikingly similar crimes. Harun’s obsession with Meursault leads him to subconsciously mold his life into one so similar to Meursault's that he confuses the two. However, they are ultimately two different men, despite their similar characteristics and experiences, because they are the products of different sets…

In the novel The Stranger, the author Albert Camus emphasizes the absurdities of life and he does this by striking the audience with Meursault’s blunt nature and his embodiment of existentialism. The novel explores existentialist ideology which represent the philosophy of life essentially being “pointless” .Since the message of existentialism can have a powerful negative connotation it can be surprising to understand how Meursault can be considered anything close to free especially , considering…