Strangers

In Albert Camus’ The Stranger, main characters Raymond Sinters and Meursault possess vastly different personalities and mindsets: one is indifferent to everyone and everything while the other is full of intense emotions. Despite being totally opposite mentally and emotionally, both Raymond and Meursault are guilty of committing heinous crimes. In this essay, I will argue that Meursault’s lack of emotion coupled with his lack of concern over anything make him a more dangerous individual than…

Never have I realized the reality of the world until my birth nation, the United States, helped me come upon all the colors outside the pink bubble I was living in. I was always under the fear of getting out of my comfort zone. I grew up in Mexico with my two parents, and two older brothers. Although, I was born in the United States I have always considered myself Mexican. I was living in the city of Tijuana, which is considered one of the most dangerous cities of the world due to its reputation…

For example, all of my people would offer anything and everything they could to the strangers who would ardently take them without consideration, as they had a callous attitude towards the “savages”, or so they would call us. Many of my people started getting a mysterious sickness in which their whole body deteriorated, got covered in rashes…

Albert Camus uses the characters in the book to describe and manipulate Meursault's decisions and depicts if his crime is based on feelings or facts. Camus uses Raymond to show that Meursault can make friends but is not very good in deciding if they are god influences on him. Raymond calls Meursault his pal only after he writes a vindictive letter for him because Raymond knows that Meursault is intelligent and he probably doesn’t ''So now we're pals, ain't we?'' I kept silent and he said it…

2. At the beginning of the story, we learn that Scout goes through many difficulties while growing up. They referred to her as a “tomboy” which means doing things that only “boys” would do. Scout is the opposite of a girl, does not act like a girl, and does whatever she can do to be as if she were a boy. She acts like a boy mainly because Scout is surrounded by boys in the neighborhood, especially since her brother Jem is always with his sister and with his all of his friends. This ends up…

sunlight to guide us, cautiously walking frantically trying to get out of the heavily forested area. We then saw a flickering light and immediately ran as fast as we could toward it. As we approached the light, we discovered that it was a complete stranger with a flashlight. Behind him was my parents.…

Camus’ philosophy adopts the third choice. His alternative to suicide or a false belief in some metaphysical or religious rationality is to live life in rebellion (Aronson 9). He proposes that living in defiance of the bereft condition of humanity is to live with integrity. Being fully conscious of life’s absurdity but carrying on with vigor and in earnest: this is how Camus proposes to make life worthwhile. By being aware of the human condition, Camus claims that one is taking ownership of it.…

front of the coffin. He then encounters Marie, a former employee of his firm. “There is not love of life without despair about life.” “Since we're all going to die, it's obvious that when and how don't matter.” ― Albert Camus, The Stranger ― Albert Camus, The Stranger The two become closer, go swimming, watch a comedy movie, and begin to have a sexual relationship, even tho that his mother's funeral took place the day before. In the next few days, he helps his friend and neighbour, Raymond…

There is one defining moment in the Stranger—Meursault’s shooting of the Arab. In fact the book is structured around it, part one is pre-shooting, part two is post. It is the shooting that makes Meursault loose his freedom, and eventually his life. But for Meursault, it isn’t significantly important. Killing someone doesn’t change him at all. Prison is a bigger change, but he gets used even to that. It is only once he is sentenced to death that Meursault’s character actually begins to change.…

For most people, the environment may have an effect on your mood and your actions. However, for Mersault, the main character from Albert Camus’ The Stranger, the effect that nature has on him is so tremendous that it influences him to commit the irrational murder of an Arab. Camus uses literary techniques and devices when describing Mersault’s killing of the Arab to highlight the extraordinary effect that Mersault’s physical stimuli have on him. Camus does so using imagery, similes,…