The Strangers

is the main character in The Stranger, a book written by Albert Camus in 1942. The story takes place in Algeria where Meursault is bothered by heat and sunlight, symbols that show his misery. Meursault’s greatest antagonist is himself. The Stranger is Meursault, and he suffers isolation from himself and the world. He lives life with detachment and lack of emotion. The author was born in Algeria and grew up in extreme poverty which influenced his writing of The Stranger. The mood of the entire…

existentialism, wrote the novel The Stranger in the realm of absurdism, demonstrating themes of alienation and the outcome of responsive decisions. Meursault, living in a belief that life is there is no point as the absence of God and the indifference of the universe gives Meursault personal freedom from any responsibility or purpose to his pointless life. “we find the stranger connected to the absurd; the absurd as the vehicle, the shadow behind the stranger, the dislocating influence——perhaps…

When writing The Stranger, Albert Camus had other intentions than just giving his audience some story about the life of an indifferent man. The novel itself gives the main character, Meursault, a way of thinking that some would find unimaginable and incomparable to any character that might be seen in another piece of literature. While the book makes an attempt at making sure the reader understands the philosophy of Meursault while progressing through his timeline, the philosophy Meursault…

The Stranger by Albert Camus is about a man named Meursault living in Algiers, who kills an Arab and is put on a trail for it. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is about a man named Gregor, who transformed into a vermin. Albert Camus and Franz Kafka through characterization…

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…

From the absurdist point of view, Mersault from Camus novel, The Stranger, was freer inside of prison then he was outside in the world. Although he had the opportunity to go wherever he pleased before he was imprisoned, Mersault led a life of order and structure, which ultimately was emotionless and boring. However, once Mersault received Marie’s letter in jail he said, “from that day on I felt that I was at home in my cell and that my life was coming to a standstill there” (72). Home is a place…

Albert Camus 's novel The Stranger, many themes were expressed in Meursault 's character. The novel started off with the death of Meursault 's mother. When he received the telegram about his mother 's death, he showed no feeling; he was only concerned about what day it happened. The day after the funeral Meursault went on a date, then became friends with Raymond. Raymond and Meursault go to the beach. Raymond gets into a fight with a Arab. Meursault went back on the beach by himself, and that’s…

The story opens setting the location and the eerie town. The visuals are good and the description of the town sets the tone for this thriller. One already gets the sense of being isolated. The story quickly introduces Rhiannon and Sydney. Rhiannon is established as the main heroine. The introduction of both of them is rather ordinary. There’s nothing that stands out or makes a statement about whom they are and there’s nothing that makes the audience remember them. Try to find a way to make them…

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 complement each other and therefore illustrate the philosophical notion of the Absurd. In Part One of The Stranger, Camus…

It’s common knowledge that life isn’t worth living, anyhow (The Stranger,121). His belief that life is meaningless allows him behave immorally and to accept his death without feeling any remorse. Right before Meursault dies, he says, I opened myself for the first time to the tender indifference of the world (The Stranger, 129) A poetic line that reinforces the idea that Meursault’s nihilism causes his amorality and disregard for his own life by reminding himself that life does not care about…