The Stranger The Stranger was originally written in French. When Stuart Gilbert translated the novel, he came across a small problem. “The title of Camus’ classic novel is difficult to render into English because the French word bears the connotations of both ‘stranger’ and ‘foreigner’ at the same time, and each of these concepts is at play in the novel.” (Mairowitz1) Finding the right translation was crucial because the title is symbolic. “The Stranger symbolizes the theme of the story.” (Mairowits1)
The Stranger In the book "The Stranger," the main character, Meursault, is a stranger to himself, and to life. Meursault is a person who is emotionally and physically detached from the world. He seemingly cares only about himself, but at the same time could be concerned little about what happens to him. The title, "the Stranger," could indicate Meursault's disconnection and indifference to the world that surrounds him and, therefore, his role as a stranger in the book. The title could also imply
Albert Camus' influential novel, The Stranger, a great work of existentialism, examines the absurdity of life and indifference of the world. This paper provides a summary of the novel, and outlines some of the novel's main themes. The novel's protagoinist, Meursault, is a distanced and indifferent young man. He does not believe in God, and lives his life with seemingly sensuous abandon. After Meursault is caught up in the life of a local pimp, he rather inexplicably murders a young man on the
Title: The Stranger, Published 1942 Author and Era: Albert Camus wrote The Stranger as a fictional expression of not only his philosophical concept of the absurd, but also to underscore the relationship between man and nature. World War I had left the world ravaged and displayed the hostility of the world to the people. Camus had experienced the loss of his father due to World War I (Bloom, “The Story Behind the Story”). With the advent of World War II in such a short time between World War I,
The Stranger The Stranger exhibits a society that has confined itself with a specific set of social standards that dictate the manner in which people are supposed to act. This ideology determines the level of morality, and how much emphasis should placed on following this certain "ethical" structure. Albert Camus's main character, Meursault, is depicted as a nonconformist that is unwilling to play society's game. Through Meursault's failure to comply with society's values and conform to
The stranger by Albert Camus is a novel that illuminates absurdism in the 19th century. Through the main character Meursault, the author enforced the idea that there is no purpose or importance in all the living things around him or even relatives. Due to his unreasonable action at the beach, he became "exile" from society, and was punish to death sentence. Even before he committed his murder he was not a people person at all, he would not talk about his emotions or even show them. Taking this
the novel The Stranger was published. The novel illustrates a myriad of examples of the use of existentialism. Existentialism is a philosophy that exemplifies that thinking derives from the physical breathing and behavioral ways of an individual. Camus, the author of the novel uses the narrator’s mother’s death at the beginning of the novel to set up the novel for the recurring use of existentialism. Something in particular that caused a riot among the people was that the stranger was emotionless
Albert Camus creates a series of characters in The Stranger whose personality traits and motivations mirror those that are overlooked by the average man. Camus develops various characters and scenarios that are considered rude and unpleasant, but because it has become common, society accepts it as norms. Camus incorporates atrocious personality traits of the characters, variety, consistency, and everyone’s fate through the creation of the characters. Camus demonstrates the disregarded reason behind
If you could have done everything in a different way, what real difference would that make in the end? This novel shows a young man that gets caught up in a murder. Throughout, “The Stranger”, absurdism, modernism, and decisions helped with the development of this simple, yet profound novel. The main character of this novel is a man that has become misunderstood till the end. He doesn’t see the little things behind everything. He just goes with whatever is said, not disagreeing, but leaving the decision
further exacerbate the matter, all hope for some form of salvation and ever-lasting life from a God are entirely futile; that when life is over, all forms of existence are over as well. Such a desolate point of view is illustrated in Albert Camus’ The Stranger. Camus used characters such as the protagonist, Meursault, to establish his belief that life is nothing more than physical existence and that one can only define their life’s value based off of the events happening at the time in question. Whether
The Stranger begins with an Algerian man named Meursault. Meursault is informed by ways of telegraph, that his mother has died. After hearing this information he travels to Marengo, to visit his mother's past home. When he arrives, after sleeping the whole trip, he is greeted by the director of the old folk's home. The director asks him if he would like to see his mother, but Meursault declines. That evening, he takes part in his mother’s vigil in the retirement home and the following day a funeral
The Stranger by Albert Camus tells the tragic story of a man named Meursault. Meursault adheres to the philosophy of absurdism, which greatly influences his worldview. Absurdism teaches that the universe is meaningless and absurd. Because of Meursault’s belief in this philosophy, most people that he encounters in The Stranger find him to be an emotionless being. Meursault cannot grasp why people do not understand him, which often makes him feel isolated from others. In The Stranger, author Albert
In literature the tone of the narrator is a key point when developing a story. Tone is the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, or situation. In The Stranger the author, Albert Camus, creates an unemotional tone throughout the book. In The Stranger the narrator, Meursault’s, unemotional tone develops due to the death of his mother and the murder he commits. The first few sentences draw the reader's attention because of the cold and emotionless start the novel has. "Mother
“The Stranger” was written by Albert Camus as an interpretation of the illustrations of the absurdist world during the war in Paris. He uses the connection of “Existentialism is a Humanism” because Meursault, the protagonist, reacts differently to every scenario, rather than acting like a normal, sympathetic human being. He has trouble defining his essence and developing emotional connections with society. The definition of a stranger is a person who is described to be unaware or not familiar with
Meursault in The Stranger Meursault, the main character and the narrator of the story, is a 30-year-old shipping clerk who lives an ordinary day-to-day existence. We see him as a son (at his mother's funeral); as a friend; as a solitary creature pursuing simple experiences from moment to moment; and as a prisoner, first on trial, then awaiting execution. Physical sensations of sun and wind and physical activities such as swimming or running mean a great deal to him. Larger experiences in his life-
death of his mother? Would anyone believe the story of the man who simply did not care about life? Albert Camus’s existentialist character, Mersault, demonstrates complete apathy towards almost every aspect of life. On page 115 of Albert Camus’s The Stranger, there is a passage in which the theme of the theme of the novel could clearly be observed. The theme of the novel is that existence is the only meaning of life. This theme is supported by the use of diction in the passage, which includes irony,
The Stranger by Albert Camus constructs the book to a unique and new interpretive perspective. Having the story develop in first person perspective advances the story in a new way that could not be seen without the first person perspective. The stranger without the first person perspective portrays Meursault’s life in a particular view that does not show the whole story of what is surrounding Meursault throughout his life. The decisions, and plot developments would not reflect who Meursault truly
A Stranger is Watching A Stranger is Watching is a terrific book. I enjoyed reading this book very much. The non-stop action kept me reading for hours. One of the best features of the book is how it was written. The point of view changes every chapter. For example Chapter 1 is written in the point of view of the infamous Foxy character. Chapter 2 is written in the point if view of our protagonist, Steve; and so on .I also liked how the author built the relationship of the characters up, so you
Reflection in a Stranger Being on a college campus, you are surrounded by many different kinds of people. Whether you get to know them personally or you just know the familiar faces, some of those people will remind you of friends at home, family members, neighbors, and even yourself. This is what I have experienced here at UVM. I have met so many people that have certain characteristics that remind me of the friends from home whom I miss dearly. But most of all, it is the people I see that
The Stranger by Albert Camus we are introduced to a man who doesn’t believe in god and the first reaction then, as a reader, may be a brief attention to what may come to light to a character who comes to understand that there is no Divinity, no God, nothing. What happens when he realizes that his death is final? That his pleasures, his displeasures, and his sorrows are small bits to an existence of nothingness? What changes in his daily life of work/eat/love/sleep must he make? The Stranger tells