Or, maybe, yesterday; I don't know."" Meursault is very matter of fact about the death implying his lack of emotion. He was so uninterested in her funeral that he remarked, "I can be there for the vigil and come back tomorrow night."" He actually seems annoyed at the death for it, "took up my Sunday not to mention the trouble of getting to the bus, buying tickets, and spending two hours traveling."" In fact, during the funeral, Meursault is paying more attention to the sun's heat than his mother's service.
The sun almost becomes a character in itself. Meursault evaluates the sun in every chapter and it seems to control the tone in the novel. During good times, Meursault comments on the warmth of the sun. When it is extremely hot, the tone becomes negative. Though I'm not quite sure of the symbolism, the sun plays an important role.
Upon returning from the funeral, Meursault runs into Marie, a girl who he had worked with along time ago. He asks her to a movie and afterwards they have sex. Meursault is just as casual about this event as his mother's death. Marie takes the role of Meursault's girlfriend in the book. Meursault being the narrator of the story, never fully develops the character of Marie. Much of this is due to his lack of emotion and his inability to relate to others well. In an interesting scene, Marie asks Meursault if he wants to marry her. Meursault responds that it doesn't matter, and if she wants to get married, he would agree. She then asks him if he loves her. He responds that he probably doesn't, and explains, "Marriage really isn't such a serious thing and doesn't require love."" This is a good example of Meursault's philosophy.
Salmano, Meursault's neighbor, and his dog are soon introduced. Salmano is an older gentleman, and his dog has taken the role of his wife after her death. The dog is old, like his owner, and has a skin disease. Meursault describes, "It is covered with brown sores and scabs they've ended up looking like each other.
A Stranger to Morality Meursault, the novel's hero, a "stranger" to the system of Christian morality insofar as he cannot comprehend it, is certainly not an "outsider", neither consciously choosing to remain "outside" society nor being rejected by it. ... In the final paragraph of The Stranger, Camus does not "sum up" his hero's fate, but leads him into a breathtaking vision of new life in the face of death. ...
The Stranger For Camus, freedom arises in awareness of one's life, the every-moment life, an intense glorious life that needs no redeeming, no regrets, no tears. ... In a sense, The Stranger is a parable of Camus" philosophy, with emphasis on that which is required for freedom. Meursault, hero of The Stranger, is not a person one would be apt to meet in reality in this respect; Meursault does not achieve the awakening of consciousness, so essential to freedom and to living Camus" philosophy until the very end of the book, yet he has lived his entire life in according with the morality o...
The Tall Stranger The Tall Stranger was written by Louis L"Amour. The Tall Stranger was written in 1957. ... The Tall Stranger is a story about a stubborn man named Rock Bannon who saved eastern breed settlers from Indian attacks and Mort Harper, a fast talking crook. ... The Tall Stranger was a very enjoyable book. ...
The Stranger The novel, "The Stranger", written by Albert Camus is about one man's life. The main character and the author, Meursalt, gives every detail and thought throughout the novel. He portrays himself as a person who doesn't seem to care about much, yet he is a hero. Meursalt shows his her...
The stranger faces the group on a regular basis without becoming integrated within it. He further describes the stranger as an integral part of the economic sphere. ... This mobility and lack of formalized ties to the group allow the stranger to be objective. ... He is not perceived as an individual, but a "stranger of a certain type." ... Simmel struggled with a precise definition of the stranger because at best it is the combination of the stranger's remoteness and nearness with respect to the group he approaches. ...
Despite the somewhat absurd nature of The Metamorphosis, and the realistic nature of The Stranger, similar values are communicated to the reader. ... Meursault (the narrator) in The Stranger only sees and only wants to see the absolute truth in society. ... This is the main turning point as far as existentialism is concerned in The Stranger. ... The Stranger's Meursault is existentialist, finding a need for a meaning to life only when his is about to be taken. ... The Stranger, on the other hand, follows an idea that quietly not conforming will only hurt oneself. ...
In The Stranger, by Albert Camus, Meursault undergoes a mental transformation from Part 1 to Part 2. ... Throughout The Stranger, Meursault transforms and begins to develop meaningful memories about the meaning of his life. ... Meursault is much more interested in trivial details about strangers. ... In The Stranger, by Albert Camus, Meursault undergoes a mental transformation from Part 1 to Part 2. ...
In Albert Camus" The Stranger, his actions and reactions display him as an immoral man, expressing apathy towards society's formulas for convention. ... Confronted with the court's legal mechanics, Meursault is a stranger to the judicial world, thus disabling him. Meursault is also a stranger to social custom. ...
In the book Integrity by Stephen L. Carter, Carter defines Integrity as requiring three steps: 1) discerning what is right and wrong; 2) acting on what you have discerned, even at personal cost; 3) saying openly that you are acting on your understanding of right and wrong. I think that according to...
In his song "The Stranger", Billy Joel uses his lyrical genius to make a universal connection with his "stranger", and by doing this makes a connection with Mersault from Camus" The Stranger. ... [16-18].) is often rejection ("It was then I felt the stranger kick me right between the eyes" [34-35].) ... A similar parallel can be made to Mersault from The Stranger. ... The Arab is the first person in the novel to reveal the "stranger" within themselves to Mersault. This leads to Mersault exposing his "stranger" by murdering the Arab. ...
