The Stranger by Albert Camus

Existentialism is a philosophy which emphasizes the significance of universe and those actions which enable one to recognise their own existence, such as making decisions or judgement emotions. The novel The Stranger was written during the Existentialist movement, and thats why the leading character in the novel, Meursault, has a neutral and passionless character because objectivity is the chief(prenominal) aspect of existentialism. The Stranger, can be analyzed with the themes of absurdity, mans relationship with life, society, god, and free-will. The novel conveys legion(predicate) examples of the absurdity of the human condition. small-arm reading the novel, firstly it is notice that Meursault shows no affection afterwards he hears about his momma dying. He receives a telegram. Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I dont know. I got a telegram from the position: Mother Deceased. Funeral Tomorrow. Faithfully yours. (Camus 3). When he gets home, he creates himself a c offee tree and smokes. He doesnt flat bother to see the of a sudden body or mourn. kinda of grieving, he calculates more worried about the time he will take to go to his mothers funeral. Although Meursault has no emotions, he has a girl named Marie. In their relationship, Meursault mainly focuses on the physical features of her rather than her characteristics. When he talks about Marie, it is broadly speaking about her appearance. I wanted her so bad You could function out the shape of her unwaveringly breasts... (Camus 34). When Marie asks him to marry her, he says that he does not love her, provided he would marry her to make her happy. Their relationship portrays a veracious example of existentialism philosophy. other example is the murder. Meursault kills the Arab on the bank not because he exist him, he did not seem to bother with that, but because the temperateness hit him on his essence so he got raving mad and killed the Arab brutally. The scorching blade th inned at my eyelashes and stabbed at my lancinating eyes��...