Critical Essay 3

In this review of The Stranger Patrick J. Moser belives that Camus portrays his philosophy that there is nothing after death in this novel. Life is only imortant in the present and if there is no importance then there is no point for life in general. Moser also implies that the book was written so that Camus could show his ecistential views fromthe point of his character Meursault. The author also says that Camus is not only show his view points but is also acting out his issues through Meursault. Camus's ideas and views of the absurd and fate are also present in this book. when Meursault killed the Arab it was not his choice Moser explains but in fact it was fate that lead Meursault to the murder of the Arab man. i do think that Camus did show his ideas of the absurd through Meursault and his disturbing view of fate and fate leading to the evil that Meursault ended up as. Through Meursault's change to complete evil and his emotionless nature Camus is able to show with some detail his views of the absurd and his feelings of human nature.

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Critical Essay 2

IN this essay by Paul M. Willenberghe implies that Albert Camus wrote the book for an interactive reader that will form a changing oppinion of Meursault. He explains that the book was written in order to question the reader about there own view on society. By Camus creating situations where Meursault has no real emotion Willenberghe explains that this allows the reader to put there own feelings in to fill in the blanks and come up with their own impression of Meursault. Willenberghe also says that the begining of the book is very important because the reader will return to it and reread it forming a new oppinion of Meursault each time. It is also implied that Camus writes very vaguely on purpose so that the reader is forced to interpret the book on there own giving themselves a possible new outlook on life. The way Camus wirtes also seems to make the reader feel pity for meursault Willenbergde explains and the more pity the reader feels the closer the reader comes to the absurd. I don't really agree with this article i beleive that Camus had no intention of making the reader think about their own relationship with society. In my oppinion Camus partly hated the existance of human life and was representing his feelings in his character Meursault.

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Archtype

In The Stranger Meursault os viewed through archtypal lenses as some what of an innocent in the begining. He loses his mother which makes the reader feel a little sorry for him even though he shows no emotion regaurding the issue. However as the story moves on Meursault becomes a villan or destroyer. He ends up killing the Arab for no reason and from that point on loses what little human nature he has and becomes a heartless animal. Meursault feels no remorse for killing the man and he also ends up cursing human kind making him an evil villan.