The Stranger by Albert Camus

In The Stranger, Albert Camus portrays Meursault, the book's narrator and main character, as aloof, detached, and un ruttish. He does not think much about events or their consequences, nor does he express much touch in descents or during emotional times. He displays an impassiveness throughout the book in his reactions to the lot and events described in the book. After his mother's death he sheds no tears; seems to show no emotions. He displays moderate feelings for his girlfriend, Marie Cardona, and shows no remorse at all for killing an Arab. His reactions to spirit and to people distances him from his emotions, positive or negative, and from intimate relationships with others, thus he is called by the book's title, "the stranger". While this behavior freighter be seen as a negative trait, there is a young woman who seems to want to have a relationship with Meursault and a neighbor who wants friendship. He seems content to be indifferent, perhaps protected from pain by his indifference. Meursault rarely shows any feeling when in situations which would, for most people, elicit strong emotions. Throughout the vigil, reflexion over his mother's dead body, and at her funeral, he never cries.



He is, further, depicted enjoying a cup of coffee with milk during the vigil, and having a smoke with a caretaker at the nursing al-Qa'ida in which his mother died. The following day, after his mother's funeral, he goes to the beach and meets a former colleague named Marie Cardona. They swim, go to a movie, and and so spend the night together. Later in their relationship, Marie asks Meursault if he wants to marry her. He responds that it doesn't matter to him, and if she wants to get married, he would agree. She then asks him if he loves her. To that question he responds that he probably doesn't, and explains that conglutination really isn't such a serious thing and doesn't supplicate love. This reaction is fairly typical of Meursault as portrayed in the book. He appears to be casual and... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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