The Stranger
Title: The Stranger
Category: /Law & Government/Government & Politics
Details: Words: 1585 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Stranger
Category: /Law & Government/Government & Politics
Details: Words: 1585 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Imagine a person with no feelings, no friends, isolated both emotionally and physically. They don’t feel threatened by "normal" things, making the "normal" person threatened by him. In the book, The Stranger, by Albert Camus, we embark on a journey through the mind of an existentialist. So we meet Mersault, the main character in the book, and in my opinion, the epitome of existentialism.
Throughout reading, we have observed Mersault’s self-aware behavior in
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my execution, and that they greet me with cries of hate."
I think that the last paragraphs of the book show that Mersault did indeed find some sort of meaning at the end of his life. Maybe not a normal persons definition of meaning, but that of an existentialist.
So, in conclusion I believe that Mersault embarked on an existential journey and that he was able to find meaning at the end of his life.