Essays About The Stranger

In both The Stranger by Albert Camus and The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, the main female characters play a large role in the story. In The Stranger Marie is in love with Meursault. When Meursault refuses to respond to Marie’s love she gets upset. In The Metamorphosis Grete is the sister of Gregor. When Gregor…

Examine Comus’ use of symbolism in part one of The Stranger. In your answer, you must discuss the connection between the symbolism and the character of Mersault. In the chapter one of the novel, we can all see several uses of symbolism to portray the character Mersault. Because the narrator of the book itself is Mersault…

In the book “The Stranger,” the main character, Meursault, is a stranger to himself, and to life. Meursault is a person who is emotionally and physically detached from the world. He seemingly cares only about himself, but at the same time could be concerned little about what happens to him. The title, “the Stranger,” could…

In other words they can change into any animal they touch. By touch I mean they absorb a strand of the animal”s DNA. Then, from the DNA, they are able to create an exact copy of the animal and take on the copy. They can change into any animal they touch. There is a series…

ached, And UnemotioAlbert Camus’ The Stranger: Meursault Is Aloof, Detached, and UnemotionalIn The Stranger, Albert Camus portrays Meursault, the book’s narratorand main character, as aloof, detached, and unemotional. He does not thinkmuch about events or their consequences, nor does he express much feeling inrelationships or during emotional times. He displays an impassivenessthroughout the book in…

Holden Caulfield and Mersault have both been alienated in their worlds as the authorshave so clearly portrayed in both books. But as much as both have been alienated, one isan essentialist while the other remains an existentialist. Holden Caulfield being theessentialist that he is, has psychological motivation for every action he takes. He is ateenager…

The StrangerIn The Stranger, Albert Camus portraysMeursault, the book’s narrator and main character, as aloof, detached,and unemotional. He does not think much about events or their consequences,nor does he express much feeling in relationships or during emotional times. He displays an impassiveness throughout the book in his reactions to thepeople and events described in the…

This Novel, by Albert Camus, traces a year in the life of a young clerk, Meursault, in the 1940s who works for a shipping company in Algiers. The first thing that happens to Meursault is that he gets a telegram that his mother has departed. He takes a bus to see her and they hold…