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- 11: Camus Philosophy As Revealed I
- In L Etranger, Camus uses Mersaults experiences such as his mothers death, killing the Arab, the trial, and his interactions with other characters throughout the novel to convey his philosophy, which satisfies all principals of existentialism. To convey his existentialist philosophy, Camus uses the death of Mersaults mother in the beginning of the novel. On the first page, Mersault is more concerned about the exact time of his mothers death, and not ... his mothers death, and also conveys the existentialist idea that reason is powerless to deal with the depths of human life. The fact that Mersault shows no compassion ultimately conveys Camus philosophy of existentialism. Also, at Mersaults mothers funeral Mersault does not cry or behave the way that society expects him to act. This is because Mersault is an existentialist, ...
- 12: Albert Camus
- Biography of Albert Camus Albert Camus (1913-1960) was a representative of non-metropolitan French literature. His origin in Algeria and his experiences there in the thirties were dominating influences in his thought and work. Of ... in philosophy (only chance prevented him from pursuing a university career in that field), he came to France at the age of twenty-five. The man and the times met: Camus joined the resistance movement during the occupation and after the liberation was a columnist for the newspaper Combat. But his journalistic activities had been chiefly a response to the ...
- 13: Camus's The Stranger: The Sun
- Camus's The Stranger: The Sun In Albert Camus's novel "The Stranger" the sun that sits in the sky could be the major influence on some of the actions meursault makes, almost like another character. Meursault loves the ... lethal. At the moment of his crime the great cymbals of the sun beat on his head. As though the sun could literally do so. One example of the way Camus personifies the sun is when he writes about how it "shot off the steel and it was like a long flashing blade cutting at my forehead." (59) This sentence ...
- 14: Albert Camus
- Albert Camus Albert Camus was born in Mondovi, Algeria, on November 7, 1913, and died instantaneously in a car crash in route to Paris on January4, 1960. In the interval he studied philosophies at ... philosophers. Although often considered a French writer, he should be thought of as a European writer, one who referred to himself as coming form a Mediterranean background. Many studies about Camus mention the “Alegiers summer,” on reference to the early portion of his life spent in Africa. On one occasion, when asked what were some of his favorite words, he ...
- 15: Christianity And Love Versus R
- ... longer exist. But, what would happen if we all die tomorrow! There will be no future! And what would happen if there was no afterlife! Then "death is final!" said Camus. Albert Camus conceives of the world in terms of incongruity and contrasts: man lives, yet he is condemned to die, death is the only definite destiny one can be sure to reach; most people live believing the existence of an afterlife, yet there has never been any proof of its actuality. Camus critiques in The Plague the ability of "Absolute Truth"- God's definition of our being here, to effectively guide the lives of the people of Oran, he thus challenges ...
- 16: The Absurd and Camus
- The Absurd and Camus The Absurd is a much misunderstood philosophical category, primarily due to its sense of linguistic finality both in French and English. To use the expression "that's absurd!" brings with it an automatic negative judgement and a feeling that all further discussion is thereby closed. For Camus, "absurdity" is the given premise of all modern experience, an uneasy feeling, above all, a sense of contradiction, and is only the begining of a perception of life, its meaning and consequences. Unlike the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)--whose influence on him is considerable--Camus does not need to declare God "dead". God, or any kind of divine "unmoved mover" or guiding hand for human life, does not even come into the picture. Camus ...
- 17: Patterns In Hemingway And Camu
- ... conclusive way to counter all earlier critics who have failed to see this talisman of interpretation, this key to understanding the complexities of Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms and Camus's The Outsider. `666' offers a key to understanding in that it clearly refers us back to the text which these texts are "playing" with and are in some way ... of the first text often sees death as a door; the second reader sees death as a wall and as the inescapable and shared destiny of all persons. Hemingway and Camus are both writing texts that present death as final. There are many striking similarities between the two, although one could say they are a generation and a world apart. Hemingway, the older of the two, presents several of the elements of their similarity in his novel A Farewell to Arms; Camus, writing The Outsider almost fifteen years later, picks up from where Hemingway left off. The two share a lean, direct style; there is a shared early (in the novels) " ...
- 18: Albert Camus
- Albert Camus was a French-Algerian novelist, essayist, dramatist, and journalist and a Nobel laureate. He was born in Algeria to a French father and Spanish mother. After his father was killed ... dismissal of his newspaper job. Later, he worked in Paris for a newspaper and soon he became involved in Resistance movements against the Germans. He started writing an underground newspaper. Camus wrote many novels and his writings, illustrated his view of the absurdity of human existence: Humans are not absurd, and the world is not absurd, but for humans to be ... to find purely human solutions to their plight. He used a simple and clear but elegant form of writing to convey his ideas about morality, justice and love. In 1957, Camus received the Nobel price for literature. He was deeply troubled by the Algerian War of Independence and he immersed himself in the theatre and working on an autobiographical novel. ...
- 19: The Stranger 2
- Albert Camus novel, The Stranger, examines what happens to a passive man when mixed in a murder. During the trial of the main character, Meursault, the prosecutor examines Meursault s normal behavior as callous and cold. In order for the prosecutor to have a case in the reader s mind, Camus must create the past that the trial calls for. Camus shows a passive man, and the way that he deals with normal life occurrences. Camus must create a portrait of indifference. When Meursault is talking to Raymond Sintes, a ...
- 20: The Stranger 2
- Albert Camus novel, The Stranger, examines what happens to a passive man when mixed in a murder. During the trial of the main character, Meursault, the prosecutor examines Meursault s normal behavior as callous and cold. In order for the prosecutor to have a case in the reader s mind, Camus must create the past that the trial calls for. Camus shows a passive man, and the way that he deals with normal life occurrences. Camus must create a portrait of indifference. When Meursault is talking to Raymond Sintes, a ...
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