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Essay - Albert Camus: "the stranger, L'étranger, Der Fremde"
camus-society.com — In this essay it is assumed that the reader has not read Albert Camus' The Stranger but is aware that the plot involves a character called Meursault, the shooting of an Arab and a subsequent trial. This essay is not a ‘The Stranger a study guide' but a brief look at some of the themes of the book. The intention is to entice the reader into reading
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- domfosnz, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1"For Camus, life has no rational meaning or order."
Hmmm, a bit like his books ;) - rtknox00, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2You've gotta love the opening lines of the book. "Today my mother is dead, or was it yesterday?"
- monicazir, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1I am bored with myself because I already know what I intend to say and any response would either be an attack which I need to defend against as a matter of pride, or praise which would be a manipulation to ask for something(and trading especially for necessities is only a chore), so meaning is to expand myself with someone who will fuse with me to make us absorbed in each other's knowledge and the rush of an ecstasy of knowing ineffable things without doubt or the pain of curiosity.
- controltheweb, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1"For Camus, life has no rational meaning or order" no one is going to say this brings to mind new submissions on digg?!?
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