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This possible reading introduces the idea of the meaninglessness of human existence, a theme that resounds throughout the novel. Explanation of the famous quotes in The Stranger, including all important speeches, comments, quotations, and monologues.
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- Part Two: Chapters 1 & 2
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- The Meaninglessness of Life
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- Guilt and Punishment
- “I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't.” ― Albert Camus, The Stranger.
- “I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.” ― Albert Camus, L'Étranger.
- “I had only a little time left and I didn't want to waste it on God.” ― Albert Camus, L'Étranger.
- “Since we're all going to die, it's obvious that when and how don't matter.” ― Albert Camus, The Stranger.
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[Marie] asked me if I loved her. I told her it didn't mean anything but that I didn't think so. She looked sad. Then [my boss] asked me if I wasn't interested in a change of life. I said that people never change their lives, that in any case one life was as good as another and that I wasn't dissatisfied with mine here at all. He looked upset and to...
That evening, Marie came by to see me and asked me if I wanted to marry her. I said it didn't make any difference to me and that we could if she wanted to. Then she wanted to know if I loved her. I answered the same way I had the last time, that it didn't mean anything but that I probably didn't love her. \"So why marry me, then?\" she said. I expl...
The sun was the same as it had been the day I'd buried Maman, and like then, my forehead especially was hurting me, all the veins in it throbbing under the skin. It was this burning, which I couldn't stand anymore, that made me move forward. I knew that it was stupid, that I wouldn't get the sun off me by stepping forward. But I took a step, one st...
The investigators had learned that I had \"shown insensitivity\" the day of Maman's funeral. \"You understand,\" my lawyer said, \"it's a little embarrassing for me to have to ask you this. But it's very important. And it will be a strong argument for the prosecution if I can't come up with some answers.\" He wanted me to help him. He asked if I ha...
[The prosecutor] said that he had peered into [my soul] and that he had found nothing, gentlemen of the jury. He said the truth was that I didn't have a soul and that nothing human, not one of the moral principles that govern men's hearts, was within my reach. \"Of course,\" he added, \"we cannot blame him for this. We cannot complain that he lacks...
At first glance, the plot of Albert Camus’ The Stranger seems to comprise a sequence of random events in the life of the protagonist, Meursault. However, the novella’s events suggest a dark and forbidding meaning: in a universe that is irrational and indifferent to human suffering and experience, people desperately struggle to explain ...
Plot. Part 1. Meursault learns of the death of his mother, who has been living in an old age home in the country. He takes time off from work to attend her funeral but seems to show no signs of grief or mourning to the people around him.
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