After finishing The Stranger I realized the whole idea of existentialism remained present all throughout the book and never really dissipated. A few questions did arise from the text as the narrator's tone is purely objective and very direct leaving several gaps or dead ends in the book.
The biggest gap Camus presents in the book is how the "stranger" was created. We don't know what happened to Meursault that led him to isolate himself in such way from society or what broke his relationship with his mother in such a way. Maybe he had a romantic deception early on in his life that didn't allow him to fall in love and only permitted him to live by pure instinct and impulses.
These are all speculations because Camus really only gives us a little clue on Meursault's youth when saying "When I was a student, I had lots of ambitions like that. But when I had to give up my studies I learned very quickly that none of it really mattered." (41) Now we question why he had to leave his studies and why was this such a big blow to Meursault's life?
Its clear Camus doesn't want to go very in depth with the specific reasons as to why Meursault behaves the way he does but he hints the readers that some external situations in his life shaped his personality turning him into a true, devoted existentialist.
The biggest gap Camus presents in the book is how the "stranger" was created. We don't know what happened to Meursault that led him to isolate himself in such way from society or what broke his relationship with his mother in such a way. Maybe he had a romantic deception early on in his life that didn't allow him to fall in love and only permitted him to live by pure instinct and impulses.These are all speculations because Camus really only gives us a little clue on Meursault's youth when saying "When I was a student, I had lots of ambitions like that. But when I had to give up my studies I learned very quickly that none of it really mattered." (41) Now we question why he had to leave his studies and why was this such a big blow to Meursault's life?
Its clear Camus doesn't want to go very in depth with the specific reasons as to why Meursault behaves the way he does but he hints the readers that some external situations in his life shaped his personality turning him into a true, devoted existentialist.
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