The Stranger by Camus becomes the controversial novel in the entire history of French literature. According to Jean Sartre's A Commentary On The Stranger, he takes note of how Camus makes the absurd use of messages in his work. Camus does not have the right aim in conveying the themes of his novel. For this essay, I would like to use Jean Sartre's article to explain the absurd structure of Camus' The Stranger through the use of messages. In the novel there are Camus's absurd uses of the message. The senseless man does not want to commit suicide; he wants to live without letting go of “any of his certainties, without a future, without hope, without illusions and without resignation” (78). The clumsy man asserts himself by rebelling. He sees death with loving attention, and this “frees him” (78). He is irresponsible for sentencing the man to death. The article then mentions “One experience is as good as another, so what matters is simply acquiring as many as possible. 'For the absurd man, the ideal is the present and the succession of present moments before an ever conscious spirit'” (78). Crossed with this ethic "all values collapse" (78). The senseless person has “nothing to prove”. He is blameless for what is acceptable and what is forbidden. Even though he is innocent in every sense, he is considered ignorant. This concludes why Camus uses the title “Stranger” for his novel. Meursalt is considered one of the outsiders who “shock a society by not accepting the rules of its game” (78). That's why some people show positive feelings while others express hatred towards him. By judging him “by our usual standards” (79), we, as readers, can demonstrate that he is the stranger. So, the book mentions…half of the paper…). Meursault therefore remains "impenetrable, even from the point of view of the absurd" (85). As readers, we can see that “its imaginary density is the only thing that can make it acceptable to us” (85). Overall, Camus' The Stranger becomes a completely absurd work through the inappropriate use of messages. We can demonstrate that it fails to convey direct messages because it does not clearly develop the point of the novel. This is how he illogically structures his novel by creating pointless thematic points. Works Cited Sartre, Jean-Paul, John Kulka, Arlette Elkaïm-Sartre and Jean-Paul Sartre. Existentialism is a humanism =: (l'existenzialesme Est Un Humanisme) ; Including a Commentary on the Stranger (explanation of De L'étranger). New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. Print. Camus, Albert. The stranger. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Print.
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