As I read the stranger I saw many things that made me question Camus. One of the many was the way that Camus writes. Due to the fact that he was an existentialist his way of writing is unique and drew my attention.
He makes Mr. Meursalt seem as a person that doesn't care about anything, he just lives the moment and doesn't think about the future nor the past because it doesn't matter. Camus expresses his existentialist beliefs by his own character Mr. Meursalt. This character is a very odd but interesting person. His mother may die, he might not go to work, kill a person, or even be in jail and Camus makes it seem as if it didn't have any importance, or as if it wasn't a shocking highlight of Mr. Meursalt's day.
Something interesting is that not only does Camus express his existentialist ideals with this character, but also by his form of writing. Suddenlly Mr. Meursalt has killed a person and he doesn't make it seem as if it was a big deal. Or in the page before Mr. Meursalt had shot the arab and suddenlly he was arrested. "Then I fired four more times at the motionless body" (pg 59) "Right afte my arrest I was questioned several times, but it was just so they could find out who I was, which didn't take long." (Pg 63) These transitions from one event to another are very common in this book and it gives me a feeling that he leaves out very important detail. Nevertheless, Camus does this because he is an existentialist and he leaves out whatever he thinks is not important. For example Mr. Muersalt's feelings, or every detail about what happens. He just says things that are in the moment. He never transitions to the past or analyzes about the future. Reading this book is like being an existentialist, shocking things may happen but they are portrayed as if they were normal. It is looking at life in a different way.
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