Wouldn't embracing existentialism naturally yield conflict? You're challenging the bedrock of humanity's identity: people are going to push against you. Hard.
Yet, In 'The Stranger,' Albert Camus portrays Meursault as living an easy, care-free life in Part I. No one gets in his face as we would expect until he breaks the law: is that the only line that cannot be crossed?
Up to that point, Meursault was living a fine life with no real enemies. I understand that being free from social constructs can liberate, but where is the opposition to Meursault's upheaval of social conventions?
He seems to get by too easily…
This is a good point. Some people may think he's a little off, but no one ever persecutes him for these actions until he kills someone. In fact, a lot of people appreciate him, and those who think he's a little off almost take advantage of it by partaking in their own strange customs.
ReplyDeleteI never thought about it that way. It's really interesting that he wasn't challenged until part 2.
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