Thursday, October 1, 2015

An Absurd Argument

Camus' The Stranger shows the absurdity of the world through Meursault's indifference regarding decision making. One of the biggest examples of this absurdity is when Meursault kills the Arab. His only discernible reason is because he was bothered by the sun. Even that is not rational, and essentially means there was no reason for killing the Arab, which shows the absurdity, or randomness, of the universe.

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