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1) Existentialism Definition: a philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.
2) Meursault has absolutely no meaning in life and didn't find meaning in anything until he was stuck in a jail cell. Even when his " love" Marie asked him to marry her " I said it didn't make any difference to me and that we could if she wanted to" ( Camus 41) he didn't even find meaning in getting married to the person who loved him. But once he was tried for murder he started to find a meaning in every little thing he would look around his little cell and find every little detail in the wall, he even found a newspaper clipping and read it over and over again because the meant something something to him.

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1. Existentialism: Is the investigation of finding meaning in a seemingly meaningless life. We find meaning in our lives through free will, choice, past experiences and beliefs.
2. Albert Camus articulates his understanding of existentialism through The Stranger, using the main character, Meursault, to give insight into the mind of an absurdist. The main character loses his mother and shows no sympathy or remorse towards her death. During a time where he was arrested for an unrelated crime, “the investigators had learned that [he] had ‘shown in sensitivity’ the day of Maman's funeral” (Camus, 64). The main character then justifies his lack of emotion at his mother’s funeral, “At one time or another all normal people have wished their loved ones were dead” (Camus, 65). The main character acknowledges that he is not “normal”, which is a big role in the book.

Secondly to contribute to the peculiarity of Meursault's situation, he expresses indifference towards his girlfriend’s marriage proposal to him. He had previously expressed desire towards the girl and it had seemed that she was one of the few things he had actually wanted. When she asked if he loved her however, he said that he didn’t know. And when she asked to marry him, “it didn't make any difference to [him].(41)” the previous example of apathy having to do with his mother’s death could have just been a misinterpretation of shock but as the reader comes along to the second example, Meursault's condition becomes clearer to the reader and it is this first person unveiling process that is what makes this book such a classic

One of Camus final notion’s is that we are intertwined by the same fate. No matter what we do with our lives we will end up with the result. Death is everyone's destiny so what does it matter how we get there, his thoughts are highlighted in his response to the chaplain “What did other people’s deaths or a mother’s love matters to me; what did his god or the lives people choose or the fate they think they elect matter to me when we we’re all elected by the same fate”(pg.121). Camus articulates that nothing matters to him because we are all destined to die at on point or another, so when his appeal is rejected he is not bothered because this is his fate and he can’t escape it. Existentialism is the attempt to find meaning in life in a meaningless universe and to Camus the human life is worthless because we are all born to die.

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1.)Existentialism is “a philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.” This essentially means that each given individual within the universe has free will, and that will is not affected or bound.

-Will is limitless-

2.)The Stranger gained its popularity due to the original perspective of the main character. It’s one of the first absurdist novels to showcase a main character as purely an observer, a character that takes care to watch and enjoy all the aspects of his own life. His observations are already very evident in the first chapter where he watches his mother’s funeral, he takes care to watch everything around him, even the things that don’t necessarily lead into the overarching plot “But I wasn't hungry. Then he offered to bring me a cup of coffee with milk. I like milk in my coffee, so I said yes, and he came back a few minutes later with a tray.” (8)  Little segments like these really are just there to show Meursault’s character and how different he is from other people. He doesn’t react to things in the same way other people would such as his mother’s funeral. Another very evident piece of this character’s nature is when he explodes in the end “What did other people's deaths or a mother's love matter to me; what did his God or the lives people choose or the fate they think they elect matter to me when we're all elected by the same fate, me and billions of privileged people like him who also called themselves my brothers?” He asks questions that should have obvious answers to them. The end of the book is probably what made it so popular, because it shows the author’s intent outright, whereas other books would use heavy symbolism.

3.)“The only thing that matters is the present and what one does n the present to change the future”. The past is unchangeable so why bother worrying about it? It’s just going to waste your time so just try to make things better from here on out. Don’t let previous inconveniences affect you emotionally, because you can do things right now to right the wrongs from before

4.)Back then, I used to always think about the past and it weighed me down quite a lot. I would have no motivation to do anything because I was always lost in thoughts regarding previous events. It took me some time but I finally realized that it doesn’t matter what’s already happened just because I’d just be wasting my time thinking and worrying about it, so what’s the point? I need to

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1. Existentialism is defined as a “philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.”

2.  One piece of evidence was after receiving the telegram message “Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours”, he comments, “That doesn’t mean anything” (Camus 3). This quote directly shows Meursault’s extreme lack of emotion, which is present throughout the entire novel. Meursault is implying that the fact that his mother died did not mean anything to him and will not affect his emotions. Another piece of evidence was after the nurse states her thoughts about getting to the church in the heat, Meursault reflects, “She was right. There was no way out” (Camus 17). This concept connects back to the topic of Absurdism, which is the belief that we, as humans, live in a universe that has no purpose.

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1. Existentialism is defined as a “philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.”

2.  One piece of evidence was after receiving the telegram message “Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours”, he comments, “That doesn’t mean anything” (Camus 3). This quote directly shows Meursault’s extreme lack of emotion, which is present throughout the entire novel. Meursault is implying that the fact that his mother died did not mean anything to him and will not affect his emotions. Another piece of evidence was after the nurse states her thoughts about getting to the church in the heat, Meursault reflects, “She was right. There was no way out” (Camus 17). This concept connects back to the topic of Absurdism, which is the belief that we, as humans, live in a universe that has no purpose.

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1. Existentialism is defined as a “philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.”

2.  One piece of evidence was after receiving the telegram message “Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours”, he comments, “That doesn’t mean anything” (Camus 3). This quote directly shows Meursault’s extreme lack of emotion, which is present throughout the entire novel. Meursault is implying that the fact that his mother died did not mean anything to him and will not affect his emotions. Another piece of evidence was after the nurse states her thoughts about getting to the church in the heat, Meursault reflects, “She was right. There was no way out” (Camus 17). This concept connects back to the topic of Absurdism, which is the belief that we, as humans, live in a universe that has no purpose.

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1. Existentialism is a philosophy concerned with finding self and the meaning of life through free will, choice, and personal responsibility. It is the freedom of humans to make choices that are not determined by prior causes or by divine intervention.
2. The idea of existentialism is used throughout "The Stranger" by Albert Camus. Throughout "The Stranger" examples of existentialism can be analyzed to expose the true self and cold nature of human beings. At the beginning of the novel, Meursault expresses his true feelings about his mother's death. "I probably did love Maman, but that didn't mean anything. At one time or another all normal people have wished their loved ones were dead." (Camus, 65). This connects to existentialism because existentialism means each person describes their own meaning, and Meursault has decided not to put meaning into his mother, like society wants him to. Instead he gives meaning into other things. This relates to other absurdist ideas that we have studied in class because  we can compare Meursault to Phil. Just as Phil did not put meaning into his life, living everyday doing anything he wanted, Meursault lived everyday as if it did not matter. The most important example of existentialism in the book is presented near the end when Meursault is sentenced to death. He accepts his death by saying,  "I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again." (Camus, 123). There was no difference between life and death, everything was the same to him. Even when it concerns his own survival, he no longer sees meaning in his own life, he has found meaning elsewhere, and while not finding meaning is extreme even for most existentialists, it demonstrates the lengths that the philosophy can reach. This relates to The Myth of Sisyphus because just like Sisyphus, Mersault is in a situation that from the outside looks dire, but from each of their own individual perspectives, they are happy. They have found their own meaning in life on their own, even if it looks as if they are suffering.  This was extreme, having a character who was so removed from what society w

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1. a philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will. It is the view that humans define their own meaning in life, and try to make rational decisions despite existing in an irrational universe.

2. The Stranger is one of the most famous examples of existentialist texts because of how Meursault was portrayed throughout the whole book. In the book, Meursault runs into an Arab with a knife and the reflection from the sun bounces onto Meursault’s eyes. The exact quote says, “The scorching blade slashed at my eyelashes and stabbed at my stinging eyes”  which made Meursault shoot the Arab simply because he was uncomfortable with the hot sun. (Camus, 59). In an article by John Tierney, it says, “Free will guides people’s choices toward being more moral and better performers” which did not work for Meursault as he shot the Arab simply because he wanted to. Meursault’s use of free will made his development worse as he did things without thinking. Another is example is when he doesn’t think he needs an attorney because he thinks that his case is simple. In the book it says, “Then he wanted to know if I had hired an attorney (the magistrate). I admitted I hadn’t and inquired whether it was really necessary to have one” (Camus, 63). To Meursault, he had a sense of morality but only because he shot the Arab and wanted to get the case over with. He accepted that he shot the man but never explained why, only that he felt like it and with the extra 4 bullets after the man was killed. Meursault became more moral with his free will and he gained a new sense of thinking right before he was killed. This book showed how Meursault was in the beginning and showed how his character was slowly developing through the book.  It slowly emphasized the existence of him.

The photo above shows Shaggy thinking about life and this relates to existentialism because of how people are trying to find meaning in their life. The same thing with Meursault as he was just living life without any sense of direction.

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Existentialism is a way of thinking or a philosophy that pushes the concept that an individual is entirely responsible for determining the events that take place in their life, and that everything they do now will impact their life later

The Stranger is likely a famous text due to the fact that its main focus was likely to convey the idea of existentialism, the way the author wrote this text was very unique and we can’t help but think that the main point of writing this text was not for entertainment like groundhog day or the Matrix. In this book it was an undeniable point of emphasis to make the character speak and act in an emotionless manner, anyone who reads this book will notice it.  In this book most of the things the main character does, does impact the next part of his life, for example he made the conscious decision to conspire with raymond and shoot the arab man on the beach and made the decision to act the way he did in court which, in turn got him sentenced to death all because he originally thought that nothing you do matters, when in the end of the book he realizes all the things he wished he did and how his choices really did impact the course of his life, as opposed to the movie groundhog day where nothing he did would impact the course of his life, since almost everything he did would undo itself once the clock hit 6 A.M.

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Existentialism is a philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.

This shows the concept of existentialism because of its clear focus on the fact that some things don't really matter in life. When they say "romance is dead" we can think about Meursault and his response to Marie's proposal and that he didn't care either way.  Even though this phone has these thoughts, they appear to still show positivity unlike Meursault who before he went to jail didn't realize that what he had was a good thing, until he lost it. Just like Phil, when he first started to repeat the days, he thought that it was great, but after a while, and he was continually living the same day, he wanted his old life back and began to appreciate what he had in the first place.

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Existentialism Definition: a philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.

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1. Existentialism is a philosophy concerned with finding self and the meaning of life through free will, choice, and personal responsibility. It is the freedom of humans to make choices that are not determined by prior causes or by divine intervention.
2. The idea of existentialism is used throughout "The Stranger" by Albert Camus. Throughout "The Stranger" examples of existentialism can be analyzed to expose the true self and cold nature of human beings. At the beginning of the novel, Meursault expresses his true feelings about his mother's death. "I probably did love Maman, but that didn't mean anything. At one time or another all normal people have wished their loved ones were dead." (Camus, 65). This connects to existentialism because existentialism means each person describes their own meaning, and Meursault has decided not to put meaning into his mother, like society wants him to. Instead he gives meaning into other things. This relates to other absurdist ideas that we have studied in class because  we can compare Meursault to Phil. Just as Phil did not put meaning into his life, living everyday doing anything he wanted, Meursault lived everyday as if it did not matter. The most important example of existentialism in the book is presented near the end when Meursault is sentenced to death. He accepts his death by saying,  "I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again." (Camus, 123). There was no difference between life and death, everything was the same to him. Even when it concerns his own survival, he no longer sees meaning in his own life, he has found meaning elsewhere, and while not finding meaning is extreme even for most existentialists, it demonstrates the lengths that the philosophy can reach. This relates to The Myth of Sisyphus because just like Sisyphus, Mersault is in a situation that from the outside looks dire, but from each of their own individual perspectives, they are happy. They have found their own meaning in life on their own, even if it looks as if they are suffering.  This was extreme, having a character who was so removed from what society wanted him to believe in that it made it a cornerstone of existentialist media.

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1. Existentialism is a concept that

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The main character in jail

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When Marie visits him in jail saying he going to get out and there going to have a life after together

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Meursault is bored in jail and doesn't know what to do with his time.

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Because Meursault has no freedom, he wastes his time by memorizing the items his jail cell.

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Meursault is sitting in prison figuring out ways to kill time. He sees that as his own problem and at first he feels like time is going slowly then realizes that it went by faster than he thought. He was caught off-guard when he was told he was already in for 5 months.

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We think that this represents what he has to do in jail. He has nothing to do except be in his cell and maybe talk to the guard every once and awhile. In jail, you don't have a list of things you need to do, you just waste time until your sentence is done.

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The main character is very emotionless. His neighbor is a pimp and an abuser but he helps him write a letter and doesn't seem to care that he beat up his mistress. The girl he is attracted to is sad that he doesn't seem to love her but he doesn't really think anything of it.

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The main character seems to not really care about very much. Since his mother died he has just been observing what's going on in life and has not been showing much emotion.

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When Salamano does not have his dog and he can't get a new one because it's not the same, he got the dog after his wife's death for comfort and to not be alone
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Meursault is taking the character of an observer. He does not affect anything that happens around him and simply allows things to run it's course. He doesn't mind seeing things that are obviously wrong with the world and he just takes whatever people throw at him.

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The main Characther has lost all emotion and does not care anymore. So i linked emotionless by drake

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The main character seems to give no thought or care to anything that matters. It's almost as if he is in another world different from the one the story is being told in.

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I think this shows how Emmanuel's personality is because the main character has to explain what is going on when they watches movies together because he doesn't understand. This lets us know that maybe Emmanuel is not the sharpest tool in the shed.

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The main character doesnt really know how to act he seems like he kind of just acts however anyone else tells him to act or however everyone else acts. This picture is an episode of spongebob where there are little versions of him living within his brain just doing what the head spongebob says to do, not controlling the whole show, just doing as they are told with no real emotion or reason as to why they are doing it. he doesnt see long term impacts hes just concerned about whats going on right now and it only pertains to him.

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Meursault is the main character, he's having a hard time dealing with his mom. Even though it seems like he doesn't care about anything his actions suggest he needs a lot of help. He spends another night with the girl Marie but explains she doesn't mean much to him. Marie gets sad about this because she feels used. The police show up to Raymond's, Meursault has to testify that Raymond's mistress is cheating on him.

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Throughout the chapter we see examples of the main character who doesn't care or does not show any or much emotion.  When he learns that marie wants to marry him but he just doesn't care. When he learns about Salamano losing his dog he just thinks get a new one.

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this chapter further cements the fact that the main character doesn't genuinely care about anything at all. he seems to have extremely limited emotions, if not none. when asked if he loves marie he says if he did it wouldn't mean anything and that he doesn't care if he marries her or not. this, on top of the fact that the only thing on his mind at his own moms funeral was sleeping for 12 hours, makes it clear that events that should make him feel strong emotions, simply don't.

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Meursault is just commentating on how everything seems pretty interesting. He doesn't show any emotion and just goes with the flow, kind of lackadaisical . I think he is trying to find meaning in life by entertaining himself.

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Salmano: I lost my dog
Mr. Meursault:
(Replace banana with dog)
This is because he really doesn't care that his dog is lost. He seems confused that Solano cares so much about the dog.

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In the section that we read for homework, the main character is asked if he loves Marie and if he wants to marry her. He doesn't sugar coat it at all and gives her the honest truth, that he doesn't really care either way.

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The main character seemed to not to care about very much and he did not really look at the bigger picture. He practically shrugged his shoulders at everything, good and bad. An example would be when he said it didn't mean anything if he loved Marie, but at the same time he did not care if he married her.

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The day after he spent the night with Marie, he just hangs around and wastes the day. He was not being happy about the day/night before.

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The main character can´t be happy that he spent time with Marie and then spends his time focusing on other things.

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The main character is bored and so he decides to watch people and waste his life away.

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He was with a girl he really liked then the next day she left & he acted like it was fine but he was sad about her leaving. He tries to hide his emotions

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When you find another girls outfit more interesting than your date.

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Relating back to what Mr. Cortez said, he should be happy that he spent the night with Marie, but he isn't. He is given the opportunity to be happy that day, but instead we isn't.

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Meursault is trying to rebound from his mother's death. He's sort of just letting time pass and accepting everything being thrown at him.

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The main character spends his day on his balcony observing other people in the city.

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Shes faced with a problem but dosen't know how to handel it so she walks away

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much like squidward, the main character is done with walking through the desert. the other people are participating in the event, like spongebob, but the main character's mind is elsewhere (leaving and going to sleep)

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he just wants to go home and sleep 12 hours

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The main character has lost interest in his mother's funeral and all he is thinking about is going to sleep. He does not seem to care and just wants to spend 12 hours sleeping.

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The main character is in denial about his mother dying, it seems to not bother him even though they are about to put her into the ground. So this gif is like the point of someone who is looking at the main character and describing how he feels.

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Although his mom just died, all he can think about is going to sleep. He doesn't seem to care about his mother's death.

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He is so exausted and all he wants to do is probally sleep

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He does not seem to care.

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camus, is a very sad boi, but doesnt realize hes so sad yet, so hes trying his best to hide any type of emotion, its a facade dawg.

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This person is saying they are fine after being asked if they were okay, but the word "fine" is autocorrected to the crying frog because it is their deep down feeling. The main character is not externally reacting to the death of his mother. Inside he must be feeling upset, but he does not show any emotion.

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The person's state of mind is unclear but you can tell that they feel something inside. It may not be shown on the outside but you can tell something is wrong

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This shows our understanding of how the character is feeling because he is feeling almost numb and unresponsive to his mothers death on the outside, but on the inside, he is sad and shocked about what has happened.

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the dog is in a burning building but denying to himself that everything is wrong probably for the sake of his own mental health. just like the main character.

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He's being very apathetic about the whole situation. He doesn't even really seem to care that his mother dies.

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He's heart broken and can see the exhaustion in his eyes

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He is not showing any external emotions of shock or sadness and doesn't act on any emotions. But the reader can guess that on the inside he is dead. He acts like nothing is wrong but on the inside we can infer that something is.

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The following GIF showcases my understanding of the MC's current state of mind regarding his mother's death/funeral. On the outside, there isn't an outright clear indication of duress, but one can't help wonder if he isn't in a state of shock.