Through Meursault's mother's funeral and his murder trial, Camus explains that when others try to judge an individuals personality through his or her actions, the conclusions that the evaluator will come to are both false and absurd.
Interesting idea to take the judgments of others and make them inherently "absurd" - there are still some flaw though - anyone can analyze their behavior, they just might come to flawed conclusions. Does this include Meursaults judgment of other people?
Its not really about Meursault's judgment of others. I noticed that Meursault really just observes the actions and physical characteristics of others, but never draws conclusions about a person's personality from what they do. Where as the prosecutor convinces the jury that Meursault is a cold-blooded murderer because he didn't cry at his mother's wedding. This further isolates Meursault's character from the rest of society. If someone is analyzing their own behavior and they come to a flawed conclusion, aren't they just lying to themselves?
This is far to vague and something we have discussed in class. Add something original to this conclusion.
ReplyDeleteInteresting idea to take the judgments of others and make them inherently "absurd" - there are still some flaw though - anyone can analyze their behavior, they just might come to flawed conclusions. Does this include Meursaults judgment of other people?
ReplyDeleteIts not really about Meursault's judgment of others. I noticed that Meursault really just observes the actions and physical characteristics of others, but never draws conclusions about a person's personality from what they do. Where as the prosecutor convinces the jury that Meursault is a cold-blooded murderer because he didn't cry at his mother's wedding. This further isolates Meursault's character from the rest of society. If someone is analyzing their own behavior and they come to a flawed conclusion, aren't they just lying to themselves?
ReplyDeleteActually I found a part about a false assumption by Meursault, so I'm using that.
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