could any one explain meursaults book thoroughly

[aegis]

im interested in what his cantos themes will be

[Prabs Prettypaws]

Do yourself a favor and just read it. It's a beautiful tragedy and it's not very long.

[Postsapien]

Originally posted by Miss Prettypaws, if you're nasty:

Do yourself a favor and just read it. It's a beautiful tragedy and it's not very long.

yes very short read and worth it

[DoT]

You can always just watch a youtube video summary.

[Taoist Ascendant]

Originally posted by Miss Prettypaws, if you're nasty:

Do yourself a favor and just read it. It's a beautiful tragedy and it's not very long.

Not only that, the whole book overall uses extremely basic and simple English, in contrast to some of the other books in the game that could be harder to read. The Stranger overall is a very easy read.

[Minh]

Yes.

[Wang]

Originally posted by aegis:

im interested in what his cantos themes will be

French man has autism so hes mostly emotionally detached from things such as not showing much emotion when he attends his mom's funeral and never notices or cares what people think of him but hes honest with people. he does show affection towards a woman. he also is indifferent, he goes with the flow as long as it doesn't negatively affect him such as getting married with said woman or helping a neighbor get revenge on someone because the neighbor just asked him to. Basically, he doesnt say no to anything if he cant think of a reason of how it can negatively impact him.
Also one of the main themes is him trying to find pleasures/meaning in life.

he shoots an arabic guy in on a beach due to the sun affecting him and when the arabic guy flashed his knife. (hence his symbol featuring a sun). despite being kind of in right because the man earlier slashed his neighbor in a scuffle, he gets sentenced to death because of his indifference to everything in the past makes him look like a sociopath/monster. A key point is that he does not believe in god which focused on during his trial.
He initially does want to live but finally shows emotion when a chaplain tries to make him turn to god, angering him. Eventually he doesn't care anymore and finds peace in that life has no meaning.

TL:DR mersault's character arc in the novel is his personality clashing with social norms. His actions arent hostile or malevolent, but his personality is put on trial. He killed a man in self defense but his character is what makes him vilified but his peers.
He tries to find meaning in life through pleasure, but eventually finds out it doesnt matter anyways

[Prabs Prettypaws]

Originally posted by Wang:

He initially does want to live but finally shows emotion when a chaplain tries to make him turn to god, angering him. Eventually he doesn't care anymore and finds peace in that life has no meaning.

More that the indifference of the universe mirrors his own indifference; that the universe, like himself, isn't hostile or malevolent, but simply does as it will without regard for others' whims. And in realizing that, he feels joy for the first time—if not the first time in his life, then at least the first time in the novel.

[Zanfalke]

Originally posted by Miss Prettypaws, if you're nasty:

Originally posted by Wang:

He initially does want to live but finally shows emotion when a chaplain tries to make him turn to god, angering him. Eventually he doesn't care anymore and finds peace in that life has no meaning.

More that the indifference of the universe mirrors his own indifference; that the universe, like himself, isn't hostile or malevolent, but simply does as it will without regard for others' whims. And in realizing that, he feels joy for the first time—if not the first time in his life, then at least the first time in the novel.

I sort of get a kick out of assuming that this joy is like the smug satisfaction of a philosopher who thinks he has 'solved' existence and the universe, not unlike what might have been felt by our bud Camus. Literature reads funnier in general if you assume everything is a self-insert. In some ways it sort of has to be.

[Prabs Prettypaws]

Originally posted by Zanfalke:

Originally posted by Miss Prettypaws, if you're nasty:

More that the indifference of the universe mirrors his own indifference; that the universe, like himself, isn't hostile or malevolent, but simply does as it will without regard for others' whims. And in realizing that, he feels joy for the first time—if not the first time in his life, then at least the first time in the novel.

I sort of get a kick out of assuming that this joy is like the smug satisfaction of a philosopher who thinks he has 'solved' existence and the universe, not unlike what might have been felt by our bud Camus. Literature reads funnier in general if you assume everything is a self-insert. In some ways it sort of has to be.

Wow, this is one of the most repulsive things I've ever read. Your gleeful and willful twisting of someone else's work reeks of everything wrong with modern culture; why try to create something yourself when you can just warp, pervert, and mock someone else's creation to feel superior? You do not deserve to read.

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Originally posted by Miss Prettypaws, if you're nasty:

Originally posted by Zanfalke:

I sort of get a kick out of assuming that this joy is like the smug satisfaction of a philosopher who thinks he has 'solved' existence and the universe, not unlike what might have been felt by our bud Camus. Literature reads funnier in general if you assume everything is a self-insert. In some ways it sort of has to be.

Wow, this is one of the most repulsive things I've ever read. Your gleeful and willful twisting of someone else's work reeks of everything wrong with modern culture; why try to create something yourself when you can just warp, pervert, and mock someone else's creation to feel superior? You do not deserve to read.

holy ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ based batman lol

[jobhobster]

Originally posted by Miss Prettypaws, if you're nasty:

Wow, this is one of the most repulsive things I've ever read. Your gleeful and willful twisting of someone else's work reeks of everything wrong with modern culture; why try to create something yourself when you can just warp, pervert, and mock someone else's creation to feel superior? You do not deserve to read.

I mean, technically Dante's Inferno is a self-insert Bible fanfiction, where he gets to met his favorite Roman artist (Vergilius) and stuff.

[aegis]

Originally posted by jobhobster:

Originally posted by Miss Prettypaws, if you're nasty:

Wow, this is one of the most repulsive things I've ever read. Your gleeful and willful twisting of someone else's work reeks of everything wrong with modern culture; why try to create something yourself when you can just warp, pervert, and mock someone else's creation to feel superior? You do not deserve to read.

I mean, technically Dante's Inferno is a self-insert Bible fanfiction, where he gets to met his favorite Roman artist (Vergilius) and stuff.

i think that dantes inferno is diffrent cause its literally a self insert and also like more than a quarter of the book is him meeting somebody who he knows about and having a conversation with them.