The Outsider: Meursault
Beginning of paper
“Heroic but hardly admirable”, how accurate is this assessment of Meursault
in “The Outsider”
When Meursault is described to us in the early stages of the novel we see
that he does not obey society's codes therefore is it fair for us to assess
him using societies interpretation of “heroic ....
Middle of paper
.... sickened by the beating. Another display of his apathetic
views is in the opening lines "Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I
don't know" This indicates that either he does not care or he had no
comprehension of what had happened. An additional illustration of his
detached attitude is after his mothers funeral when he goes to see a
humorous "Fernandel" film with Marie, his girlfriend, and then he takes her
home and sleeps with her just hours after his Mothers funeral. This
indicates th ....
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Page count: 6 (approximately 250 words per page)
