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  • Essay / The Stranger by Albert Camus - 1553

    The word existence comes from the Latin root “ex” out, and sistere of stare, which means to stand (to stand up). Existentialism literally means relating to existence or, in logic, predicting existence. Philosophically, existentialism applies to a view of the condition and existence or absence of one, with God. According to Kierkegaard, Christian existentialism is all the meaning and serenity that comes from relating to God by placing oneself in his hands and freeing oneself from tensions and discontent and also praying to him in order to be blessed and find peace within ourselves. John Paul is the hierophant of modern atheistic existentialism and believes that destiny is determined by human action, meaning that the individual creates the meaning he obtains. Sartre's view of human existence is that we are born into a kind of mud and it is up to us to decide whether to stay in that mud or to get out of it and move forward. Albert Camus' philosophy of the absurd is similar to Jean-Paul Sartre's view of human existence, as he is punished by the gods for continuing to push a stone to the top of a heel until what it falls. He had to do this over and over again for the rest of his life and by constantly doing this he became stronger than all the gods. At the end of Albert Camus' novel The Stranger, Meursault distinguishes himself from Salamano and Sintes by becoming aware of the struggles he goes through. He finally accepts that ultimately his life has gone nowhere. While Salamano and Sintes remain in the “Mud”. In chapter three, one of Meursault's neighbors, old Salamano who lives alone with his dog. The dog is beaten and called a “dirty, stinking mongrel.” A...... in the middle of a sheet...... what is the meaning or reason for doing things? Values ​​have no relationship to this worldview, and without them everything we do seems to have no meaning or purpose. From this point of view, all our actions, desires and reasons seem absurd and pointless. The feeling of absurdity is closely related to the feeling that life is meaningless and not worth living. Once we recognize the validity of the perspective of a world without values, of a life without meaning or purpose, there is no turning back. We must either remain eternally stuck in the mud like Sintes and Salamano, or get out of the burden. Bibliography: Camus, Albert. The Myth of SisyphusNew York: Penguin Books, 1960.Camus, Albert. The Stranger, Translation: Mathew word.New York: Random House, 1988.Cuddan, AJ The Dictionary of Literacy Terms.New York: Penguin Books, 1991.