Existentialist Darwism And Neo-Isolationist Rejection In Camu
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Camus's The Stranger is a grim profession that choice and individual freedom are
integral components of human nature, and the commitment and responsibility that accompany
these elements are ultimately the deciding factors of the morality of one's existence. Meursault
is placed in an indifferent world, a world that embraces absurdity and persecutes reason; such is
the nature of existentialist belief, that rationalization and logic are ultimately the essence of
humanity, and that societal premonitions and an irrelevant status quo serve only to perpetuate a
false sense of truth.
Meursault's virtue, as well as his undoing, lies in his unique tendency to choose, and
thereby exist, without computing objective standards or universal sentiment. His stoic, de facto
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