The Outsider

Considered one of the best pieces of absurdist and existentialist literature, Albert Camus’ The Outsider, which was published in 1942, deals with the life of Meursault, a French man in Algeria, and the eventual consequences of his murder of an Arab man. Throughout the novel, Camus emphasizes the inauthenticity and ridiculousness of societal traditions and…

“Heroic but hardly admirable”, how accurate is this assessment of Meursault in “The 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”? If we are to judge him…

Claude McKay was an important figure during the 1920’s in the Harlem Rennaisance. Primarily a poet, McKay used the point of view of the outsider as a prevalent theme in his works. This is best observed in such poems as “Outcast,” “America,” and “The White House.” In these poems, McKay portrays the African-American as the…

There are over seven billion people living on the earth and each and every one is unique. Identical twins may look the same however; they will not act the exact same or look absolutely indistinguishable. The technology for cloning has been created and theoretically it is possible to have an identical human clone. However, just…

With light, there is shade. With inclusion, comes exclusion. Having outsiders is what creates insiders. Even in groups of outsiders, there are outsiders; the outside of an already outcast group. Similarly to a fractal, this pattern repeats endlessly, getting smaller and smaller each time. Without outsiders, there could never be a community of close knit…

What could a deeply religious, devout Christian nobleman and an existential, indifferent common man separated by roughly four hundred years have in common? Furthermore, what could Sir Thomas More, an eventual saintly martyr as portrayed in Robert Bolt’s A Man For All Seasons, and Albert Camus’ Meursault from The Outsider, an apparent murderer who does…

Alienation is a feeling of separation which can be felt in many different forms, whether it be socially, culturally, or by self estrangement. In the works of The Outsiders, “Richard Cory,” and “Miracle Boy,” alienation is the main theme. In each of the works, there was an outsider or a group of outsiders. An outsider…

The Outsiders is a movie about teenagers who Are always facing conflicts aroundthemselves. The teens are represented in many different ways throughout themovie. There will be many questions asked like are these teens realisticallyportrayed, Are they like any other teen you know, and is it worth doing whatthese teens do throughout the movie? The teens…

What could a deeply religious, devout Christian nobleman and an existential, indifferent common man separated by roughly four hundred years have in common? Furthermore, what could Sir Thomas More, an eventual saintly martyr as portrayed in Robert Bolt’s A Man For All Seasons, and Albert Camus’ Meursault from The Outsider, an apparent murderer who does…