Opinions about the stranger by albert camus

[Toothless Bunny]

I love the novel so much, but i think that the mc really wanted to end it all however he waited for the execution cause he wasn't sure of God's existence

 

[Callie Arcale]

I don't think he waited for anything. The trial, the funeral, the murder - none of them had anything to do with him. He was so cut off from the world, that things happened to him, but didn't involve him. He was always outside looking in at a spectale that made no sense.

He was indeed a stranger in a strange world.

 

[Anonymoususer1234]

Read it for a French class. I really liked the first chapter or two but everything after that point pissed me off. I was surprised to find out that many readers were on the main character's side. The man is a sexist and a murderer. I don't understand how anyone could root for him. I think the cruelty and indifference he experiences is a direct result of his own choices/his mistreatment of others.

 

[leavingthesoultrap]

Didn't like it. It was extremely nihilistic

 

[Toothless Bunny]

Read it for a French class. I really liked the first chapter or two but everything after that point pissed me off. I was surprised to find out that many readers were on the main character's side. The man is a sexist and a murderer. I don't understand how anyone could root for him. I think the cruelty and indifference he experiences is a direct result of his own choices/his mistreatment of others.

Idk but i was on the MCs side for some reason, idk about the sexism thing

The writer was the father of absurdim i don't think that it's nihilistic

 

[Bianka]

The writer was the father of absurdim i don't think that it's nihilistic

Nihilism existencialism and absurdism are similar on multiple levels

Read it for a French class. I really liked the first chapter or two but everything after that point pissed me off. I was surprised to find out that many readers were on the main character's side. The man is a sexist and a murderer. I don't understand how anyone could root for him. I think the cruelty and indifference he experiences is a direct result of his own choices/his mistreatment of others.

I don't think you're supposed to be on anyone's side