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The Stranger: Existentialism
Existentialism is a philosophy that emphasizes a few main points,
such as the freedom to choose and the choices you make should be made
without the assistance of another person or standard. From the
existentialist point of view you must accept the risk and responsibility of
your choices and fo ....
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for his case because it's simple to him, he had murdered a man and was now
ready to pay the consequences. He had made a choice that might not have
been the right one but he accepted it and was ready to go through with his
decision to wherever it would lead.
The other part in The Stranger that helped me to understand
existentialism better was at the end of the novel when Meursault is
sentenced to death. I don't think Meursault was an existentialist but I do
think that he faced death the way an existentialist would have. When the
time came for Meursault to go ....
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