FREE ESSAY ON THE STRANGER

THE STRANGER

The Stranger is a character with great primary values which allow him to live his life at
a happier existence than other people. He is more content than those with opposite
viewpoints on life. He is able to adapt to change very easily. He worries less. He is
much more relaxed than anyone else and he doesn't get bothered by vexatious
personalities. He doesn't have as much stress and therefore, he is healthier. Because of
all these values, he is able to live a contented life, which is all he wants.
First of all, The Stranger is very impulsive. He doesn't plan things out, so he isn't
disappointed when things don't go as planned. When Emmanuel challenges him to jump on a
moving truck, he doesn't hesitate, he just goes for it. Two things may have occurred
here. He could have been injured, or he could have been safe and unscathed the entire
time. In either case, it wouldn't have mattered to him. He enjoys taking risks like
these, but even so, it's still okay to him if he doesn't do anything exciting in his
day.
The Stranger isn't dedicated to a religion, and as this may seem like a negative thing,
it has several positive effects on his outlook. Because he doesn't have a set in stone
code of morals, Meursault must gain knowledge of right and wrong through his own
experience. What he hasn't experienced, he doesn't judge. He is completely free of any
kind of bigoted opinions, and all his moral opinions are true because he has personally
experienced everything that he holds opinions on. He has an unmarried sexual relationship
with Marie, but it isn't degrading or cheap because he is sensitive to that. He refuses
to go to the whorehouse with Raymond. He just does what he feels to be right at any
moment. When Raymond comments that Salamano and his dog have a disgusting relationship,
he asks if Meursault agrees, and he says no. He never experienced it, so he chooses not
to make guesses at what is disgusting and what isn't. The Stranger has no expectation of
the [current] judeo-christian idea of afterlife because he believes it as false, however
he knows that some things are never-ending and eternal. When Meursault is in jail, he
learns to adjust his consciousness so that time seems to pass very quickly. He knows that
time and space are both nothing more than illusory, therefore, he doesn't believe in the
extreme atheistic idea of afterlife either. Because he doesn't have certain despair nor
expectant lifestyle hope, he is able to view life more happily. He makes his own destiny
and he knows that eventually everything turns out fair.
While many of my classmates may argue that Meursault has only faults in his personality,
I can honestly say that he has good values, only in a different perspective. Where he may
be lacking he makes up for somewhere else. For all these reasons, I say that Meursault
has just as good a personality, if not a better one, than his opposite counterparts.
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