Comments on: (L’Étranger) The Outsider by Albert Camus – a review http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/letranger-the-outsider-by-albert-camus-a-review/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:55:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: cm http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/letranger-the-outsider-by-albert-camus-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-112071 cm Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:35:44 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/letranger-the-outsider-by-albert-camus-a-review/#comment-112071 wow some of these comments are amazingly thought provoking. just wondering im doing an oral presentation for school on the outsider and was wondering if i could get some help on the question "what does the text reveal about the culture it presents and how has the writer used literary techniques to convey their views on the culture?" any ideas would be greatly appreciated thanks wow some of these comments are amazingly thought provoking.
just wondering im doing an oral presentation for school on the outsider and was wondering if i could get some help on the question

“what does the text reveal about the culture it presents and how has the writer used literary techniques to convey their views on the culture?”

any ideas would be greatly appreciated
thanks

]]> By: Recheal Blankson http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/letranger-the-outsider-by-albert-camus-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-111914 Recheal Blankson Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:05:20 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/letranger-the-outsider-by-albert-camus-a-review/#comment-111914 Hi, I'm Recheal. I am studying this artistic work of Camus this semester. I find your comments thought-provoking and I have been urged on to interprete the work from the writer's own perspective. Thanks and keep it up! <strong>jb says:</strong> Thanks, Recheal. I'll try my best. Hi, I’m Recheal. I am studying this artistic work of Camus this semester. I find your comments thought-provoking and I have been urged on to interprete the work from the writer’s own perspective. Thanks and keep it up!

jb says: Thanks, Recheal. I’ll try my best.

]]> By: Ganesh Wagh http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/letranger-the-outsider-by-albert-camus-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-111838 Ganesh Wagh Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:25:29 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/letranger-the-outsider-by-albert-camus-a-review/#comment-111838 What I feel is the novel shares the views which are predominantly talks of the man's existance is being taken away and he himself feels alienated from his self motivations. What I feel is the novel shares the views which are predominantly talks of the man’s existance is being taken away and he himself feels alienated from his self motivations.

]]> By: Sayantan http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/letranger-the-outsider-by-albert-camus-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-111246 Sayantan Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:13:47 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/letranger-the-outsider-by-albert-camus-a-review/#comment-111246 Meursault was an outsider. Why? Was he really different from you and me? If yes, what made him different? The answer is apparently satisfactory by critique’s standards: He refused to play the game society asked of him. Despite being a man who knew the value of words, he did not say things he was expected to say, particularly when his life was at stake in the trial. When people burst out into laughter at the courtroom hearing his justification for murder (it was the sun that provoked him to kill, as he testified to), his reaction was like that of a boy who just tried to be agreeable with everyone, if not for making friends, but by all means for not being a target of hatred or enmity. When the examining magistrate was questioning him, at one point he had the strange feeling of ‘being one of the family’. Again, he “stupidly felt like crying” because of the rank hostility and persuasiveness with which the system forced him to express regret for what he had done, so that the machinery could satisfy its own conviction of morality, of what is right and what is wrong. So the most widely circulated interpretation of his nature remains to be his denial to stand up to the society’s anticipations. But I would like to look at his nature from a slightly different perspective. Did he refuse to play the game out of his own accord, or was he just not born to play the game? Reading the novel time and again, I have the impression that Camus’ protagonist did not know how to act or react as he would have really liked to do. There is no reason whatsoever to glorify his existence by claiming that he rejected his salvation by stepping out of his own conscious boundary. He was simply not programmed to understand what dear life means. For me, Meursault was a shallow human being guided only by momentary impulses. Meursault was an outsider. Why? Was he really different from you and me? If yes, what made him different? The answer is apparently satisfactory by critique’s standards: He refused to play the game society asked of him. Despite being a man who knew the value of words, he did not say things he was expected to say, particularly when his life was at stake in the trial. When people burst out into laughter at the courtroom hearing his justification for murder (it was the sun that provoked him to kill, as he testified to), his reaction was like that of a boy who just tried to be agreeable with everyone, if not for making friends, but by all means for not being a target of hatred or enmity. When the examining magistrate was questioning him, at one point he had the strange feeling of ‘being one of the family’. Again, he “stupidly felt like crying” because of the rank hostility and persuasiveness with which the system forced him to express regret for what he had done, so that the machinery could satisfy its own conviction of morality, of what is right and what is wrong. So the most widely circulated interpretation of his nature remains to be his denial to stand up to the society’s anticipations. But I would like to look at his nature from a slightly different perspective. Did he refuse to play the game out of his own accord, or was he just not born to play the game? Reading the novel time and again, I have the impression that Camus’ protagonist did not know how to act or react as he would have really liked to do. There is no reason whatsoever to glorify his existence by claiming that he rejected his salvation by stepping out of his own conscious boundary. He was simply not programmed to understand what dear life means. For me, Meursault was a shallow human being guided only by momentary impulses.

]]> By: Emily http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/letranger-the-outsider-by-albert-camus-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-111095 Emily Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:54:39 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/letranger-the-outsider-by-albert-camus-a-review/#comment-111095 Hi, I'm Emily and I'm 13 years old. I starting reading an english translation of this a few months back and now I can't find the book. Does anyone know of any websites that can let you read it in English? Thanks. Hi, I’m Emily and I’m 13 years old. I starting reading an english translation of this a few months back and now I can’t find the book. Does anyone know of any websites that can let you read it in English? Thanks.

]]> By: Reg http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/letranger-the-outsider-by-albert-camus-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-111080 Reg Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:42:30 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/letranger-the-outsider-by-albert-camus-a-review/#comment-111080 i assume it will be practically impossible to find an english version of l'etranger online? I'm studying it for my french A-level and could really use the other version, especially since i have absolutely NO money t the moment. Any help would be greatly appreciated :) <strong>jb says</strong>: When I'm broke I go to the library, Reg. I even go there when I'm flush. It's a really cool place. i assume it will be practically impossible to find an english version of l’etranger online?
I’m studying it for my french A-level and could really use the other version, especially since i have absolutely NO money t the moment. Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

jb says: When I’m broke I go to the library, Reg. I even go there when I’m flush. It’s a really cool place.

]]> By: Marion http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/letranger-the-outsider-by-albert-camus-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-110957 Marion Wed, 06 May 2009 02:35:59 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/letranger-the-outsider-by-albert-camus-a-review/#comment-110957 Hi, I'm in yr 12 at school and am currently writing an oral presentation on the translation of L'etranger. Pluto, I was wondering what that essay of John Updike's is called/what book it's in/ if it's online? Marion Hi,
I’m in yr 12 at school and am currently writing an oral presentation on the translation of L’etranger. Pluto, I was wondering what that essay of John Updike’s is called/what book it’s in/ if it’s online?
Marion

]]> By: cateyes http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/letranger-the-outsider-by-albert-camus-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-110687 cateyes Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:35:10 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/letranger-the-outsider-by-albert-camus-a-review/#comment-110687 i love this book, it is one of my best. i read the outsider version but i want the stranger version as well, if u know how i get it pliz help i love this book, it is one of my best. i read the outsider version but i want the stranger version as well, if u know how i get it pliz help

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