1. The Stranger - Mersault As The Absurd Man
... not dynamic enough to change the ways of the world, a characteristic that aids in classifying him as an "absurd man". As he said himself, "I've always been far too much absorbed in the present of the immediate future to think back"(127). However, Mersault's realization of his coming death caused a transformation of the character's perspectives, as the definition of an absurd man indicates. Mersault reveals much about himself in the opening of the novel when his mother ... dies. He does not grieve over her loss, and doesn't cry at her funeral, a factor that would later send him to the gu...
- Word Count: 479
- Approx Pages: 2
- Grade Level: High School