... and possibly discard many of their ideas, but deep down, they have had a very powerful effect on us. Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis and Albert Camus' The Stranger described the main characters' parents directly and indirectly, often being expressed through the protagonists' actions, feelings, and characterization. Camus uses Maman as more of an indirect influence in his story than Kafka's use of Mr. and Mrs. Samsa, and ... couldn't be all that bad. In this regard, Camus portrays the views of his existentialist genre very clearly by infusing those ideas into his characters. His use of th...

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... part of life; accepting oneself or what the future holds in store can be both confusing and difficult. Acceptance of the future seems nearly impossible to achieve, especially when one's life or happiness is at stake. In both The Stranger by Albert Camus and The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Meursault and Gregor, the doomed main characters, accept their fate because of their own mental pressures on themselves, their physical ... limitations, and the way society judges them. Both Meursault and Gregor force themselves to accept their fates in their own minds. ... there is nothing he can ...

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