The Stranger by Albert Camus Options

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Anybody else reading this for school? Or for fun?

This is one of the only assigned reading that I actually like. The narration's so interesting. I read this book a while back, then read it again for class, and you notice so many little things the second time around that talks about the guy's character.

[CapCaDancer]

To me (and of course this is just my opinion), it was showing how a person who literally feels no real emotion moves through this world that is dominated by feeling. It's about how he thinks and interacts with people who are nothing like him. And of course since he really feels nothing, murdering that man had no effect on him.

I think a lot of books try to show us life through another person's eyes and how they feel....like jealousy, or hatred, or even love stories. But this guy is 100% devoid of emotions, and it was interesting seeing from his point of view. In that respect, it was a very different sort of book.

His life without emotion was....boring. Pointless. No real love, just lust. No real happiness, just contentment. No real guilt, just an 'oops, maybe I shouldn't have done that.'.

I thought it was interesting.