Monday, March 19, 2018

ending of the stranger

I felt as if even at the ending of Meursault's life he still felt like the lack of emotions was better, he says "they greet me with cries of hate". This ending line stuck out to me because when I think of people passing or when people speak on passing they usually say things in the sorts of "At my funeral I want everyone laughing, and remembering the good times" they say this because they don't want people they have cared for hurting while mourning. Mersault encouraged the feelings of hatred because again like the day on the beach It's better to run away from emotions.

I don't think he died, I think its still an unfinished ending. He awaits the day but it hasn't come yet which I think is the purpose of the novel in my opinion. the whole novel I've been waiting to see some kind of emotion or even depth of Mersault and at the ending as his days are numbered, he becomes a little bit more humane and in touch with his self in a way. 


questions: 

1) what did he mean when he said "Little robot woman was just as guilty as the Parisian woman Masson married or as Marie, who had wanted me to marry her."?  (i know it seems small to worry about lol but was curious what he thinks they were guilty of) 

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