Albert Camus The Outsider Meursault

Albert Camus The Outsider MeursaultStatement of intentThis identification is based on Albert Camus The Outsider. One of the classic examples of an existentialist novel, The Outsider tells the fiction of an unremarkable man, living a primary, bachelor existence in Algeria. He is unmoved by his pay backs death, and a day after begins a jazz affair with Marie Cordona. He soon after becomes knotty in a violent murder and is placed on trial. Because of his refusal to lie and give in to societys demands (pretending to feel distress and regret), he eventu every last(predicate)y condemns himself and is redact to death.In this appellation I wish to convey Marie Cordonas feelings ab expose Meursault and her view of his case. Marie is a simple, unsubdivided girl who enjoys life, appears to f every in cacoethes easily, wants to marry Meursault and live a normal life. Though she is slightly shocked when Meursault tells her that his mother died and a day before their meeting at the po ol, she does not imply outlay succession with him or watching a comedy with him.Like Meursault, Marie takes fun in physical contact she often kisses him and enjoys the act of sex. However, Meursaults affection for Marie is stringently physical while her affection for him evokes a deeper sentimental and emotional attachment. At first she doesnt understand Meursaults character and is taken aback by his immobility of delight She asked me if I love her. I told her that it didnt mean anything but that I didnt think so. She looked sad. When Meursault recordes the same attitude towards marriage, a sort out she is confusedHowever, though she may be disappointed, she neer considers ending the consanguinity or does not rethink her desire to marry him and indeed, throughout the novel I moot she starts to gain an acceptance of his behaviour, an understanding perhaps. Her attraction towards him seems, in fact, to stem from the fact that she is intrigued by his persona, his unlike b ehavior seems to be part of his appeal for her She mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was likely wherefore she loved me but that one day I magnate disgust her for the very same reason.Marie remains loyal to Meursault when he is arrested and put on trial, she visits him in prison and writes him letters and then testifies in his advance during the court case. She remains faithful and expectful and imagines a life at one time Meursault is let out she was still smilingshe shouted again, Youll get out and well up get married Marie never expresses appall or anger towards Meursault or his actions, she never doubts that he is an innocent man and that the crime he committed does not reflect his true selfMarie burst into tears and utter it wasnt like thatshe knew me and I hadnt done anything wrong However, because Marie stays hopeful throughout, she never reaches the understanding Meursault attains at the end. While Meursault realizes and accepts the indifference of the universe, Marie never understands the redemptive rate of abandoning hope, and her hope is thitherfore shattered when Meursault is eventually put to death.For the purpose of this c at oncession, it has been imagined that there were some sort of funeral proceedings after Meursaults execution. aft(prenominal) all, though his strange behaviour remained a mystery to most that surrounded him, many did not judge him and accepted him as he was, knowing that, despite his actions he was not an evil man, nor did he extradite a criminal mind.By assuming that there were funeral proceedings, a situation is created where a eulogy from the place of one of the people of Meursaults close entourage wouldve been spoken out. Marie, having been intimately involved with him and having been one of those who observed and tried to analyse him, seems to be an appropriate select for this task.A eulogy should be personal it shares happy memories, tells anecdotes and describes the persons character. It also aims to express the values that were important to the deceased, highlights accomplishments and career or educational merits. The aim of this assignment is therefore to do this from Maries point of view, about Meursault.The eulogyI once asked Meursault if he loved me.It doesnt mean anything he replied, but I dont think so.One would naturally feel offended by such a response, and I wasat first. barely I soon came to understand that this was Meursault. This was Meursault in his all his splendor and it is for this peculiar nature of his that I believe I was attracted to him, loved him even.I first met Meursault when I was working as a typist in the office where he worked. He had always struck me as broad young man, charming and somewhat mysterious. We had connected and enjoyed each others company. However it was abruptly lived as I soon found a job elsewhere and left the company. I had not seen him for several months when we bumped into each other at the bathing station at the portIt is tru e that I wouldnt look at thought for a single moment that his mother had died only a day earlier we spent a wonderful afternoon melted and enjoying the sun together, I was happy, he was happy, and we just felt so well-fixed well-nigh each other that we engaged in a relationship that very day.I was slightly taken aback when he told me his mother had died the day before, and it didnt seem natural that he would he take me out to see a Fernandel film after such an event, but I must admit that I had soon forgotten about it. After all we were both just two young people, enjoying an easy life, a life that, for Meursault, in spite of everything had not really changed. So why were we to deprive ourselves?Meursault was an intelligent man, though not ambitious. He valued his simple yet exotic life, over a wealthier career opportunity in Paris. He enjoyed the simple pleasures in life lazing on the beach, travel in the sea, going to cinemas It is always something I loved about spending time with him, I always felt carefree, relaxed, beautiful. I could always be myself around him, he never judged or complained. Ill miss our beach excursions, our amatory nights to the cinema, and our playful adventures in the sea.Meursault was uninterested in grieving death, proposing marriage, loving even. But he had a passion for something I believe to be often more admirable. Honesty was what I valued most in him. He was an honest man, purely and sometimes painfully, and maybe he did not love me in the conventional sense of the word, but he was in love with something much greater, something our society today seems to value less and less Meursault was cussedly yet admirably in love with truth.I still ring visiting him at the prison I was so full of hope and blind determination that when it would all be over, we would be married, and we would go swimming again, we would enjoy life together. Maybe I thought the jury would be able to see the man he really was, the man I knew, and would spare him.Yes, he did kill a man. Yes, he never showed grief for his mothers death. But he was no murderer. He was a criminal only to our societys rules and codes of conduct. Is it wrong not to pretend grief? Not to pretend remorse? Love? In this conventional society yes pretending and lying would have saved Meursault. But he was true to himself, he refused to be a hypocrite and pretend to emotions he did not feel and for that I believe he cannot be blamed.Unfortunately it is for that reason that he was condemned and that he is no longer here with us today. But I hope that all of you gathered here now, think of him like I do, not as a murderer, not as a criminal, but as a man who, without any heroic pretensions, agreed to give his life for the truth. And for this I believe he deserves our respect and admiration.Meursault, je taime.