Outsider

The protagonist gave me a feeling that was very strong in high school. At that time, I didn't like exam-oriented education. I felt that it gave me a dull feeling, so I didn't like studying very much during that time. It wasn't until my grades dropped later that I started to look at myself. Then I found that this is a social rule. To survive, you must follow the rules, otherwise the rules will lead you and if you don't listen to them, what will you get in exchange? A beating from social rules.

1. Everyone who cannot fit into the group is an outsider, but your thoughts are a reflection of the uniqueness of life, and others cannot influence your thoughts. 2. If you don't want to go with the flow and get by, then please take control of your life, take control of yourself, and still love life after recognizing the true meaning of life. 3. Death, suffering, darkness and absurdity are things that a person must face in life. They are by no means the ultimate goal of life, let alone the whole of life. They are not the end, and we need to continue to deepen until we establish a new attitude towards life in an absurd world and regain human dignity after the death of God. This world is inherently dilapidated, and the reason why people survive in this world and endure hardships is simply to protect the only warmth and light in this dilapidated world, maintain the so-called dignity and glory, and realize the value of being a human being. The difference between Camus's "The Stranger" and ours is that the protagonist is a person whose body controls the brain, and we are people whose brain controls the body. The protagonist indulges desires and feelings and does whatever he wants, which ultimately leads to tragedy. We suppress our desires and live in an ignoble way to maintain social stability and family life, but our hearts are riddled with holes. I always admire those who have made achievements in society because they have extraordinary patience and perseverance and endure suffering that ordinary people cannot endure. Everyone has a Jia Baoyu in their hearts, but in reality they live as Lin Daiyu, and after hard work, they transform into Wang Xifeng, but in their hearts they are daydreaming about Grandma Liu, spiraling into endless desires and unable to extricate themselves, constantly internal friction and regret, and finally falling into the endless abyss.

After reading The Outsider, I was deeply touched in my heart. I almost wanted to cry. Especially the dialogue between Meursault and the priest at the end, as well as Meursault's inner monologue at the end, as well as some analysis and interpretation of the book that appeared later after the book was completed, as well as some of the author Camus' own opinions, all touched me a lot. Maybe I will have different opinions when I read this book at different ages. But for me now, when I read this book when I was 20 years old, I felt a great touch, which made me want to cry. Maybe when I get older, I will have a different view. I just have an indescribable feeling, which is touching and deeply touching. In short, this book is really good.

Camus' "The Stranger" outlines a soul that is incompatible with the world in a cold and profound way. The protagonist Meursault seems to be at the edge of the world, showing an indifference to all established norms, rituals and emotional expressions. He did not cry at his mother's funeral, and he lacked a passionate response in the face of love. When facing the conflicts and entanglements of others, he always maintained a kind of alienation that had nothing to do with himself. This seemingly indifferent attitude is actually a silent resistance to the absurd world. In a society filled with hypocritical social etiquette, empty religious beliefs and blind conformity, Meursault's truth appears particularly dazzling. He refuses to wear the masks expected by the world and insists on facing life with his authenticity. Every one of his "inappropriate" reactions is a challenge to those absurd rules that people are accustomed to. Through Meursault's story, Camus profoundly reveals the absurd nature of the world: in the meaningless busyness and pursuit, people gradually lose their true understanding of themselves and life. Meursault is the sober sober in the absurd. His existence forces us to reflect on whether, in this seemingly orderly but actually chaotic world, we have also unknowingly fallen into the quagmire of falsehood and absurdity. "The Outsider" is not only a novel, but also an in-depth inquiry into human nature, society and the meaning of existence. It prompts us to find our own truth and freedom in the noisy world.

I really love Camus' writing style! It's extremely cool, yet extremely warm. When absurdity prevails, love saves it. Just like him, he has said all the absurdity and despair in this world, but no one loves life more than him!

As the postscript says, "He rejected the other side and the afterlife, insisting on being based on this moment and here." Meursault left that absurd society resolutely. He was brave. He is also cowardly because he refuses to accept all the meaning of that world, such as his lack of expression for Mary and love. At the last moment of his life, he finally opened up his heart, which was tragic and beautiful. As Camus said: "Confirming the sense of absurdity in life cannot be an end, but rather a beginning."

Camus' "The Stranger" shows us an absurd society, in which everything is absurd: absurd people, absurd objects, and absurd things. This absurdity is reflected through the life experience and attitude of the protagonist Meursault. He has a cold attitude towards everything. He is pursuing the "truth" that this society full of "fake" seems to be intolerable, so that this mentality has given him a sense of indifference and nihilism, making him an outsider in society. Therefore, he can't find a reason to exist. As a result, he treats work, love, and family indifferently. Everything is meaningless in his eyes, and he falls into nihilism and cannot extricate himself. However, while waiting for trial, he regained a new understanding of life and moved from nothingness to fulfillment. If most readers just think that this is a story about the struggle between oneself and society, I think it is more of a story about one's struggle against oneself. Just like what he thought and did in prison, when he really came into contact with death, he didn't want to die so easily. He was waiting for the arrival of one dawn after another, and he was waiting for the appeal to be passed. He showed a strong desire for life. He rejected God's help from the priest because he thought it was meaningless for a dying person whose life or death was uncertain. He believed that he was the one who really existed because he could see his present moment - his impending death. In my opinion, this fear of death truly awakened his heart and allowed him to move from nothingness to reality, thus finding the true value of life - cherishing every moment. Because of this, he began to understand why his mother wanted to live a new life when she faced her old age. This was what death taught her, and now death also taught him. Perhaps people really only develop a passionate desire for life when they are about to die, but this is something that most people cannot experience. Camus seems to be trying to exhort us through the mouth of a dying person to advise us that although life is bitter, we should never lose hope and love the present forever. Perhaps everyone has been discouraged or even miserable in the face of life, but Camus told us that although life may be very nihilistic, because everyone will die, it is necessary to cherish every moment. Since you are going to die, why not live a more colorful life. The flower will eventually wither, but its once brilliant appearance is the most beautiful gift it gives to itself!

My thoughts after watching it for a few hours The protagonist is very charming... My intuitive feeling is that she is sincere and calm. I have seen this kind of person. My deskmate is relaxed but serious. Her sincerity is unquestionable. She is like the protagonist of the story. She is indisputable, but she is also hypocritical at certain times. She may not want to hurt someone's heart. When I watched it, I always felt that the protagonist was somewhat human, cute, and answered whatever I asked without hiding it. The emotional ending was really surprising. I thought he would remain indifferent, but in the end, he is also a human being and has his own feelings. But I didn't seem to be sad because of his execution. Maybe the protagonist's mentality also affected me. That kind of indifference is really attractive!

It's a good-looking classic that can be read over and over again. I believe I'll gain new insights every time. Meursault's performance throughout the whole story is that of an outsider, but he is also in the middle of the game. The rules of social operation are so unbelievable that it is so ridiculous that just because you did not show sadness for your mother's death and did not show a trace of the moral image of a "filial son", you will be sentenced to death! This kind of law controlled by the secular people is becoming more and more shallow. There is really no place for him to judge a person's behavior based on morality. There is no doubt that Meursault loves this world. Everything around him is meaningful to him. He perceives everything, but he is incompatible with it. Sentenced to death, he wanted to live deep down in his heart, but he was still unwilling to compromise and lie, betraying himself and admitting that he was not mentally sane enough. In this chaos, I seem to see that "God", so friendly, still happy, opening his mind and embrace to this indifferent world.

After reading "The Stranger", I found that what Camus wanted to express was not the outsider's indifference to everything, but the true outsider's enjoyment and yearning for the structure of the world's social rules and the happiness of the moment - this is the "double truth formed by the combination of the body and the moment" that Camus repeatedly wanted to express. In the later introduction, it was said that "this book can be used to examine ourselves." I was shocked by this. I don't know how many times in the process of reading books, I had the same thoughts about the world and people's interactions as Meursault. At that time, I was at a loss. I didn't know whether Meursault was praised or criticized in the hearts of the author or others. I kept chasing the answer with doubts, until finally, I found Meursault or my own answer and found the way I should live. I am very grateful that time allowed me to read this book, and I am also very grateful to Camus for his portrayal of Meursault - the absurd denial is not the end but a new beginning.

Works that make people think deeply are meaningful works. The author tries to use Meursault to find some resonance with us, explore the meaning of life, and explain the loneliness of life. All Meursault's reactions to the world are to follow his heart and his own comfort. This is the secret connection between nature and human beings. But his indifference to many things in life is part of his human nature. There are billions of human beings, and since birth, different individuals, carrying compassion or indifference, have derived different paths of inquiry. The nature of life often makes people afraid to think deeply, as if in the end, it is nothingness, denying our existence, but there are always some beauties in the world, such as love and freedom, which make people feel happy and eager to move forward. We have been on the road of exploration, and this process may be the meaning of life. The body will eventually decay, but the mind will be immortal.

If I just read the entire novel, the words that come to my mind are: I still have more to say. When I fully understood the author himself, the author's writing intention, and the author's speech, I was deeply shocked. I have never admired a novel writer so much, admired his words, and even admired his original intention of writing these words as I do now. He made me realize that being a writer is a very sacred profession and shoulders an irreplaceable mission. In short, I have benefited a lot, and I hope that my next re-reading of this book will bring me new insights.

Stay away from social rules, stay true to your heart, resist the so-called rules of mass society, and look at the world from the perspective of a cold "outsider".

"Outsiders" must be the situation that each of us is in at many times in our lives. Although the novel is absurd, and Mr. Meursault seems incompatible with the world, it is undeniable that he also felt the beauty around him at many moments. From his mother's funeral to the court where he was tried, he was in a state of an outsider, giving us readers a feeling of not caring too much. But think about it again, if we are restricted by conventional social rules that we don't agree with, why wouldn't we want to be outsiders? Of course, this does not mean that we can remain negative. In the end, Mr. Meursault seemed to have become a player in the game again in his memories and realized certain values ​​of life. We readers must experience the world with a positive attitude and let the inside and outside of the game coexist harmoniously.

In my opinion, this book "The Outsider" not only expresses people's consistent thoughts and inherent prejudices, but also expresses resistance to the underlying rules of the current society. At the same time, I personally think that the protagonist Meursault reflects today's young people to a certain extent. For example, we hate involution, corruption, and evil capitalists. We hate constraints, established rules, and others' pointing fingers. We yearn for freedom, independence, and no constraints, but we have always been constrained by rules, defeated by society, and reality. Although we yearn for it, we do not have the ability and courage to act. At this point, we can see our own shadow in Meursault.

It is a work of extraordinary significance. I read this book with an inexplicable feeling. I didn't understand much until the end. I felt that my brain was not full. Later, I searched the Internet for interpretations of this book, and I was really shocked. The protagonist is too real and straightforward to survive in a moral society. Because he didn't shed tears at his mother's funeral, he was judged to have no conscience and morals. Because he killed someone without any logical motive, he was judged to have committed murder. People were too afraid of his inexplicable murder, so for the sake of their own conscience, they charged him with a moral crime and used their own values ​​to solve the problem. This is human society. The same is true now, using society's moral standards to judge whether a person is good or bad. But this is human society after all. I hope everyone can be an outsider appropriately, and don't laugh when you don't want to laugh, even if everyone else is laughing; and don't cry when you don't want to cry, even if everyone else is crying. Go with your feelings and follow your heart.

Meursault discovered a series of absurd behaviors. He chose to stay away but did not do anything. He believed that he killed because of the sun, because he refused to lie and followed his inner feelings. He said whatever he thought of and it didn't matter. He was in the middle of the game and looked at the trial like a drama. Free from social conventions, he does not participate in this game, as if he has jumped out to see himself and the world. It seems busy, but it is a mechanical behavior controlled by habit, covering up the pale emptiness of the soul - "The Outsider"

The image of Meursault is very consistent with the image of the "outsider" in the title of the book. He lived out his self in the indulgent life. Faced with Mary's courtship, Raymond's love disputes, and the struggle between old man Shalama and his pets, he really became an "outsider". Later, in France, In the court trial, the image of the outsider was brought to its peak. The sentence "You should never cheat for acting in life" in the article made me see the author Camus's attitude towards life, and the experience of Megasso made me feel the absurdity of the thoughts of that era.

Meursault is a man who has no intention of evil and no ability to do good. He has always maintained the desire of human nature and the genes of indifference and selfishness. This undisguised humanity is despicable in front of the world who wears a fig leaf. People highlight their nobility by condemning him, but they cannot escape the shackles of the world, but he really has no fault. Camus' absurd philosophy reveals the nihility of the meaning of life and reflection on human nature, as well as an incomprehensible loneliness. When a person separates himself from the world around him and becomes an outsider, he transfers the right to define himself to others on a secular level, but he achieves a kind of spiritual tranquility, which may not require the understanding of others. What he loses is his physical body. "The years to come are no more real than the ones that have already been spent." He lives very clearly on the spiritual level.

The most impressive word in the book is "out of place". Rather than saying that Meursault is out of place, it is better to say that this twisted rule makes Meursault out of place. After reading the whole book, I feel that the protagonist is sober. He refuses any "form" and refuses to lie in pursuit of the truth. It seemed that his mother's death, the court trial, and the unconscious killing had nothing to do with him. The other people throughout the whole process are almost hypocritical. They are hypocritical and always use their own rules to judge others. The protagonist was not affected by the so-called social environment until the moment the priest came. He insisted on himself from beginning to end. The above is what I can see, but I always feel that the meaning of "The Outsider" is more than that, it must be more than that! But I don't regret that I didn't understand it. I can only say that I am not old enough to meet Meursault. It seems that similar books like this need to be put away, otherwise I will probably just go through it as a formality and treat it as a task until the end [currently in progress] Sometimes I feel like I am just as hypocritical as those people in the book. I do things I don't like under the control of big rules. I don't have Meursault's courage to escape, not caring about other people's opinions, and never being afraid of being excluded and being treated as an alternative. In fact, I may not be able to do it at all. I am struggling between the social self and the true self. I guess the meaning of this book to me is to give me confidence and let me see what it is like to live without the so-called secularity and rules. (I hope that one day I can live for myself and no longer be addicted to rules!)

I have read many books, and I rarely give 5-star reviews. This is a rare exception. Let's talk about this book first. The protagonist of this book has a very distinctive and almost calm thinking, which resonates with me. Secondly, the protagonist does not act according to absurd rules, and its spiritual core attracts me. However, some of the protagonist's thoughts are too negative, which is not advisable. Readers do not need to read the last two sections deliberately, just look at the background. Everyone has a different understanding. What do you think this is like? This is what it is. Generally speaking, it is a good work and suitable for medium-sized and intensive reading.

In the process of reading, I always think that Meursault is an absolutely rational person, "If something is going to happen to me, I prefer to exist soberly at the scene." He can even digest the sense of apocalypse, and I like him very much. It is too difficult for the world to accept naked sincerity. They think it is too crazy and almost like a monster. After reading this book, it is really difficult not to laugh at myself and the so-called normal people.

He was obviously a participant but also an outsider and a bystander. Meursault spent the trial as if he were watching a drama. He didn't want to defend himself or say anything against his will. He just wanted to end it all quickly. His life is real and simple, but his emotions have collapsed, leaving only physical desires. Family and love seem to be dull. The sadness at the funeral is replaced by exhaustion, and Mary's questions are meaningless. Maybe he is an outsider and sees us clearly. But he still feels that life is so delicate, and there is so-called beauty and hope. Go towards tomorrow with good intentions🍃

The book is short, but it seems to cover a lot. Before reading this book, I always felt that I was a lonely person, and I felt that no one could describe my contradictions. It wasn't until I read Camus's "The Stranger" that I discovered that there are many people like me in the world. Like me, they are unwilling to succumb to the rules defined by society. They have made many efforts for so-called freedom and fairness, but always achieved little results. However, as long as we stick to our true nature, we can still be ourselves.

I think this is a different kind of inspirational book Even if the future is hopeless, even if the outcome is decided You should always love life

I have read the book "The Stranger" many times. From the beginning I had only a little knowledge to slowly gaining new insights and thoughts every time. Camus's writing style is really nothing to say. Meursault's character has always made me feel that he is self-centered and detached. He lives his life without hesitation and does not care about the eyes of others. This is really difficult to achieve in modern society. One of the inspirations it brings to me is probably to love yourself forever and just be the "protagonist" of your own world.

Be sure to read the final introduction and writing background! ! So deep! ! !

I seem to have begun to reflect on those absurd realities. How should I put it, nothing is real, it's all just pretending to be gregarious. The justice I am talking about is nothing more than a stubborn stone polished by the erosion of the crowd. I'm not really sad or anxious. But I acted sad, mourned, and anxious. Just to look more like the person I know. It's ridiculous. It's the same for most people. Love marriage is because everyone wants to fall in love and get married; mourning at the funeral is because everyone is mourning - this person is my relative who is thousands of miles away. It has nothing to do with me, I have no real sense, but I act as if I fit in.

I admire Meursault very much and his authenticity throughout. We are afraid of being criticized for being unique, afraid of being different and isolated, so we are willing to live within the secular framework and become the same "normal people". Meursault is called an "outsider" because he stands outside the secular rules. He is not gregarious, hypocritical, or performative, and confronts the most absurd world with his pure self. The world thinks he is cold and numb, but it is precisely those people who are keen on judging others and kidnapping others with morality that lead to a life of numbness and hypocrisy.

The length is not as long as expected, but the content is endlessly memorable. It is indeed a classic that has been handed down. The Outsider may resonate with some young readers new to the world. They come from the pure ivory tower of campus and have primitive kindness and beautiful vision for this world and this society. But the reality of society will gradually make them find themselves like outsiders, unwilling to agree with secular rules and being swayed by the secular world. Their hearts will be wavering. Those who are firm in their hearts, just like the protagonist of the outsider, feel that they are out of tune with society, and may even develop depression and isolation. Therefore, they may find resonance in the book. Outsiders are not ignorant of worldly affairs, and they are pure adherents to the true self of the moment and are not bound by worldly rules. There is a saying that the most rare thing is to know the world but not be sophisticated. We cannot judge the right or wrong of outsiders' life attitude. It is just a choice, and it is also the ideal world in the minds of many people with pure hearts. In reality, who can not be bound by the secular world?