Happy Death

Whenever you feel confused and anxious or the haze and weight of existence, reading Camus must be a very good choice. Because Camus would tell you, don't walk behind me because I may not lead the way, don't walk in front of me because I may not follow, please walk beside me and be my friend. Camus will also tell you to lick life like maltose, shape it, polish it, and finally fall in love with it. To love and appreciate this life with tears and sunny faces. Camus believes that true salvation is not the final victory in a fight, but the ability to find the strength of life and peace of mind in suffering.

People's mistake is to think that they have to choose and do what they want to do, and that happiness is conditional. But the only thing that matters, you know, is just the will to be happy, and that's a huge will that should always be in your heart.

His 24-year-old debut novel, which was not published during his lifetime, reflects his alienation from the world and his contempt for money while affirming its usefulness. Mersault's daily life, his pursuit of happiness and loneliness, and his experiences are highly overlapped with those of the young Camus, with a strong autobiographical flavor. Indulging in sensual pleasure, but deep in the heart is the fear of "meaningless sudden death". There are too many characters and unresolved fragments, which may be the confusion of life that Camus had keenly captured at the time but had not yet completely clarified. We can clearly see those life scenes wrapped in gorgeous appearances - they are the source of pain and joy, coming from another "self" and guided by experience bias - but we may not be able to fully appreciate their deeper meaning. It explores the relationship between forging a strong soul from a weak body, and points directly to the essence of existence: life and death are meaningless in themselves, and the meaning lies in the experience and perception of joys and sorrows in the process. Without extreme pain, it is difficult to have pure ecstasy; the true meaning of life may lie in experiencing the tug-of-war of sorrow and joy, and trying to maintain an impartial balance. Only then, when death comes, will a happy death become possible.

Ends on March 3rd. I always feel that I can't understand the point of view now. I hope that in the future I can pursue happiness regardless of length and price, pursue all kinds of absurdity and beauty, integrate into this stupid and violent world, and no longer just watch this life when I am about to die. Next time I read it, I hope I can understand a little bit.

Finished reading this book. I benefited a lot from Mersault's journey and realization of the meaning of life, and I learned a lot from the author's ingenious description of the environment. For me, reading it once is not enough to fully understand this book. I'm also excited to read books that enrich myself.

Early works were filled with too many unnecessary descriptions of the environment to support the protagonist's inner emotions, but from here we can see that Camus's writing style, Happy Death, is exactly as the title of the book says. The protagonist feels happiness at the end of his life, even in the face of death, without showing cowardice, pain or avoidance.

It reveals that a person's inner loneliness cannot be changed by changes in external conditions. In line with my understanding of Camus, the classic jump on the truck, the diner, and the football team. Moreover, the protagonist in the book has a psychological change from uneasy to calm and finally boring.

No matter how you die, you will die sooner or later, so you might as well do something big, how to [think] [learn] [cool].

After reading this book, you will find that the protagonist of the story seems to be you. You have always longed to be independent from the crowd, have your own space, and be immersed in your own world. Freedom, solitude, and no influence from the outside world. But when you put it into practice, you will be confused, at a loss, and alone. You can't stand being alone, but when you are among people, you feel bored and feel that this is not what you want. You are conflicted and entangled, uneasy and unhappy. So you have been in a state of "isolating from the outside world - blending in with the crowd - isolating the outside world", and the cycle repeats. Until you find the state you want, until you start to get used to being alone, until you find the true meaning! Only at this time can you face it calmly, accept it calmly, and gain freedom and happiness in the true sense (my shallow understanding [laughing and crying] [laughing and crying])

When I first read the title of this book, I thought it would be a story about someone who dies after being addicted to blind entertainment, but it didn't fall into the cliché. So was Mersault happy when he finally died? Yes, I know that very well. But why be happy? When reading this book, I often ask myself, what exactly is this book expressing, and what does the author want to convey through this book? Is it happiness? Or self? Still can't come up with a clear answer. It's just that Mersault's long period of inactivity and confusion in the book after he got the "illegal wealth" made me feel the same, because I feel the same way now. But what's even more different is that I don't have enough money to support the rest of my life, so there is more anxiety in my lazy life. Sometimes I also think about how I would choose to spend those days if God gave me a fortune that would protect me from being troubled by money for the rest of my life and allow me to have relative freedom. My limited imagination is to travel around the world, buy whatever I need and want for my family, and do what I want to do. So, what about the days to come? I can't understand it, and I can't figure it out. It seems that money is not everything, but my current perspective still feels that money can bring people relative freedom, although it may not necessarily make them happy. Some people may read my above point of view and think that I have read this book in vain. After writing it, I feel as if I have read it in vain. I can't understand it, and I can't understand it. That's all.

5025.3.11.16.30 Excerpt: "No one knows whether a happy life will last longer or be shorter. Only the happiness of the moment is real happiness. It's just a moment, nothing more. Death can't stop anything - it's just a happy accident." After watching it for a long time, I didn't feel it was very clear, but I quite agree with the protagonist's worldview. Happiness is just happiness and has nothing to do with anything else. Life is just life and has nothing to do with anything else. The content seems a bit obscure to me, maybe because I am impatient. Just know how to be happy, don't do anything, life is short, that's all. Not bad.

"Look at me," Zaggers said. "I have to rely on help to go to the bathroom. And then I have to have help with cleaning and wiping. And to make matters worse, I have to pay someone to do it. Even so, I still believe in life and would never do anything to do it." Shorten it. I am also willing to accept more serious things, such as blindness, deafness, you name it, as long as I can still feel this dark but hot fire, it is me, full of life. I just want to thank life for allowing me to continue burning."

I like his thoughts on the journey, about happiness and the meaning of life. There are many absurd plots in the book, but they feel very real. However, I still don't quite understand how to live happily? Perhaps this is what this book wants us to think about.

There is life and death, natural life and happy death. Mersault tried to break the shackles of life, find true inner satisfaction and explore the true meaning of existence in a unique way. People will never stop pursuing happiness and thinking about death. In the mediocre life, confused people are struggling, the meaning of life is floating, death is waving not far away, and happiness is like a carrot in front of a donkey. After reading this book, you may be able to find a ray of light in the confusion and understand the ups and downs of life in the ordinary. [Three core questions] 1. What is the essence of happiness? : The essence of happiness is the satisfaction of one's true needs and the pursuit of the meaning of life. 2. What is the relationship between material things and happiness? : Material is not the absolute condition for happiness. Excessive pursuit of material may lead to loss of happiness, but a certain material foundation can provide guarantee. (A rich man may feel empty despite having countless wealth, while an ordinary family may not be rich but its members can still care for each other) 3. How to achieve a happy death? : You need to get rid of the shackles of the world, bravely pursue what you really want in your heart, and accept the limitations of life. (Many people in their later years will choose to put aside material pursuits and devote themselves to public welfare undertakings, feeling inner peace and satisfaction, and facing the end of life calmly) Content Sharing 1. "In the end, people get used to everything. People get used to murder, crime, war, and any form of misfortune. Once pain is accepted, it is no longer painful." 2. "He realized that his hopeless expectations were wishes that no longer existed and slept forever. Death is also a kind of happiness." 3. "Nothing in the world is more tiring and more despairing than turning back." 4. "In life, what matters is not the future, but the past." 5. "Without despair for life, you will not love life."

Being shot is a "natural death", dying from an illness, being awake despite being unconscious, is a "conscious death". Use money to buy time, but only have a broken body and low self-esteem. To be happy, happiness is in pain, in loneliness, and enjoy life. This world is inherently absurd. If you are bound by poverty, you will be unable to move forward, you will be anxious all the time, and everything you have will lose its meaning. Happiness may be just a piece of candy or a breeze, and everyone has the right to enjoy it.

At first I didn't quite understand what I wanted to express: Just saw a man make a fortune by "murdering" a body-trapped man, Then he "abandoned" his life that was restricted by poverty and started a life journey of pursuing "happiness". Later I had a little experience: Maybe the author is simply trying to use the story to explore whether a person who is physically healthy and spiritually rich but short of money can gain freedom and the right or ability to pursue happiness after gaining wealth. Maybe the answer is found, or maybe not. I have been trying to think about the meaning of life through the protagonist's experience, but it stopped abruptly. Life may be so unpredictable. Since the end point is the same, the process of life may be more important. We are people whose bodies are trapped by work in order to maintain our lives, but at least our spirits must be free and happy [sending our hearts]. Otherwise, when everything comes to an abrupt end, there may be more regrets.

Every time I read a book, I will benefit a lot from the book. This kind of benefit is like a thread running through the whole book. If you really explain the author's original intention of writing in words, only the author himself will know what happened when he was writing. Each of Camus's books has the power to live toward death, enabling people to see the bright sun rising in the darkness of despair. His philosophy of life is worthy of everyone to ponder and incorporate into their own lives.

Whenever you feel confused and anxious or the haze and weight of existence, reading Camus must be a very good choice. Just like his consistent and simple love and passion for life, his works also show his thoughts on human destiny and happiness with affectionate concern: knowing the absurdity of the world, we still have to embrace it passionately, live without hesitation, do everything we can, and create our own value, because climbing to the top and resisting fate is enough to illuminate the soul. This kind of Camus makes us feel at ease.

To the most lovely and great Camus.

Out of curiosity, I opened the book "Happy Death". I admit that the title attracted me, but the vivid descriptions in long and long paragraphs made me gradually fall in love with the writing style of this book.

Love life peacefully and feel the gifts of nature in its most primitive state. Live in the moment

Death is a necessary thing, so when I first saw the title, I felt that being able to die happily was also a kind of luck. When I saw that being able to maintain one's own spirit might be a kind of happiness, I realized that in addition to the happiness brought by money, there is also a kind of spiritual happiness.

One afternoon, 33 minutes and one evening self-study

Life is just one way. Our true feelings and experiences are our wealth. Money can only buy short-term happiness, but spirit is permanent happiness.

Good book, good book, worthy of being a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

How to be happy? Live like a human being, Also live like an animal.

Death requires only a moment of courage. But living requires a lifetime of courage.

Although I don't understand it, I still want to comment on it because it is a classic and it makes me look literate.

Mersault lived a busy and poor life as a screwdriver, became rich and leisurely by killing a disabled man, and quickly died.

A very in-depth classic book!