Did the stranger part 2 today. Really interesting discussions. One thing
that got me was the idea that Meursault wasn't actually emotionless, and that
he just decided to bottle up his emotion.
This was an interesting idea, because it changes the whole story. It goes from a tale about an emotionless man
to one fighting emotions. This internal
battle would be an extremely painful and difficult one. As a person who tends to bottle up a lot of
emotions I can understand the struggle, but I can only imagine the intense
struggle that Meursault would have felt.
He seemed to have a changed a little while in prison too. Like it was somehow easier to express emotion
after he gets put in prison. I can
imagine that it would have felt good to release a lot of that built up emotional
tension, but with person such as Meursault, one can’t truly tell. I also found the idea of the world being
indifferent towards him a little mind bending.
To think that we don’t matter except to ourselves is a very heavy thought. Because we all think we matter, even if just a
little bit. The idea is kind of hard to
swallow, yet upon really thinking about it, it doesn't seem like we would
matter in the grand scheme of things. I
mean there are millions upon billions upon trillions of stars. And each one likely has planets. And there it’s highly likely that there are
others out there. Who’s to say we are more important than them? Why do we matter more than them? It makes me
think about all of humanities religions, and how crazy they would seem to other
sentient beings out there. It makes me
think that none of the religious beliefs people have mean anything. Like nothing
at all means anything. whoa
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