The Stranger

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Summary: THE STRANGER
Review: FIRST OF ALL , I APOLOGIZE FOR MY BAD ENGLISH ( SINCE I'M MEXICAN AND MY ENGLISH IT'S NOT THAT GOOD ) , HOW I COULD REVIEW A BOOK THAT INFLUENCED ME IN SUCH A WAY , A MAN LIKE MERSAULT WICH I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I SAW MY SELF INTO HIM , I ( JUST LIKE HIM ) HAVE THIS KIND OF NATURAL NEEDS , THAT MY PHYSICALS EMOTIONS OR NEEDS AR STRONGER THAN MY FEELINGS , I JUST LOVE IT . THE WAY HE THINKS , THE WAY HE USED TO " LOVE " MARIA , THE WAY THAT MR.CAMUS MAKE A BIG AMBIENTATION WHILE I WAS READING THE BOOK , I MEAN , I COULD IMAGINE EVERY DETAIL , I JUST LOVE THIS BOOK , NOW MY QUESTION IS : IS THERE ANY REPRESENTATION ON MOVIES OR ANYTHING MORE THAN BOOKS FOR THE STRANGER ???? , IF SOMEBODY KNOWS PLEASE LET ME KNOW .

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Summary: Makes you think
Review: I like this book. It is a story that leaves an aftertaste that you can't shake off immediately. Try this one out.

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Summary: A MODEL OF A PERFECT CYBERMAN
Review: Often, the content of our emotions are not as pristine pure as they may seem. Any honest attempt at self-introspection would show the degree to which our feelings are contaminated by the conventional wisdom of our age, by our desperate endeavours to be a part of it all and still leave a niche for ourselves. In this dilemma, one has to lose his chastity of emotions- there is no other way out. Camus does not make a didactic mess of his character and his protagonist heartedly demonstrates callousness without any soul-wrenching confessions to assuage his conscience. Camus must be congratulated for sending his message unambiguously. As long as there is an accompanying self-analysis and a search for a truth greater than the sum of our existence everything is okay.

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Summary: The Stranger
Review: Camus illustrates a life of a protocol existentialist. The book is not about individual events of the main character's life (e.g., his indifferent reactions to his mothers death; his senseless act of murder, etc.), rather, this book portrays a man living a life of emotional indifference to all life's events. However, he takes the responsibilities of all of his wrong doings, and he takes the rewards of his benevolent actions. More importantly, his was fully free. That is, he was truly the captain of his boat. No societal pressures altered any of his lifes' action.

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Summary: Camus explored "The nakedness of a man faced with absurd"
Review: The Stranger by Albert Camus.This is a fiction/literature and has been translated into English by Matthew Ward. This is a story of an ordinary man whose mother passed away and best friend got accused of beating his girlfriend. One day he unwittingly gets drawn into senseless murder on a sun-drenched Algerian beach. The book quotes Camus explored what he termed "The nakedness of a man faced with absurd." I recommend this book to 14-adult because of his directness and adult language. I give this book a nine, or two thumbs up. Review by Kelsey Quann

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Summary: A horrible but alert book
Review: Albert Camus describes a person who is completely isolated from the civilization. He doesn't have the sense of fear to death, and that's why he considers believing in God is bored and unecessary. He can't comprehend love, the most complex emotion of humans. So, the only thing bothers him at his mother's funeral is the heat of the sun, and he promises to marry his girlfriend only because he feels that it is okay to him. He doesn't have the sense of honor, humiliation or guilt, and therefore, he doesn't feel sorry for killing a man, either premeditated or accidentally. He could do anything that other people tell him to do if he feels comfort or it doesn't matter to him. You can't find any virtues or values in him except animal's instinct, biological function and his alienation toward the man's society. And naturally, this person can't survive. If he does not end up in execution for his crimes, he would be terminated by other tragic means. Acutally, it is not his fault. His existence in the society is just a matter of his bad luck. He does not belong to the society that is bound by moral and law but the savage life may make more sense to him. It is a extremely stunning book, but behind the fascination, there is a theme poisted by Camus: strip the armour of the civilization, a man is basically an animal. .

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Summary: The perfect attitude towards life.
Review: The prose of this book accurately portrays the diff. moods & settings that it implies,for good & bad,narrowing into the silent & dark window within Meursalt's mind.The short & stiff sentences of the first part actually left me drained,stunted & exhausted as if I were actually transported to the sweltering heat of the day that Meursalt's mother was buried.And the second part lossens up to longer more lyrical passages that give height & drama to the transfixing & bizarre ordeal that the main character had gotten himself into.I do not agree with Camus's brilliant(but false)statement that this book is about the "nakedness of man faced with the absurd".On the contrary,Meursalt couldnt have been more clothed in preparation against the icy blizzards of life's unexpectancies.His detached & unsentimental regard for life's superficial perks of inspiration has steered him away from further horror than what was actually afforded to him.And his reaction to the judgement that was so unfairingly decided on him is the perfect enscapulation of the pure enlightenment that a human being could ever achieve in this life.

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Summary: Don't waste your money
Review: One of the worst books I have ever read. I don't know why anybody would want to read a book about a person who is bored....

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Summary: Cold and Unforgiving
Review: Well, let's just say it, this book made me shiver. Camus' cold look at society, religion, ethics, and indeed all of humanity is very artfully done. I'm no existentialist, but this book is something everyone ought to read. Camus combines art with content, mirroring the valuelessness and cool indifference of Meursalt with crisp, unornamental writing. I love the novel for its quick insight, its graceful art, and its truthfulness. I even love it for the surprising views presented. If anyone is ever going to prove that life is meaningless, that values are useless, and that there is no objective truth (which no one ever will), Camus has done it.

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Summary: An E-ticket roller coaster ride without the loops...
Review: Boy, did you ever just want to shake some life into someone? Camus' character, Mersault is like a walking zombie; everything he does is predictable and then surprising. The short, choppy style of writing in Ward's version is also a paradox. Ward takes you on the straightest, yet most exciting roller coater ride you've ever been on considering the fact that his character doesn't seem to give a darn about most things. You have never met a more honest character than Camus' Mersault. Perhaps this is why Mersault becomes somewhat of a hero rather than just another plebeian character. Camus asks through Mersault, how are we to be significant human beings is we are all supposed to be like one another? Read this book and you'll find out how Mersault knocks off the chains of society. It may be dark, but none the less it is thought provoking and even humorous.