Essay on Camus’ The Stranger (The Outsider): Finding a Rational God th

Finding a Rational immortal through Nature in Camus The Stranger (The Outsider) number towards disposition for fulfillment, The Strangers Meursault rejects the ideology of God as a savior and is consequently juxtaposed against Jesus Christs martyrdom, Christianity and the ill-famed crucifixion. To the inexperienced reader, Meursault appears to be an extreme atheist. Later in Albert Camus novel, he is revealed as a humanistic soul thats in touch with the universality of the earth and soil he treads upon. Through the use of blunt and indefinite spirit images, Meursaults revelations and newfound trust within an environment out-of-door of society are softly whispered by Camus. In essence, Meursault imposes his lead for meaning upon nature as well as upon a God who rejects him. Through this imposition, he hopes to acquire an immortality which is similar to a Christian afterlife. The arguments of nature as a religion and as an entity separate from God are jointly focused upon i n the modern criticisms and interpretations of The Stranger I leave discuss. Pantheism, a quasi-religious worship of nature, comes into mind when looking at Meursaults final communion with the world. Is pantheism a mere excuse for Meursaults actions or rather a secret reality of his which the public is not puddle to confront or understand? Icons and stereotypes accompany this enigmatic, suggestive natural resource and are employed by Camus to show the irrationality in twain societys and Meursaults assumptions of religion and of Christianity. One is left with the marvel of Meursaults acceptance of death is Meursaults embracing of his fate lesson of his fall into the abyss of traditional Christian faith or thus a turn towards a happy medium in nature?... ...thood Without God. In Mansions of the Spirit. Ed. George A. Panichas. New York Hawthorn Books, Inc. Publishers, 1967. 313-324. Hanna, Thomas L. Albert Camus and the Christian Faith. In Camus A Collection of Critical Essays . emended by Germaine Bree. New Jersey Prentice-Hall, 1962. 48-64. Harrison, Paul. scientific Pantheism Basic Principles. Elements of Pantheism. cited from April 20 1999. Availible from http//members.aol.com/heraklit1/basicpri.htm Peyre, Henri. Camus the Pagan. In Camus A Collection of Critical Essays. edited by Germaine Bree. New Jersey Prentice-Hall, 1962. 65-70. Piper, H.W. The Active Universe. London The Athlone Press 1962. Sprintzen, David. Camus A Critical Examination. Philadelphia Temple University Press, 1988. Woelfel, James W. Camus A Theological Perspective. New York Abingdon Press, 1975.