The Stranger by Albert Camus BOOK REVIEW
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In this episode we investigate “The Stranger” - Albert Camus’ most famous and most controversial novel. The story, really a prolonged meditation on the death of meaning - follows Mersault - an unassuming businessman who’s passivity knows no bounds. But his apathetic approach to life quickly takes him to the edge of the law, of common morality, and of the society he’s born into; culminating in a murder trial that he’s destined to lose. Join us as we try to understand Mersault, and all the “isms” that this novel made famous - existentialism, moral relativism, nihilism, absurdism. It might be the case that these “isms” have shaped the default way most of us see the world today. Don’t underestimate the influence of banned books.
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1:50 Intro
2:50 Why this novel is important
4:50 About Albert Camus
8:50 About the novel / Meursault
12:15 Why its banned
13:30 Camus’ style
17:52 Absurdism explained
18:11 Midroll
20:15 Camus’ relationship with God
23:00 Did Meursault feel remorse for what he had done?
26:15 The motif of heat/the sun
32:12 Is there meaning to life or is life truly absurd?
39:05 Morality, Ethics, and Truth
41:40 Final Thoughts
42:43 Outro
I believe his final scene where he wants people to be at his execution expresses how the only meaning to life is connecting with others. Life minus bonds is truly absurd.
This scene always fascinated me… the only request he had was to really have an audience in his final moments. Makes you wonder 💭
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You guys are great, not sure how i found your channel, and i never leave comments, but please keep these coming! Thoroughly enjoy your reviews
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This really helped me for an essay I have to write for school on the stranger, great discussion... thank you so much!
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You gotta do Glamorama from Bret Easton Ellis
I’m actually reading Glamorama as we speak! But since we’ve already covered 3 BEE books, we might need to wait a while before we do another… perhaps I can do a mini-sode review… 🤔 -Rafaella, Banned Book Club Host
Nick is one sharp dude!
Ha! -Appreciate it Jerry, thanks for watching!
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