lunes, 27 de agosto de 2007
man without feelings
In pages 63 - 81, we read about the interogation of Meursault in jail. We where able to see how his lawyer was trying to help him by telling him how to act and what to say in front of the judge, but he didnt listen, he didnt care and he even told his lawyer he didnt care. In my opinion, Meursault is a man with no feelings, he didnt care when his mother died, he didnt feel any regret when he killed the arab, and he didnt feel any conmotion when Marie told him she was in love with him and she wanted to marry him. When he enters jail and hes been for five months, he is already used to it and he dosnt care or make an effort to go out of there. He is only concerned because they took his cigarettes away the moment he entered jail. Meursault is a person who is very superficial, he dosnt care when something trasendental ocurrs, he is instead worried because he cant smoke, because he cant have any sexual intercourse, because he is hot, and because he cant sleep. He is very unconscious about important things occuring in his life. In page 64 - 65 Meursaults lawyer asks him if he had feel any sadness the day of Mamans death. He answered " I lost the habit of analyzing myself and that it was hard for me to tell him what he wanted to know. I probably did love Maman, but that didnt mean anything". This shows us that he didnt really feel any conmotion towards Mamans death. "My physical needs often got in the way of my feelings. The day I buried Maman, I was very tiered and sleepy, so much that Ia wasnt aware of what was going on". Pg 65. This also shows us he didnt feel much towards Mamans death. In pg 69 we see how the lawyer also tells Meursault that he is the person with less feelings ever. "I have never seen a soul as hardened as yours". With all these quotes we can see how Meursault afronts life and his problems.
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Carola, I wanted to say that you are totally right when saying that Meursault doesn't pay any attention to what the magistrate tries to say about God and his glory. My personal opinion is, that if he doesn't really care about things, he should get somewhar aware of this fault and try to receive advice as best as he could. Meursault is so unaware the sadness he causes around (e.g. Maman) he can't even realize that a magistrate who should be giving him 40 years of jail is there trying to help!!!
I like the direction your taking, but I'd like to see some original developed thought about the text. Does he not feel?
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