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[Anonymous No.18259089]

Does it count as horror?

[KING PERSEY UBOMPA, THE INFAMO(...) No.18259212]

>>18259089
>nnnnNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOoooooo NOT LE HECKIN STRANGERINO I'MMMMMMM GOING INSSAAAAAANNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Anonymous No.18259218]

>>18259089
No?
Unless your fear is waking up autistic.

[KING PERSEY UBOMPA, THE INFAMO(...) No.18259226]

>>18259218
>waking up autistic
OOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooOOOOOOOo NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Anonymous No.18259280]

>>18259226
Being a 140 iq dyslexic is infinitely better than being an asocial stemfag.

[omg omg omg REALLY EPIC COOL C(...) No.18259287]

>>18259280
>BBBBBBEIOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Anonymous No.18259294]

>>18259089
No, unless arabs scare you

[Anonymous No.18259306]

>>18259294
so yes

[Anonymous No.18259396]

>>18259306
All arabs are mommas boys, relax

[Anonymous No.18259429]

>>18259396
The lebanese qt in my accounting class scares me, she talks like a sociopath but somehow because she's good looking everyone gives her a pass.
I sometimes feel like I should follow Mersault's example and just do it.

[Anonymous No.18259593]

>>18259294
>No, unless the scorching sun scares you

[Anonymous No.18259600]

if the sisyphean pointlessness of life scares you then yes

[Anonymous No.18259604]

>>18259089
I'm about to start part two of this after I've had some breakfast. I'll come back and perhaps laugh at this comment later, but I feel like, at least so far, it's not particularly well written. Though perhaps it's intentional and stylistic?
>This is a sentence.
>This is another sentence.
>Another one.
>This sentence is marginally longer, but still just another short sentence.
>A sentence.
It's very stilted and bland, especially compared to some of Camus' other writings.
I'll see you faggots later.

[Anonymous No.18259624]

>>18259604
I kinda feel the same way and I've read like 30 ish pages. Are his other works at least better than this?

[Anonymous No.18259629]

>>18259604
>>18259624
I'd describe it as more etherial and representative of how the character is disasociated from his own life, just floating along.

[Anonymous No.18259882]

Did anyone start off irritated at the protagonist that their emotions felt insufficient in the context of other peoples relations to him but had their mind changed by his lack of malice and his adequacy to fill the emotional wants of those around him even if he'd been completely empty and not just peculiar? I think I asked "is the world nothing to this man" and in the end I knew that he was something, precious even to the world as the world was to him and what I'd seen to make me ask what I asked to begin with was the illusion that condemned him.

[Anonymous No.18260299]

>>18259624
>>18259629
I just finished it. The writing in the second half is definitely less awkward and overall has more interest, but it still has the same general overtone. I feel as though if you read this without knowing much about Camus or absurdism, then you would likely find it puzzling and perhaps not worth its praise. Though I really feel the book came together entirely in the second half. I relate in a lot of ways to Meursault and am often accused of being too pragmatic and 'cold', despite having a proclivity for the romantic; I just don't extend that idealistic part of myself as far into everyday life as most others seem to. I think The Stranger is certainly I book I'll re-read a handful of times throughout my life, and as a whole I really enjoyed it. There are plenty of people a great degree smarter than myself who could give a better description and analysis of its themes, though.
To the one anon, I can't say if his other works are 'better' than this, as I've only tried The Myth of Sisyphus, which at the time I found overwhelming and decided to hold off on for a while. The language is entirely different between the two, and could just as easily be written by different authors.

>>18259593
Kek.

[Anonymous No.18260356]

>>18260299
To add to this a little bit, I think 'the benign indifference of the universe' is simply an excellent turn of phrase and one I find to make a lot of sense; perhaps less so in 1942 (or more so given that France was occupied by the Nazis at the time, I'm not sure). I don't really know how you can't feel the indifference of the universe but, more importantly, also feel it in return. Considering the state of barbarism that we seem to be living through, at least. 'Culture' is often something I've thought about lately and I constantly wonder what exactly this period will be remembered for in fifty years time, or even further into the future. I feel like we've (the West, I suppose) stagnated and are just pulling things from the past all the time and not really creating much worth remembering. Most young people I know are governed entirely by unfettered hedonism whilst giving little thought to what they actually do or desire, and I don't know what that means for our future. I'm probably wrong but I can't stop asking myself these questions. I really enjoyed this book.

[Anonymous No.18260364]

He gets decapitated at the end right? So yes

[Anonymous No.18260384]

>>18259882
It makes more sense when you realize he's a 70IQ Algerian.

[Anonymous No.18260406]

>>18260299
I'm glad that you enjoyed it, Anon, and got something out of it. I think you're quite right about the first part being stilted; apparently, Camus was trying to copy Hemmingway's journalistic style to emphasize the sort of thoughtless "manliness" of the character, or so I've read.

I have to say, I just finished it a few weeks ago, and I was abhorred by the first part; it's baffling to me that anyone could empathize with such a character. I enjoyed the second half a little more as the prose changed, but I still wonder why the story of a sociopath being rightfully executed resonates with people. Maybe I just really hate existentialists, especially French ones.

[Anonymous No.18261167]

>>18259089
It counts as horrible.

[Anonymous No.18261568]

>>18259089
Am I the only person who really doesn't understand why people like this book? Am I missing something?

[Anonymous No.18261579]

>>18261568
only other Camus I read is myth of sisyphus btw so that might be it