so is this book critical of Meursault and how he acts or is it

>>9467714
Neither, it regards them both with indifference.

>>9467714
Way to miss the point senpai

It's about trying to ascribe meaning (motives for meursault's crime) where there isn't any.

>>9467714
Stop seeking for morals, teachings or meanings when you're reading literature, please. Stop treating every piece of fiction like a biblical parable.

>>9467803
Not OP, but I do this too often. It's a habit I don't know if I like...

>>9467781
But didnt he have some sort of aversion towards arabs? he mentioned them early on in the story. or maybe I have head problems.

>>9467714
Neither, its that he doesnt value life until he is about to lose it.

>>9467803
It's all I can do anon. I don't like it either, but I just can't help it.

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>>9467803#
I guess books have no meaning, boy I was wrong for trying to understand what an author of a philosophical novel meant. It's literally the first result when you google philosophical novel, if you want fiction without a point go read YA romance

>>9468428
He has no extreme views on any subject; apprehension of Arabs and their criminal behavior is perfectly reasonable of a Pied Noir in Algeria during that time.
If you're trying to suggest the novel is a product of some revisionist racial motivation, fuck off back to your Gender Studies class and/or >>>/leftypol/

>>9469872
there are plenty of good analyses online. /lit/ is just a bully chamber at this point.

>>9468428
He is pretty much the ultimate ambivalent character. The people in the courtroom try to paint him as a callous man because he didn't cry at his mother's funeral, or like a violent racist because he is friends with a guy who hit an arab girl, but the truth is he has neither of those emotions.

Just how Meursault's opponents try to explain his motivations behind his actions, people endlessly try to find purpose behind the universe. But sometimes things just are, and it's futile to try to find purpose where there is none.