The Concept Of Social Methodology In The Stranger By...

The concept of our social methodology internally is flawed due to the multiple diversities of every individual who has ever lived or who has ever been considered to have â€Å"made an impact† in this world. Falling to the norm of any society doesn’t take much effort but going against it takes a portion of anyone’s soul in a unique way. What if everything you knew was a lie? Can someone else’s truth be another’s living lie? In the novel â€Å"The Stranger† by Albert Camus, the protagonist Meursault, ridicules his society’s apprehension regarding how an individual should think, act and behave. Meursault can be considered to be the â€Å"divergent† in his society. In a society where crimes are chased to solution, where being a benevolent person is what†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"†¦ According to him, human justice was nothing and divine justice was everything. I pointed out that it was the former that had condemned me .† (Camus 118) Does society build the inflexible obligations of one’s life? The idea of one individual can influence to an extent a few other individuals but what if a civilization had established a norm that promoted such an appearance that if one decides to question it, they’re immediately scrutinized to the point of exclusion. Meursault’s indifference attitude towards the concept of love and marriage differentiates him from his community to the point where his self being is put against him. Having the capacity to love matters when evaluating an individual’s personality, its consider one of the most fundamental foundations of someone’s personality but how can a society who stands for this accept such conception? Meursault doesn’t believe in the intellection of love nor does he care that such thoughts were putting him at odds in his community as well. â€Å"Marie came by to see me and asked me if I wanted to marry her. I said it didn ’t make any difference to me and that we could if she wanted to.† (Camus 41) Furthermore, his moral vagueness towards prioritizing his relationship with his mother also speculates the jury duringShow MoreRelatedExistentialism vs Essentialism23287 Words   |  94 Pagesmarked, instead, by a set of themes about the human condition and the struggles and freedoms that humans must endure, or perhaps embrace. Despite the various and often conflicting views held by many existentialist philosophers, there are several main concepts of existentialism that are present in virtually all their works: 1. Sentient beings, especially humans, have free will. 2. Humans are responsible for the consequences of their decisions. 3. Extremely few, if any, decisions are void