the stranger

In most works of literature characters often conquer great obstacles in order to achieve a worthy goal. The obstacles characters face can be personal impediment, the attitudes, and the beliefs of others. A of a character who overcomes social or personal obstacle in to achieve a worthwhile goal is the main character in the book The Stranger by Albert Camus, Meursault. Meursault had challenges he faced which led him to for obtain his worthwhile goal which was to overcome society’s expectations. This essay will explore the extent to which an important of a character must overcome social or personal obstacle in to achieve a worthwhile goal.
One of the examples of how Meursault overcame society’s expectations is when Meursault finds out his mother had passed away. When Meursault was told that his mother had passed away, he didn’t seem to care about her death. Meursault traveled to nursing home in Marengo where his mother was staying and spoke with his mother’s caretaker, the director, the nurse, and most of his mother’s friends. When Meursault was ask if he wanted to see his mother for one last time he declines it and smokes alongside his mother’s casket with the caretaker. All he wanted was to go back home to Algiers and sleep. When Meursault came back home from his mother funeral he goes swimming and runs in Marie Cardona former co-worker he liked. They go on a date the day after his mother’s death and she is amazed that he is not mooring. Society expected would have expected Meursault to feel heartbroken, worn apart, and depressed for a couple of weeks because of his mother’s death. Instead of feeling like that, Meursault feels the opposite of what Society wants him to feel, he is calm, he doesn’t care for her death, he acts like nothing never happened and everything is

okay. Meursault is neither happy nor unhappy that his mother passed away. His Society would view him as being cold hearted, detached, indifferent, and emotional less.
Meursault