Emotional Detachment in Albert Camus’ The Stranger: A Happy Man Drawn into Misery
Emotional detachment is positive when it is done intentionally for the sake of achieving happiness. Meursault, the protagonist in Albert Camus’ The Stranger, is fully aware that his emotional detachment brings him happiness and peace of mind, that is why it is considered a positive type of detach...
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| description | Emotional detachment is positive when it is done intentionally for the sake
of achieving happiness. Meursault, the protagonist in Albert Camus’ The
Stranger, is fully aware that his emotional detachment brings him happiness
and peace of mind, that is why it is considered a positive type of detachment,
but he loses that peace of mind the day this detachment turns into emotional
involvement. He holds the belief that emotions are no source of pleasure, but
rather a source of trouble. He also regards all emotional expressions as absurd
and meaningless. He chooses to be emotionally detached of his own free will,
but he is unconsciously enforced to get emotionally involved with people. His
emotional aloofness has made him tend to satisfy his physical needs. Thus, he
sharpens his physical senses through focusing on their satisfaction. The article
discusses how Meursault deliberately detaches himself emotionally from people
to gain happiness, but this happiness turns into utter misery when, unaware, he
is drawn into emotional involvement with others. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ab4f4b3038364022901cf9bd2cc283922022-12-21T23:22:58ZdeuEditura Universităţii Aurel Vlaicu AradJournal of Humanistic and Social Studies2067-65572247-23712019-11-01X23744Emotional Detachment in Albert Camus’ The Stranger: A Happy Man Drawn into MiseryIman Mahdi0Mustansiriya University, College of Basic Education, Department of English Language, BaghdadEmotional detachment is positive when it is done intentionally for the sake of achieving happiness. Meursault, the protagonist in Albert Camus’ The Stranger, is fully aware that his emotional detachment brings him happiness and peace of mind, that is why it is considered a positive type of detachment, but he loses that peace of mind the day this detachment turns into emotional involvement. He holds the belief that emotions are no source of pleasure, but rather a source of trouble. He also regards all emotional expressions as absurd and meaningless. He chooses to be emotionally detached of his own free will, but he is unconsciously enforced to get emotionally involved with people. His emotional aloofness has made him tend to satisfy his physical needs. Thus, he sharpens his physical senses through focusing on their satisfaction. The article discusses how Meursault deliberately detaches himself emotionally from people to gain happiness, but this happiness turns into utter misery when, unaware, he is drawn into emotional involvement with others.http://www.jhss.ro/downloads/20/articles/3.pdfcamusthe strangermeursaultemotional detachment |
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| title | Emotional Detachment in Albert Camus’ The Stranger: A Happy Man Drawn into Misery |
| title_full | Emotional Detachment in Albert Camus’ The Stranger: A Happy Man Drawn into Misery |
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| title_short | Emotional Detachment in Albert Camus’ The Stranger: A Happy Man Drawn into Misery |
| title_sort | emotional detachment in albert camus the stranger a happy man drawn into misery |
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