A Note On The Book The Stranger - 1370 Words

I have not written you a letter in a few years. So I figured there is no better day than the present. What has changed in your life since we last talked? Are you still working the same job? There has been a few things that have changed in my life. I am currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in engineering. Also I have switched careers and I am now in the information technology field. The reason why I am writing this letter is because I just finished reading a book that I found to be additively interesting. I figured I could give you a brief summary of the book called The Stranger. It is a strange book as clichà © as that sounds, but that being said, it sounds like it would be up your alley of the category of books you read. A few reasons why I think you will enjoy the book is because it has an abstract philosophical view. It gives you a different perspective on what is meaningful and meaningless for a weird human being. Throughout the story it lacks rational meaning. Normal decisions most people make in split second are countered with actions that do not make sense. The book is about a man named Meursault who received a telegram explaining that his mother had passed away. This book takes place in Algeria in the 1940’s. I found it interesting because when he received the news about his mother. He did not have any emotional response. He did not seem upset or happy about the news. Meursault takes a couple days off from work to travel down to his mother’s retirement home.Show MoreRelatedJoseph P. Lawrencesocrates Among Strangers 1442 Words   |  6 PagesJoseph P. Lawrence. Socrates Among Strangers. (Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2015) An interesting and provocative take on the life of Socrates, Socrates Among Strangers takes the eminent Greek philosopher out of the comfort of Greece and into strangeness of the World. 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