Throughout The Stranger, almost all of us had bad opinions about Meursault, saying that he was an overall bad, unhappy person. However, in the end of the story, Meursault says "... I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy agian" (123). So he is saying that throughout his life he has always been happy, and even though he is near his death, he realizes that he is still happy. Do you think he is truely happy, or is he just trying to make it seem as if he doesn't care that he is going to die. If you do think he is happy, why has he seemed so misirable throughout the story and seemed to us that he wasn't happy?
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I believe that he realized that he was happy throughout his life and that he was finally coming to grips with himself and the rest of the world. Before his execution he has realized that he is similar to all people and that he had lived his life with no regrets, a key existential trait. His final wish was to not be alone on the date of his execution, even though he would hear their cries of hate, which would be the culmination of the tribulations that he had faced through his trial. He may have seemed so miserable throughout the story because his lived such an existentialist lifestyle that it may have been perceived as being miserable.
I agree with those mongooses above me, Meursalt lived his life free to do as he wanted. Of course, shooting an Arab does warrant a consequence and he humbily accepted it. The only reason his happiness could be questioned is due to his lifestyle, which was very unorthodox but for him felt just right and normal.
"I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again." Unfortunately, Mersault finally feels as if he is not alone in the world as he nears his execution. The fact that he was truely not alone throughout his entire life leaves Mersault free of any regret he felt in the past.I think that when Mersault realized he had no regrets, he was happy about his life and he was ready to face death. Usually when human beings have no feelings of regret, they conclude that their life was full of happiness and was worth living; if death were to knock on their door, they would bravely answer it just as like Mersault.Mersault states at the end of the book that he realized that the world was just like him, indifferent to everything that happens. He realizes that people were executing him for how he reacted to his mother's death and his general personality. Therefore, in order to feel like he wasn't alone, Mersault wished for a large crowd at his execution with cries of hatred so he could leave the world how he lived it.
"I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again." Unfortunately, Mersault finally feels as if he is not alone in the world as he nears his execution. The fact that he was truely not alone throughout his entire life leaves Mersault free of any regret he felt in the past.I think that when Mersault realized he had no regrets, he was happy about his life and he was ready to face death. Usually when human beings have no feelings of regret, they conclude that their life was full of happiness and was worth living; if death were to knock on their door, they would bravely answer it just as like Mersault.Mersault states at the end of the book that he realized that the world was just like him, indifferent to everything that happens. He realizes that people were executing him for how he reacted to his mother's death and his general personality. Therefore, in order to feel like he wasn't alone, Mersault wished for a large crowd at his execution with cries of hatred so he could leave the world how he lived it.
"I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again." Unfortunately, Mersault finally feels as if he is not alone in the world as he nears his execution. The fact that he was truely not alone throughout his entire life leaves Mersault free of any regret he felt in the past.I think that when Mersault realized he had no regrets, he was happy about his life and he was ready to face death. Usually when human beings have no feelings of regret, they conclude that their life was full of happiness and was worth living; if death were to knock on their door, they would bravely answer it just as like Mersault.Mersault states at the end of the book that he realized that the world was just like him, indifferent to everything that happens. He realizes that people were executing him for how he reacted to his mother's death and his general personality. Therefore, in order to feel like he wasn't alone, Mersault wished for a large crowd at his execution with cries of hatred so he could leave the world how he lived it.
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