Existentialism

Existentialism Existentialism Existentialism is a philosophical movement that focuses on self-existence. A main idea of existentialism is that people believe that they live in a comprehensible, connected, and predictable universe, however the universe is in actuality irrational, disconnected and predictable. Human beings are entirely free and accountable for their own acts. A person in turn, picks his future and how he wants to live it. No one forces a person to do anything or to think a certain way. A person makes his or her own choices and they must accept the consequences. From the various works read this year, existentialism was found. Throughout the novel, The Stranger, many existentialist views are present. Meursault is an impassive character whose apathy to others makes him an existentialist. When Meursault shot the Arab and his actions following helped me understand existentialism more. Why did he shoot the Arab' The Arab had taken out his knife, however that wasn’t the reason Meursault shot him. He was bothered by the glare of the sun reflecting off the knife of the Arab and the blistering heat. existentialism, meursault, arab, person, novel, felt, universe, situation, shot, shoot, same, said, predictable, own, one, mother, makes, live, knife, however, happy, first, existentialist, death, danger, consequences, before, anything, year, wrong, works, whose, whatsoever, way, wasn’t