Why did he shoot the Arab? Several times, at that?
why not?
to move the story along
it's a pretty fun thing to do
>>7756487
this is actually one of the most radical interpretations of the stranger I've read, intuitive as it is
Because of the sun, silly
>>7756494
Agreed, it's so easy to bypass the obvious sometimes.
>>7756480
Self-defense.
>>7756494
This is very good bait.
It's a moment of striking out against the racial other, which serves a cathartic purpose in the course of the plot.
he got some sun in his eyes and went all fuck everything mode
>>7756582
Do you mean a moment of blind rage?
>>7756480
is it really so weird that you could shoot a guy because it's fucking hot outside and the sun is in your eyes?
>>7756594
any weirder than any of his reaction to any of the other things that are happening around him?
>>7756590
DUDE THE SUN LMAO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7n_imknhcgthis is a beautiful cover
>>7756480
He didn't care much. So he did it for consistency.
He wanted to Make Algeria Great Again
In The Plague it's strongly hinted that the Arab cucked him.
>>7756483
I think this is the basic idea. In his mind there was no reason not to.
>>7756480
he was redpilled about snackbars
the arab was probably a suicide bomber like the rest of muslims
>>7756480
He was aware of the Zionist globalist agenda to destroy the white European race through miscegenation, middle-eastern "asylum" seekers causing mass civil unrest and "multiculturalism", brainwashing the western female through control of media conglomerates, destroying at least one hundred thousand years of superior genetic divergence.
Also, he wasn't a cuck.
>>7756483
And, we're done in one.
Shooting the Arab is as meaningless to him as not shooting the Arab. The gears of the world continue turning with or without the Arab just the same as the continue with or without the narrator. Maman died today, and yet we are all still alive for the time being. So what?
>>7756480
He was a visionary.
>>7758924
Oh my god, just give her the P already, she clearly wants it
Because the sun was hot
Doesn't Camus say that he saw the Arab pull a knife, or at least knew that that particular Arab had a knife? If so then I'd say he was acting in self defence.
>>7756480
>Why did he shoot
>the Arab
answered your own question there buddy didn't you :^)
>>7759188
why didn't he shoot him in the foot?
>>7759218
Blinded by the light obviously.
Salamano and his dog are the best part of the book
>>7759223
That's no excuse, the Arab was getting his life together. He wasn't a bad boy.
Because Camus didn't read the authors and philosophers he criticized.
So I read a translations because I can't speak frog.
And some of Camus prose was rather complicated for me to understand.
>See the Arab with the knife I will take his fucking life
>See an Arab, see the sun, finna shoot him with my gun
>Sun in my eyes, his head is my prize
>It's hot outside, I hate myself, put his head up on my shelf
>I didn't read Plato but this brown guy's life is worth less than a potato
Can anyone help me figure out what exactly he meant when he wrote these passages?
>>7756480
He was bored.
