The significance of death in the main characters of "The Stranger" and "Metamorphosis".
Significance of Death in the
Main Characters
Of
Stranger and Metamorphosis
Carlos Pons 11 (1)
The main characters in both novels are responsible of their death due to their actions to society. Although both characters have a complete different description physically and mentally, both are first alienated and then die using the reason of their meaning in life. Each character has a different story to tell but they shared the same ending, death. Gregor and Meursault are two men of about the same age that were living their live as they didn't want both were oppressed by their job and family. Both had a job that they didn't want only for paying their needs and debts.
Each main character experiment a different type of death. Although both finished dead they suffer it in different ways. In the Stranger, the main character, Meursault is executed publicly in the middle of all the society of Algiers that wanted him dead. Meursault went to be executed by the guillotine in the middle of all does thirsty and anxious eyes watching and seeing their "monster" die by loosing his head of its shoulders and seeing him keep blinking his eyes for about 5 seconds, all thin and sharp, some bony like pencils and others thick like sausages all were pointing at him and all mouths screaming, some people said "death to the criminal" others said "death to the monster." For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone, I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate." In the Metamorphosis, the main character, Gregor Samsa, is not executed as Meursault he just dies. Gregor dies in strange circumstances but I think that Gregor dies for make a favor to his family because he was lonely in his life and he was bothering his family with his appearance. Although his family was against him because they thought he was not still Gragor he thought of his family with love and affection until death. The next morning the cleaning lady discovered the dead bug body have way buried in its own trash. "He's lying there, absolutely dead as a doornail." The cleaning lady says this to the rest of the family announcing Gregor's death. Although Gregor died that day his family was happy, "We can thank God for that!" Herr Samsa says this in response to the news that his son just died. Gregor make the wish of his family became true, his family went out all together from their house for the first day since the metamorphosis.
Main Characters
Of
Stranger and Metamorphosis
Carlos Pons 11 (1)
The main characters in both novels are responsible of their death due to their actions to society. Although both characters have a complete different description physically and mentally, both are first alienated and then die using the reason of their meaning in life. Each character has a different story to tell but they shared the same ending, death. Gregor and Meursault are two men of about the same age that were living their live as they didn't want both were oppressed by their job and family. Both had a job that they didn't want only for paying their needs and debts.
Each main character experiment a different type of death. Although both finished dead they suffer it in different ways. In the Stranger, the main character, Meursault is executed publicly in the middle of all the society of Algiers that wanted him dead. Meursault went to be executed by the guillotine in the middle of all does thirsty and anxious eyes watching and seeing their "monster" die by loosing his head of its shoulders and seeing him keep blinking his eyes for about 5 seconds, all thin and sharp, some bony like pencils and others thick like sausages all were pointing at him and all mouths screaming, some people said "death to the criminal" others said "death to the monster." For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone, I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate." In the Metamorphosis, the main character, Gregor Samsa, is not executed as Meursault he just dies. Gregor dies in strange circumstances but I think that Gregor dies for make a favor to his family because he was lonely in his life and he was bothering his family with his appearance. Although his family was against him because they thought he was not still Gragor he thought of his family with love and affection until death. The next morning the cleaning lady discovered the dead bug body have way buried in its own trash. "He's lying there, absolutely dead as a doornail." The cleaning lady says this to the rest of the family announcing Gregor's death. Although Gregor died that day his family was happy, "We can thank God for that!" Herr Samsa says this in response to the news that his son just died. Gregor make the wish of his family became true, his family went out all together from their house for the first day since the metamorphosis.
