The Stranger Essay -- Literary Analysis

While reading The rum I noticed that traits that Albert Camus character depicts in the book are closely related to the theories of Sigmund Freud on moral human behavior. Albert Camus portrays his character of Meursault as a numb, emotionless person that seems to mindlessly play proscribed his role in society, acting in a manner that he sees as the way hes supposed to act, always living in the moment with his instincts driving him, and if the right circumstance presents itself the primal deep seeded animal will come out. I believe that most of the characters traits fall under Freuds notion of the Id and Ego mental apparatus, and dont believe that his idea of the super-ego is represented in this book. In the beginning of The Stranger Meursault first showed himself as a numb, emotionless person, who goes through the motions of life simply driven by his instincts when he attended his mothers funeral. When at the funeral he showed no emotion whatsoever, here his mother lies dead and he should be grieving, yet all he really notices is how hot the room was they were holding the funeral in. He didnt even wish to see her body before she was buried to say his goodbyes. This shows me that he has no moral bind to anyone or anything, and the only feelings he has is those given to him from primal instinct, of which are just aimed for survival like being hungry, tired, hot, and so on. Freud would say thats depicts how all humans are. According to crowd Strachey, Freud believes that the way we as humans conduct ourselves throughout our lives is directly related to the Id, which is everything that is inherited from our ancestors and is fixed into us at berth, and its the force caused by the need of our Id that is our instincts (14... ...he Stranger. new-fangled York A.A. Knopf, 1946. Print.Costigan, Giovanni. Sigmund Freud, a Short Biography. New York Macmillan, 1965. Print.Freuds Personality Factors. Changing Minds and Persuasion -- How We Change What Others Thin k, Believe, Feel and Do. Web. 02 Dec. 2011. .Freud, Sigmund, and James Strachey. An Outline of Psychoanalysis. New York W. W. Norton, 1949. Print.Freud, Sigmund, and James Strachey. The Ego and the Id. New York Norton, 1989. PrintFreud, Sigmund, James Strachey, and Peter Gay. An Outline of Psycho-analysis. New York W.W. Norton, 1989. Print.Superego. Encyclopedia - Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Web. 29 Nov. 2011. .The Stranger. SparkNotes Todays Most Popular Study Guides. Web. 29 Nov. 2011. .