Amit Goes Blogging

Numerous influences determine our actions. Sometimes, common influences go missing. There are individuals totally cut-off from religious influences. They don’t feel religion inside. There are individuals who do not understand love; or, they do not resonate to the idea of love as I never resonate to the idea of window-shopping. The Outsider introduces you to the strange character of Meursault who is indifferent to things we take too seriously. That is not to say that his participation in life is frugal. He has a job in which he desires to do better. The story begins with Meursault receiving the news of his mother's death. It's a news like any other. He finds himself in an awkward position in asking his boss’ leave to attend mother’s funeral. Back from the funeral, at the first opportunity, he has sex with his girlfriend. Camus paints Meursault's character with the choices he makes. That’s Camus’ craft. To me, Meursault is...

F iction is a great teacher and entertainer. But, over a course of readings, the allusions, the foreshadowing, and the figures of speech  diminish your interest. Also, what fascinates you initially, slowly loses its attraction like any other talent that cannot be admired all the time. Fiction betrays a pattern and language seems inferior to its task. Then, you read Madame Bovary , and language receives a renewed vigour and fiction resurges with its capacity to captivate. In Madame Bovary , the sighs of pity work up to a jaw-clenching experience. There is no escape. If it is so heart-wrenching in a translation, the original work must have been scalding. What victorious imagination! What seething analysis of human fancy! Gustave Flaubert offers the best fit between word and imagination. The author takes great care to furnish the reader with a perfect imagery, which is a trap to drag you into the depths of despair. You meet with a mathematical precision at every turn of ex...