Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Love to hate
Salamano has one of the more interesting relationships in the novella. On the surface, it would appear there is a lot of animosity and pent-up anger between them but his dog gives him purpose. Many people as they get older feel trapped and useless. Further evidence of this is Thomas Perez's relationship with Meursault's late mother. (Meursault even comments on the lack of phsycical attractiveness of the man). These two people, practically, should not be pursuing a relationship, for the reason illustrated by the first line of the novella. But they need each other to give each other purpose. They survive becuase they have each other. Raymond is also involved in a love-hate relationship with his girlfriend and they too live to be with each other, despite the obvious problems they have interacting and living together. The Stranger is rife with these types of relationships.
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