41 pages 1 hour read

Albert Camus

A Happy Death

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

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Essay Topics

1.

The novel opens with the murder of Zagreus. In what ways does the nonlinear storytelling affect the depiction of Mersault as a character? 

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How does the novel explore Mersault’s alienation from society? How does this alienation evolve?

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Zagreus believes that happiness and an understanding of oneself are mutually incompatible. Is he proven right by the characters and novel’s events?