Albert Camus, The Fall
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- In this video, I analyse the first third of Camus' The Fall.
Citations:
“Fortunately there is gin, the sole glimmer of light in this darkness.”
Camus, Albert. The Fall. Vintage Books, 1991, p. 12.
“Anyone who has considerably meditated on man, by profession or vocation, is led to feel nostalgia for the primates. They at least don’t have any ulterior motives.”
Ibid, p. 4.
“Have you noticed that Amsterdam’s concentric canals resemble the circles of hell?”
Ibid, p. 14.
“I never cross a bridge at night. It’s the result of a vow. Suppose, after all, that someone should jump in the water. One of two things-either you do likewise to fish him out and, in cold weather, you run a great risk! Or you forsake him there.”
Ibid, p. 15.
“I have never felt comfortable except in lofty places. Even in the details of daily life, I needed to feel above.”
Ibid, p. 23.
“I looked upon myself as something of a superman.”
Ibid, p. 28.
“I was of respectable but humble birth (my father was an officer), and yet, certain mornings, let me confess it humbly, I felt like a king’s son, or a burning bush. It was not a matter, mind you, of the certainty I had of being more intelligent than everyone else. Besides, such certainty is of no consequence because so many imbeciles share it.”
Ibid, pp. 28-29.
“Don’t think for a minute that your friends will telephone you every evening, as they ought to, in order to find out if this doesn’t happen to be the evening when you are deciding to commit suicide, or simply whether you don’t need company, whether you are not in a mood to go out. No, don’t worry, they’ll ring up the evening you are not alone, when life is beautiful. As for suicide, they would be more likely to push you to it.”
Ibid, p. 31.
“Have you noticed that death alone awakens our feelings? How we love the friends who have just left us? How we admire those of our teachers who have ceased to speak, their mouths filled with earth! […] But do you know why we are always more just and more generous toward the dead? The reason is simple. With them there is no obligation.”
Ibid, pp. 32-33.
“I had gone up on the Pont des Arts, deserted at that hour, to look at the river that could hardly be made out now night had come. Facing the statue of the Vert-Galant, I dominated the island. I felt rising within me a vast feeling of power and-I don’t know how to express it-of completion, which cheered my heart. I straightened up and was about to light a cigarette, the cigarette of satisfaction, when, at that very moment, a laugh burst out behind me. Taken by surprise, I suddenly wheeled around; there was no one there. I stepped to the railing; no barge or boat. I turned back toward the island and, again, heard the laughter behind me, a little farther off as if it were going downstream. I stood there motionless. The sound of the laughter was decreasing, but I could still hear it distinctly behind me, come from nowhere unless from the water. At the same time I was aware of the rapid beating of my heart. Please don’t misunderstand me; there was nothing mysterious about that laugh; it was a good, hearty, almost friendly laugh, which re-established the proper proportions. Soon I heard nothing more, anyway. I returned to the quays, went up the rue Dauphine, bought some cigarettes I didn’t need at all. I was dazed and had trouble breathing. That evening I rang up a friend, who wasn’t at home. I was hesitating about going out when, suddenly, I heard laughter under my windows. I opened them. On the sidewalk, in fact, some youths were loudly saying good night.”
Ibid, pp. 38-40.
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Him: “of course, the title refers to the fall of man from the Garden of Eden”
Me, a moron: :O
This story is way deeper than it first seems
I think the laughter was from his own guilty conscious and A fear of being judged. It’s a recurring theme throughout the book. He hears people laughing at him and his avoidance of it.
Agreed champ. It's also worth noting that he hears the laughter for the first time just as he's enjoying a kind of triumph. He feels powerful and satisfied with himself, but the moment is cut short by the laughter.
I just read this book for the third time. This analysis is so informative and full of poetry.
That's my favourite book from Camus. I'm glad you enjoyed the video:)
This is so insightful. Thank you!
Also it wasn’t the event of hearing a laughter that broke him, it was the woman who suicides and he doesn’t do anything that gets him.
Great analysis! Thank you!
Thank you for liking it:)!
Ray Marquez, we are not all guilty. We are simply not innocent.
Happiness! Thanks!
Please upload next parts. It was wonderful
Thanks. Maybe sometime in the future:)
please do
The Absurd world when reality catches up with the bubble.
I disagree with this analysis of Clamence, especially with him hating humanity. Even the quotes you referred to don't specify any feeling of hatred. Maybe he expresses very raw view on social aspects but not hatred. Reminds me of 'Thus spoke Zarathustra' when the mountain man comes down and starts yelling to the public his spiritual findings, and everyone laughs at him. Nietzche doesn't find this hateful or blame the people for their ignorance. This is a natural way of being for the masses, both Camus and Nietzche know this. Sort of a curse for living in a superior plane, the feeling of being misunderstood
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I'm dying, as I'm an indian i can't even read the book . It seems complicated
I am an indian..keralite...i read half of camus book
Have you completed your project?
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@@jenitamerlin585 I have took this for my project now... And I'm facing the same difficulty.. Hard even to complete the first page