Barabbas & The Fall
The main characters in these two books, Barabbas and Clamence in The Fall, show many similarities in the way that they live their lives. Barabbas is a type of person that was very active in his past, but later on in his life he just takes life as it comes. He has no destination, therefor no real goals in life, but to wait for death. As for Clamence, he also has had a very active life, but he too has calmed down. Clamence, like Barabbas, doesn't have any real goals in life. When people start reflecting on their life they sometimes question their faith in the religion that they believe in. In The Fall, and Barabbas there was some comments on faith that each main character stated. The opinions of the characters in the two books were similar in the sense that they did not believe in God. Barabbas wanted to believe, but was having trouble grasping the concept. In Barabbas, he was sent to work in a mine. In these mines the prisoners were to work in pairs. The way that this was done !was by chaining the two prisoners together. Barabbas was chained to a man named Sahak. When Barabbas was chained to Sahak while working in the mines Barabbas did get down on his knees along with Sahak. "And suddenly they both sank down to their knees in fe
It is not said whether this woman knew Barabbas, in any case, she insisted on his company. This could have been a start to a friendship, but it turned out to be a short relationship that was more physical than anything. Weiss, Hanna K. "Mytenom Manniskorna: The Myth of Modern Man in Par Lagerkvist's Novels" Scandinavia 26 (1987): 13-29 When the normal day to day lives of Barabbas, and Clamence are looked at, it is evident that both characters do not have many friends. Clamence seems to be the type of person that is a little more social about his way of living. It seems like at one time in his life, when he was a lawyer that he use to talk with many people. But later on in the book, The Fall, he seems be more on the anti-social side of things, like Barabbas. Clamence talked about friends that he had in the past, which seemed to be true friendships, but later on in the book he says, "I have no more friends, I have nothing but accomplices."(Camus 73). With Barabbas, he was always quiet, in the way that he lived his life. He was never the one who would start a conversation, he would maybe contribute a few words to the conversation, but this would be most that he would do. He too did not have many friends except for Sahak, and that was because he was chained to him that carefully. The women that are involved in The Fall are not mentioned individually, but he does say that he used them, but there are not hidden details in this. Although this is one similarity that the two books have, the way women are described in the two books. sult of a vow."(Camus 15). This shows that Clamence feels some what responsible for the death of the drowning girl. Even if Clamence would of tried made an attempt to save this girl, he would still live by this vow of his. The overseer saw them from some distance away, lying as the were right up near the lamp, but they themselves noticed nothing so engrossed where they in their prayer. He rushed up and flayed them half to death. When at last he moved on Sahak sank to the ground, but the man then turned back and forced him up again with further lashes. Staggering against each other they resumed their work. This was the first time Barabbas suffered for the crucified man's sake, for that pale-skinned rabbi with no hair on his chest who had been crucified in his stead(Lagerkvist 93). have negative thoughts of him. Once must consider that in this time that the story took place that there were many brutal acts that took place, and it might have been somewhat understandable for someone to take another's life with good reason. When stoning someone as they did the harelip girl, this is done by many people, and after the person is killed there doesn't seem to be many regrets. So, why should one person feel guilty about killing, when groups of people do it often, and don't think much of it? One might think that anyone that is involved in a killing should be to blame for the murder of the person, even if it were a group effort. To think that some people may have been killed for reasons that were unjust, as so happened with the hare-lip girl. Khan, Masud; Abbs, Peter "Suicide: The Condition of Consciousness: An Essay on Albert Camus' The Outsider and The Fall." rabbas was not very communicative, of course, so the other did most of the talking, but he liked to listen." (Lagerkvist 87). Being that personalities of these two characters were so different led them to become quite good friends with time. it, even if he was the only one listening.
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Approximate Pages = 15 (250 words per page double spaced)
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