Part 1 of Essay
Existentialism is a concept that is often explored in works of literature as a way of displaying a character’s interaction with society. Existentialism is defined as: "an introspective humanism or theory of man that holds that human existence is not exhaustively describable or understandable in either scientific or ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... Man and The Stranger depict characters taking existentialism to an extreme. Differing, however, are the lives of such characters as invisible man adopts an existential way of life to realize self-worth while Meursault’s natural existentialism prevents him from realizing his mistakes until his execution day. The concept of existentialism can be broken down into several correlating ideas: 1. Man has his own free will 2. With this free will he has the power to make decisions 3. Few of his decisio ....