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Reading "Stranger" of Albert Camus

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We dwell in a world entangled with an increased amount of estrangement. The novel, Stranger (1946) by the French novelist, Albert Camus, calls us to embark on a journey from an indifferent egotism to a different and radical otherness. It is this concern for others will ameliorate all our anxieties and will make an extenuating effect on all our guilt feelings of all sort. Protagonist is faced with the eerie  meaninglessness of life throughout his life. Nonetheless of the varied depths and involvement of his actions all appeared to be futile at the end of his life. This indifference is also tinctured in his relationship with his loving girlfriend Mariae  who repeatedly compels him to marry her to which the protagonist behaves less appealing. Camus wanted to elucidate more on the futility of all established traditions and systems. This is one of the reasons why he is portrayed as unwanted and unnecessary at his mother's funeral services. He seems rather relaxed and be...

Is Phantom Limb a bio swapper?

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Sexuality and Spirituality has a larger role to play when it comes to the case of Neuroscience. Phantom Limb or (ghost sense) pain which is mostly prevalent among the amputees is a condition in which the amputees are likely to develop a pain in their missing organ. It is because that body image that the brain possesses does still possess the organ. It takes a bit time to readjust and adapt with the new morphology. Phantom limb theory has also received great criticisms. I personally observe it as a short term trauma after an amputation. If the case is such then we cannot apply the same for a long term psychological or a mental disposition like that of celibacy. What it provides is an initial head start in the take off stage until the brain accepts the new morphological change.Likewise in the case of religious men and women though has not undergone amputation the genital organs remain inactive. These men and women who abstain themselves from physical intercourse or in any oth...