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Acceptance proves sometimes to be the hardest part of life; accepting oneself or what the future holds in store can be both confusing and difficult. Acceptance of the future seems nearly impossible to achieve, especially when one’s life or happiness is at stake. In both The Stranger by Albert Camus and The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Meursault and Gregor, the doomed main characters, accept their fate because of their own mental pressures on themselves, their physical limitations, and the way society judges them. Both Meursault and Gregor force themselves to accept their fates in their own minds. Meursault, for instance, thinks about being executed during his time in prison and realizes there is nothing he can do about it. This realization spurs him to accept his fate. When Meursault says, “The fact was that it had been decided once and for all that the patient was to die” (Camus 111), he mentally accepts the fact that he can allow himself no hope and that there is no chance of escaping his inevitable death.
Approximate Word count = 629
Approximate Pages = 2.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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