![]() He turns to debauchery (women and alcohol) as a temporarily effective means of silencing the laughter: He is haunted and tormented by laughter behind his back. His suffering is closely connected to that he has been losing faith, losing his beliefs, losing illusions. In The Fall Clamence speaks about the world being cheated, being fooled. ![]() He even looses contact with his inner self, and he practisises self-derision. He looses contact with himself in his life, and he isolates himself from other people. The Fall shows what can happen when a man slips and fails to find his way back to step on solid ground. He closes his law practice in Paris, avoids his former colleagues in particular and people in general, and throws himself into debauchery. Clamence, the main character and narrator in Camus’ novel, responds to his emotional-intellectual crisis by withdrawing from the world. ![]() ![]() The Fall is a series of monologues spoken to an invisible listener. ![]()
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