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An example of an interesting story with an unlikeable/unsympathetic POV character is The Stranger, by Albert Camus. The POV character (Meursault) is fairly detached from the action - there's no emo...
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2019-12-08T11:27:09Z (almost 5 years ago)
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An example of an interesting story with an unlikeable/unsympathetic POV character is _The Stranger_, by Albert Camus. The POV character (Meursault) is fairly detached from the action - there's no emotion there. There's nothing for the reader to relate _to_. He just bounces from one situation to another, apparently feeling nothing. The book starts with Meursault attending his mother's funeral. He doesn't show any sign of grief, or any emotion at all. He doesn't even know how old she was. Just "I'm tired and my legs are cramping." He goes on to commit a pointless murder - again, no emotion. Which makes his trial interesting - he's basically convicted for being unsympathetic, rather than for having committed murder.
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2019-03-21T10:42:29Z (over 5 years ago)
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