Themes
Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.
— Albert Camus · The Fall
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker describes isolation as the weight of days without either God or a master. Companionship and authority enter the same complaint about being alone. The passage gives that condition an emotional burden, presenting a particular voice’s experience rather than proving that everyone needs the same source of guidance.
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