Part one of term paper
Existentialism is a concept that is often explored in works of literature as a way of displaying a character’s interaction with society. Existentialism is defined as: "an introspective humanism or theory of man that holds that human existence is not exhaustively describable or understandable in either scientific or idealistic terms and ...

Part two of term paper
... uncertain, contingent, and apparently purposeless world." 1 This definition, however vague, explains and emphasizes the idea that existentialism is merely an extreme societal interaction resulting from complete freedom in actions and choices, while simultaneously being engulfed in responsibility. Both novels, Invisible Man and The Stranger depict characters taking existentialism to an extreme. Differing, however, are the lives of such characters as invisible man adopts an existential way of lif ...