Journal 5 for stranger

My personal philosophy influences everything from the very details I choose to examine, to my emotional responses, to my interpretation of the greater meaning of subjects. My philosophy helps me to understand characters such as Meursault (although not necessarily agree with him), and to establish different meanings to his very actions as they pertain to the gist of the story. It helps me to determine which details are important to the message I am trying to convey, and how to elaborate on those same details, just as it leads me to down-play or leave out other details altogether. Also, my philosophy naturally impacts what meaning I establish to a novel, as I would of course desire to erect a meaning which supports my own philosophy.