Albert Camus was haunted with the notion that "our world exists in a universe which holds no place for us, where our life makes no sense." In his novel, The Stranger, Monsieur Meursault is a man rendered in such a situation. He subsists from day to pointless day, morally deprived and socially detached. Holding Meursault to his words, and recognizing the voids they reveal, the reader sees Meursault as the stranger - a foreigner in an emotional, consequential world teaming with morality and sentiment. Society endures because of its own understood, furtive laws - laws which keep conformity, habit...

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... lead up to a murder. The second part looks back upon those events in a courtroom, which judges not only Meursault's crime, but also his life. A shipping clerk by trade, Meursault is a simple man. He lives life by his own values, and thinks little about events or consequences. He accepts things as are, with no emotion and very little analysis. He is a man of ... present moments who only considers briefly, the immediate future, and if it will bring pleasure, thus making him incapable of regret. Though Meursault is not emotional, he is very much in tune ... live by someone else's values. ...

• Word Count: 1699
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School