... one can choose their own paths in life is what defines a man and sets him ultimately free. In the novel, The Stranger, Albert Camus portrays the theme that when man realizes that death is inevitable, he is ultimately free as he chooses his own decisions. Throughout the novel Camus introduces the idea that if one accepts death, one will be free because one will have nothing to fear. In ... and illusions; he feels free to live a simpler life. If death is inevitable, it gives truth to the situation. God takes away the reality of death by giving hope of an afterlife. By realizing that death...

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