Fusfoo - Absurdism of "The Stranger" by Albert Camus

The Stranger, by Albert Camus, is a novel about Meursault and how he is a “stranger” to society. The public has come to know of him as a murderer, which, in the event, he did murder an Arab. But what the public fails to understand about him is his lack of emotions toward killing a man, and even though it shouldn’t be part of the case, Meursault’s failure of mourning over his dead mother’s casket. Society does not understand his existentialistic beliefs. His existentialistic beliefs lead him to believed his life has no meaning. Meursault’s common sense is that everyone dies eventually, and their lives do not matter in the end. Meursault is a “stranger” and an absurdity to society because he does not show any emotions, he has no meaning for life, and his only certainty and guarantee is death. Sources that are used throughout the essay are “Camus and the Novel of the “Absurd”” by Victor Brombert, “Death and Absurdism in Camus’s The Stranger” by Alan Gullette, “The Stranger Theme Philosoph

The Stranger, by Albert Camus, is a novel about Meursault and how he is a “stranger” to society. The public has come to know of him as a murderer, which, in the event, he did murder an Arab. But what the public fails to understand about him is his lack of emotions toward killing a man, and even though it shouldn’t be part of the case, Meursault’s failure of mourning over his dead mother’s casket. Society does not understand his existentialistic beliefs. His existentialistic beliefs lead him to believed his life has no meaning. Meursault’s common sense is that everyone dies eventually, and thei