Essays on The Stranger

In the novels, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera and The Stranger, by Albert Camus, both authors provide morals to present the meaninglessness of human life. Though both authors present the same idea, they do so in different ways. Kundera concludes the novel…

Albert Camus’ first novel, The Stranger portrays events in the life of Meursault- from the loss of his mother to the moments before his execution for committing a murder- the nature of whom has been a topic of critical analysis and discussion for the critics…

Plot Outline The Stranger opens up the death of Monsieur Meursault’s Maman. He attends her funeral showing no emotion or affection and the next day hooks up with his old coworker Marie. One day his neighbor Raymond asks him to write a letter to his…

“The Stranger” is a novel by author Albert Camus, and “Waiting for Godot” is a play by author Samuel Beckett. Each of the works depict characters from very different societies, and in these differences lie some similarities that both works share. This essay will be…

The Stranger: Absurdism and Opposition Albert Camus’ The Stranger tells a narrative about a peculiar shipping clerk in French Algiers named Meursault. The novel meanders through different events of Meursault’s life and explains his personality, emphasizing his opposition to the will of the majority. The…

Meursault goes around without a purpose in his life. He often acts irrationally (at least to other, ‘normal’ people), which is shocking and unacceptable to the jury, as well as to the general population, who eventually convict him. It seems that his actions are purely…

Meursault’s Progression Characters in novels often follow a self-identifying path. This path can lead to one of three outcomes: progression, regression, or stagnation, of character. Meursault, of The Stranger, by Albert Camus, progresses as a character, starting as apathetic about, and unaware of, the happenings…