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Albert Camus was a French-Algerian author and novelist best known for his existentialist
works, such as The Stranger (1942). His origins in Algeria and his interactions there in his early
thirties impacted his thinking and work. The Stranger is a novel about Meursault, a disengaged
young man residing in Algiers back in the 1940s. Albert Camus expresses his ideology of
Meursault's life's meaninglessness in this thought-provoking novel. The manuscript is a first-
person narrative of Meursault's life, beginning with the death of his mother and ending with his
execution for the homicide of an Arab man (Camus, 1988).
Many motifs arise from reading the book. However, the core theme would be that one
could only understand the meaning of human life in light of moral principles; and by depicting
Meursault's consciousness changing over the sequence of events, Camus demonstrates how
confronting the risk of death seems to influence one's outlook in life. This paper will concentrate
on this particular theme of the meaning in life while also giving relevant evidence drawn from
various passages within the book.
Meursault regards life as meaningless, and he dismisses other people's attempts to view it
as purposeful. The young man dismisses any philosophical and theological attempts to find
meaning (Camus, 1988). Those who try to persuade him to change his mind are frustrated by his
unwavering anarchism, and they frequently see Meursault's point of view as threatening
compared to their beliefs. The confrontation between his belief in the insignificance of existence
and other people's constant attempts to live a fulfilling life exemplifies the core principle of
Camus' Absurdism ideology. The doctrine holds that the universe is bizarre, and any attempt to
find order or purpose is pointless. Humanity should recognize the world's total disregard for
human life.
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