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Albert Camus

Albert Camus’ novel, “The Stranger,” brought to light how someone or something inconsistent with the norms of society could be construed as a threat to those who don’t understand it. The character of Mersault is an emotionally stale person. He doesn’t show his feelings or react in a way that is common in our society. In the world we live in, people with different personalities are often treated as outcasts. Given that he is treated differently, Mersault does not feel as though he fits in with society as a whole. Consequently, he is driven to courses of action that will, in effect, help others feel as though they have an understanding of him.
Mersault’s relationship with his mother and inability to cry at her funeral is focal point of the trial against him. He is a different person and though he does have feelings towards his mother internally, those feelings are not translated on the surface. He is looked at as an outsider because of these unusual tendencies he......


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