The Stranger
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In Albert CamusÆ The Stranger we are presented with a novel that depicts the helplessness of the individual and the absurdity of human life. This existential dilemma is acted upon by Meursault from a unique moral perspective. Meursault will murder an Arab which goes against laws of a society that tries to impose order but only uses humans as interchangeable work robots. As Meursault says to his employer ôOne never changed his way of life; one life was as good as another, and my present one suited me quite wellö (Camus 1966, 41). Yet, MeursaultÆs existential awareness and anxiety takes place within the ôsystemö in which he finds himself irrevocably locked. Meursault will die because he goes against the system of law and morality by committing a murder. Ironically, his life prior to transgressing against established social norms, values and morality was actually less fulfilling. Despite this behavior and sacrifice, on one level we can say that Meursault achieves a certain degree of freedom through his actions that, in a way, gives meaning to an otherwise meaningless existence. Meursault reacts on instinct and free will in the murdering of the Arab more than at any other time in the novel, i.e., he is being a human animal free of an absurd and often indifferent societyÆs restrictions and morality. Meursault knows he lives in an absurd unfulfilling existence ôNeither Mother nor I expected much of one another û or, for that matter, of anyon
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