The Stranger

Title: The Stranger
Category: Literature / English | Words: 841 | Pages: 3.6 (approximately 235 words/page)

The Stranger

In The Stranger by Albert Camus, Camus uses his main character Meursault to portray the philosophy of existentialism. He uses the chaplain as a foil to Meursault to represent someone who is not living the way he should. Camus starts by showing Meursault as amoral and “psychologically detached” and at the end shows him coming to a “moral reconciliation” about his life and his deeds. Because of this transformation a happy ending is given to …showed first 75 words of 841 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 841 total…himself. Camus’ overall intent was to help the reader come to there own “moral reconciliation” and live existentially. He hoped that Meursault would convince society that it is not living as it should. Camus has used existentialism in many of his books in the hope that society would change. In reading The Stranger it gives one the expectation that they too can reconcile themselves and live life to its fullest with happiness in its end.

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