The Stranger Albert Camus was a contemporary writer from Mondovi, Algeria who was greatly concerned with the philosophy of the absurd. Absurdism can be defined as, “a philosophical perspective which holds that the efforts of humanity to find meaning or rational explanation in the universe ultimately fail because no such meaning exists, at least to human beings” (Galens 7). Although Camus admits that there are scientific explanations for the various parts of the universe, he denies that there is
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any ultimate reason for the whole. “Absurdity is a feeling that arises from the confrontation between man, who is looking for a unified explanation of all things, and a world that has no basic meaning” (Martin). In his novel The Stranger, Camus attempts to express his life philosophy of the absurd through the character of Monsieur Meursault, who constantly illustrates his lack of emotion and indifference towards life through his actions. In doing so Meursault, “is outside of the bounds
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of social order and ultimately alienated even from those closest to him” (Galens 57). He is the perfect embodiment of Camus’ absurdist philosophy because he embraces the idea that human existence has no greater meaning and he accepts the natural senselessness of the world. From the very beginning of the novel we can conclude that Meursault is an absurd character due to lack of emotion when he realizes that his mother has passed away. \"Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe,
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"It has been said that Camus '…was haunted with the notion that our world is a universe which...