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The Stranger In Today’s Society.
Albert Camus has written one of the best existential philosophical books ever made: The Stranger and it’s closer to reality than you think.
Firstly, let’s quickly talk about the plot of the book, which is comprised of two parts. The first part takes place in the French-occupied part of Algeria, where there’s a man called Meursault, who has just experienced the death of his mother. Meursault lives a very stagnant life which is portrayed by his lack of emotions.
During the first part, the reader gets the chance to see a man who doesn’t take action throughout his life and lets everything happen without caring too much. He shows no emotions or empathy for his mother’s funeral, relationships, or friendships. His friend, Raymond, needs his help to vouch for him after assaulting his mistress and so he does. As the story unveils, the mistress’s Arab brother with his friends attacks Raymond and Meursault resulting in the main character shooting and killing her brother and thus starting the second part of the story.
The second part of the story describes very well modern society and masculinity. But why is that? During the second part of the story, we see Meursault getting caught by the police and being charged with murder resulting in him receiving the…
