Neither the jury, nor the judges, nor Marie understand him.

Meursault is an outcast in society, his actions cause misunderstanding and are condemned. In the actions of the protagonist, the existential romanticism of his image is manifested. The second level is divorced from the real component, it reveals the inner world of Meursault. The first level is the reality and reaction of others. The story has two semantic levels – social and metaphysical. The trial seems to the protagonist dreary and protracted, he does not pay attention to what is happening. He does not cry at his mother’s funeral, he doesn’t care about Marie’s proposal to marry, he does not feel anything during the murder. Camus is painted by a person who does not experience traditional emotions accepted in society. What matters to us is not the storylines, but the reaction of the protagonist to what is happening around, or rather, the absence of any reaction. The second part is the Meursault case, which lasted 11 months, as a result of which he was sentenced to death.ĭespite the simple plot, the author’s idea is very deep. After a while, the hero, seeing one of the Arabs on the beach, kills him. On a vacation between the Arabs and the friends of Meursault, there is a strike that ends in nothing. Neighboring pimp Raymond invites Marie and Meursault to spend a weekend on the beach, but along the way they notice that they are being watched by Arabs, one of whom is the brother of Raymond’s former lover. The hero spends the next day in Algeria with a lady named Marie, who becomes his girlfriend. In the first part, the Frenchman Meursault, who lives in Algeria, receives news of the death of his mother and arrives at the funeral.

The storyline of “The Stranger” (as, incidentally, the composition) is linear. Analysis of this work, as the most striking and famous, helps to trace all the basic ideas of the author. The novel by Albert Camus “The Stranger” was written in 1940 and published in 1942.

The Stranger by Albert Camus