The Stranger by Albert Camus

This imagery also shows the isolation of Meursault and the existentialism that he embodies . The fact that in the last paragraph of Part I there is no flashback (as is commonly used by as transition devices to avoid violent scenes ) shows that Meursault lives for the present and that there is nothing else for him except the present (LeBlanc 137 . The lack of emotion reveals once again the existentialist way of thinking because it focuses on the isolation of an individual . This isolation of Meursault is not only from society but also

from himself , his emotions

As the philosophy of the absurd comes into issue , it is evident from the piece that Camus presents the theory that man 's struggles to find meaning in life in the context of the universe are absurd because there is no such meaning and therefore only certain failure . The existentialist musings of the protagonist in this case merely serve to prove this point . The human condition of mortality is deeply emphasized in this for how could man , in his finite lifetime , struggle to define himself against the infinite

The Stranger is a classical work composed about the absurd and against the absurd . As the last chapter comes to a close and the last thoughts of Meursault are said , it comes to mind that there is not one single unnecessary detail , not one that is returned to later on and used in the argument . There is a realization that there is no other fitting end for the book . This is explained best by the words of Jean-Paul Sarte , In this world that has been stripped of its causality and presented as absurd , the smallest incident has weight . There is no single one which does not help to lead the hero to a crime and capital...