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Essay / The Stranger's Reflection - 586
In the short novel The Stranger by Albert Camus, we are introduced to a man who does not believe in God and the first reaction then, as a reader, can be a brief attention to what can be revealed to a character who understands that there is no Divinity, no God, nothing. What happens when he realizes his death is final? That its pleasures, its displeasures and its sorrows are only fragments of an existence of nothingness? What changes should he make in his daily work/eat/love/sleep life? The Stranger tells the story of a man named Meursault, who lives for the physical pleasures of the present moment, free from unwritten laws or societal pressures. Instead of obeying the rules of social norms, Meursault tries to live as honestly as possible, doing what makes him happy and making friends with those he loves. He also rejects any feelings that he doesn't really need or appreciate, and that's why he didn't cry at his mother's wake just because he didn't feel any. no need too, and we don't see Meursault mourning the loss of his mother either. Later in the story, certain events lead to the climax...