The_Stranger

The Stranger An Exploration of “The Stranger” by Albert Camus The Stranger is a book of many facets and meanings most of which are not immediately apparent. In fact without in depth analysis the entire point of the book is easily missed. The manner of story telling in The Stranger is unique and at first hard to come to grips with. It is not the story which is especially complex but the manner in which it is told. It is done by a narrator. In his telling of his tale he neglects to mention several important aspects of his internal state, (which after a great deal of speculation seems to be what the book is really about). One soon learns that it is exactly that which is most important for complete understanding of the book, which is so carefully omitted. But, these features are not completely forgotten about, they are implied and inferred creating the need for careful analysis. For example, Camus himself, on the back cover of the book says the book is an exploration of “the nakedness of man faced with the absurd”; at first glance this book seems to have an almost unhealthy lack of the absurd and Camus’ mersault, book, raymond, lack, mersault’s, fact, one, never, while, seems, first, being, way, very, life, day, two, really, mother’s, mother, funeral, almost, about, out, man, make, later, feel, emotion, doesn’t, back, another, stranger, statement, marie, manner