Albert Camus Accomplishments

Many people struggle to find their place in the world and fit somewhere in between the spectrum that has been designed. Albert Camus was a playwright, novelist, and political theorist. His novels were far more popular than his plays, or political contributions such as writing for the “Algiers Republican” newspaper. However, throughout his life he struggled to find his place, especially when it came to politics. Albert Camus grew up in a Catholic family, however, he had no desire to believe in the supernatural. Nevertheless, many of Albert’s novels contained religious symbolic messages. Although he came from a poor background, novelist, playwright, and political theorist Albert Camus became the spokesman of his generation due to his liberal

The topics of his books included irony and absurdity of mankind’s existence, and they were delivered in an often humorous tone of voice (Belanger). Camus’s first novel entitled, The Plague, resembled a specific event of his own life. A lot of the novel had to do with the frustration and despair he experienced during WWII (Sachs). “The Stranger,” (1942) became one of Camus’s more popular published novels, and received immediate success in France and around the world by spreading the notion of Absurdism throughout the literary world (Belanger). However, with this success there were also critics who protested that the novel manipulated the readers emotions, making them sympathetic for the main character, even though he is considered a moral monster (Sachs). Camus published his last, more elegant novel in 1956. It was entitled, The Fall, and this piece focused on how violence and insurrection escalated in his native country, Algeria (Simpson). After his publication of The Fall, Camus faced many political struggles as the crisis of Algerian Independence heightened. Camus was reluctant to take sides as far as the political spectrum goes, and this angered many who viewed Albert Camus as an advocator of human rights. Nonetheless, Camus remained unconvinced that any political solution could possibly be the proper one. Although he classified as left of the center of the spectrum, he still took the time out to study lessons of history. This decision resulted in Camus angering many of his former colleagues from the Resistance, deeming him a conservative (Parsell). Overall, the success and fame made Camus artistically insecure due to many demands from admirers, and even intrusions into his private life and work time