The Stranger By Albert Camus

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What is normal? There is no true definition of the word normal. We as a society set a certain standard to that word. In the novel, The Stranger by Albert Camus we view the world throughout the main character Meursault. The novel is about Meursault who is a normal man living in French Algeria, he lives days by day, but his life is changed when he kills someone. We see how his thoughts and how they contrast from others. Throughout the novel, we see how society’s standard on someone could affect them. Meursault is judged by his society for being who he is, at first, he sees no problem with himself till society questions him. Meursault is an anomaly in society; he cannot relate directly to others because he does not live as they do. In the novel,