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pineboxwaiting t1_jal5dbn wrote

No. The bit that is lost without context is that a white man would never, ever have been convicted of killing an Algerian. The trial was just a matter of form, and yet the hero damned himself in court. Why? Is there a greater sin than failing to love your mother?

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baratoyoso OP t1_jal5u6v wrote

That is what I was asking myself whole time.

Why did Camus write such a story?

Why such absurdity?

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pineboxwaiting t1_jal6htx wrote

It’s about social expectations. He’s in this world where he’s judged harshly for not being sad enough when his mother died. While murdering an Algerian brought him to trial, murder isn’t what convicted him.

He’s not a sociopath. He just doesn’t conform to social expectations.

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