Submitted by baratoyoso t3_11ftitj in books
baratoyoso OP t1_jal5u6v wrote
Reply to comment by pineboxwaiting in I'm too stupid to understand/analyze "The Stranger" by Camus by baratoyoso
That is what I was asking myself whole time.
Why did Camus write such a story?
Why such absurdity?
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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