The Stranger

A detailed Summary of The Stranger


How can the justice system be unjust? Does it treat

people unfairly because of their strange acts? Acting

strange can be used against a person even though it is

unfair to dot hat. In Albert Camus’ The Stranger, the

character Mersault acts in a strange manor throughout the

Mersault acts strange throughout the book, which makes

people judge him. At his mother’s funeral, his behavior was

so strange that the people started to talk about him. How

he didn’t want the coffin open, and was drinking and smoking

in front of it was strange. Mersault also notices

everything around him, like when the hornets were flying

around and how hot it was at the home. He notices

everything and watches everything except his mother’s

coffin. Mersault is also acted strange the day after his

mother’s funeral. The next day he sat in his bed and then

wanted to take a swim. He ran into a friend Marie on his

way. They swam together and talked during the day, and at

night they went back to Mersault’s house and had a one night

stand. Usually he would got to the Celeste’s but to avoid

the questioning about his mother’s funeral he didn’t go.


the people he was friends with. He was friends with the

the heat made him go crazy. I don’t think that he was

to make themselves look better in front of a jury especially

though he could have lied about things he didn’t he always

Mersault loves his girlfriend or his mother. It is like he



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Approximate Word count = 877
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

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