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Psychological Profile of Camus' The Stranger

In the novel The Stranger by Albert Camus, the main character is Meursault. He is a man who has strange views and behaves different from what people think of as normal. I believe that this is because Meursault has a condition known as Antisocial Personality Disorder.

In order to claim someone is a sociopath you must understand the diagnostic criteria for Antisocial Personality Disorder. The diagnostic criteria as stated in the DSM-IV (diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders) for antisocial personality disorder is as follows:

A. There is a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights

of others occurring since age 15 years, as indicated by three (or more) of the following:

[1] failure to conform to social norms and respect lawful behaviors

[2] deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases or conning others for personal profit or pleasure


[7] lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated or stolen from another

These are instances which clearly represent "a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others." Since Meursault has at least three of the symptoms for the disorder, he can be almost positively diagnosed as a sociopath.

2. Camus, Albert. The Stranger. New York: Random House, 1975.



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