A Stranger is someone unknown and lonely, and they are all by themselves. In the novel by Arthur Camus, The Stranger, the same idea is demonstrate through existentialism, that man has the free will to control his destiny and is responsibly for his actions in a purposeless universe. The main character, Monsieur Mersault, believes in existentialism and finds himself all alone when he is separated from society and humankind. Mersault takes the reader with him as he goes through his mother"s death, a relationship and a murder that he commits. After the murder, Camus takes you through Mersault"s mind in jail. Through out the novel, Camus portrays that Mersault"s disconnection with humanity is caused by his view on life, that nothing matters and what you do doesn"t make a difference. Camus portrays that Mersault"s disconnection with humanity is caused by his view on life, that nothing matters and what you do in life doesn"t make a difference in the end. Camus shows signs of disconnection by the first-person thought process of what he lacks. .

             This disconnection from humanity, and society, can be viewed from the very beginning. Instead of acting with emotion: sad, mad, angry, gloomy, when his mother dies, it seems he is emotionless. "It occurred to me that anyway one more Sunday was over, that Maman was buried now, that I was going back to work, and that, nothing really had changed." (24). Mothers gave all humans life and most of them raised their child to adulthood, so when one dies, why would their child not cry or say nothing happened? Camus uses these actions to show his lack of emotion. So Mersault felt no sorrow or pain at his mother"s death, he also does not feel any emotion after he killed an Arab. The Arab already stabbed Mersault"s friend Raymond the day of the murder however Mersault was not looking to kill, he just got into the situation. Camus shows that Mersault had no regrets for the murder or any feelings for his mother"s death.