A look at the absurdity of society's values when justice is based on prejudice in Albert Camus' "The Stranger- and Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "Chronicle of a Death Foretold."" Both "Chronicle of a Death Foretold- by Gabriel Garcí Marquez and "The Stranger- by Albert Camus depict the ritualistic death of a character in order to portray the absurdity of society's values through the use of unconventional justice. ... Albert Camus' character Meursault is put through a prejudiced trial after he commits the murder of an Arab man. ... "The Stranger- by Albert Ca...

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In The Outsider Albert Camus develops Meursault as an existential hero, to promote the theme of being different than the majority of society. ... I said I didn't mind" (Camus 33). ... I told her that it didn't mean anything but I didn't think so" (Camus 38). ... I offered the caretaker a cigarette and we smoked" (Camus 14). ... I replied as I had done once already (Camus 44). ...

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In The Stranger, by Albert Camus, Meursault undergoes a mental transformation from Part 1 to Part 2. ... In The Stranger, by Albert Camus, Meursault undergoes a mental transformation from Part 1 to Part 2. ...

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