Reading my essay only passes the time in your petty, insignificant existence. In his novel "The Stranger," Albert Camus creates several subtle themes, symbols, and motifs. Most importantly, "The Stranger" explores the idea that the physical world is more substantial than the emotional world and, similarly, the idea that human life is meaningless. Although slow paced, this novel uses the simple plot to emphasize the protagonist's final epiphany. Meursault, a young man living in Algiers, serves as the protagonist and narrator in this book. The reader begins to see his strange indifference to "emotional"" issues, such as his mother's death, wedding proposal, and criminal acts. After being sucked by fate into murdering an Arab man, Meursault is sentenced to death. Near the end of the novel, Meursault finally attains true happiness when he sees that human life is meaningless and that death is inevitable. .
Similar to a worthless emotional life, a focus on the importance of the physical world is also evident throughout the novel. The protagonist discusses in great detail and passion the appearance of others as well as his own physical state. He also expresses an infatuation with weather and nature. At his mother's burial, for instance, the throbbing heat afflicts Meursault more than by his mother's death. This heat even drives him to murder the Arab man. His preoccupation with the physical world is also evident in his person thoughts. He thinks only about the physical appearance of his fiance', Marie, and observes the beatings of a neighboring dog inertly. Meursault is not an evil man, must one with a view on life stripped of all sugarcoating. Similar to the focus on the physical world, another themes demonstrated throughout the novel is that life on Earth is insignificant. As he sits in jail, Meursault preoccupies himself with false hopes of escaping an early death. After a personal epiphany in jail, he realizes that death is unavoidable and that his own survival is irrelevant to the rest of the universe.
