The Stranger: Existentialism Essay that analyazes the use of Existentialism withing the novel The Stranger.

Existentialism, the belief that mankind is entirely free and therefore responsible for their actions, is shown in Camus's novel, The Stranger. Through the various characters (namely Meursault) and elements of the story the beliefs of existentialism are clearly demonstrated in The Stranger. Meursault is the apex of the existentialism belief. Once Meursault begins following the path of the existentialism beliefs (which is made apparent in the story he did not follow at a time) Meursault's …

…therefore believe that their characters make them something other than human. Meursault's trial shows that theme, that the world does not understand nor accept existentialists and it does not understand existentialist views and actions. Throughout the Stranger existentialist views are seen. With the actions of Meursault, the views of Meursault and with the themes of the novel it is clearly seen that the Stranger was written with existentialist views as a basis for the text.