The Stranger -the Outsider-

Meursault, observing this, feels like an outsider in his own trial. He realizes that his fate is being decided not on facts, but on the perception of his morality. He is sentenced to death, not for the life he took, but for the life he failed to perform.

The book’s conclusion is one of the most powerful in literary history. Facing execution, Meursault finally finds peace. He realizes that the universe is as indifferent to him as he is to it. In accepting the "benign indifference of the universe," he ceases to be a victim of society and becomes the master of his own reality. The Stranger -The Outsider-

: The belief that humans search for meaning in a world that offers none. Alienation Meursault, observing this, feels like an outsider in

Meursault doesn’t kill out of hate. He kills because the world is too much —too hot, too bright, too present. He is overwhelmed by the physicality of existence. In that moment, he ceases to be a thinking man and becomes a reflex of nature. He shoots. Then, after a pause, he shoots four more times into the lifeless body. The book’s conclusion is one of the most