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Written by: Albert Camus

“There is no useless phrase, not a phrase that was not recalled later, and thrown on the rug for discussion, and when we close the book we realize … that it was not possible for it to begin in another way, and to end in another way.” With these words, the German philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre described The Stranger novel written by Albert Camus... This phrase is considered the best sentence from the point of view of critics in describing this novel, so Sartre's opinion came in a few words that carry intense meanings with them...

        The events of The Stranger’s novel take place in a monotonous manner by displaying what went on with slow daily movements… The protagonist of the novel, Meursault, felt that his consciousness was dry, dull, to reinforce this mechanism in the novel, until he said more than once, “I have the same things,” and this monotony is known to all of us. It often accompanies the things that must be done unconsciously, such as eating and drinking.

        Despite the hero's loss of his mother, who used to stay up every night at her side, he was not possessed by the usual feeling of sadness or sorrow, and even his love for Mary - one of the characters in the novel - did not help him get him out of this inertia and lethargy.

       Although the hero of Camus's novel was sentenced to death on charges of killing an Arab, futility and indifference remained the essence and basis of the novel from beginning to end.