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A review by sirisolh
The Stranger by Albert Camus
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
There's something about this portrait of someone who doesn't fit in, and how society accepts the outcasts reactions - or lack thereof - at first.
Then how extensively the attitude of the society changes, rather than the stranger himself, when faced with his lack of accepted behaviour in the aftermath of his wrongdoing. His previously accepted strangeness is now proof of evil. Or is it the absurdity of the moral of the masses?
He has done evil, but is he evil at heart?
It's fascinating, and thought-provoking.
Then how extensively the attitude of the society changes, rather than the stranger himself, when faced with his lack of accepted behaviour in the aftermath of his wrongdoing. His previously accepted strangeness is now proof of evil. Or is it the absurdity of the moral of the masses?
He has done evil, but is he evil at heart?
It's fascinating, and thought-provoking.