Stranger Journal 2

Many would say that Meursault's activities are impure and sinful. Such his encounter with the woman at the beach, or his cynical tone during his mother's funeral. This is simply because society always teaches us to think that way. However, there is no proven "impure" or "sinful" action. Meursault's way of living is based on pure reality. He doesn't see a "deeper" meaning to his actions, or any encounter that occurs in his life. The only meaning to the things that he does and the things that happen to him are the meanings that he himself creates. Albert Camus creates this protagonist as an anti-hero that helps get across the ideals of existentialism. His hero lives a life with no deep universal meaning. Albert Camus convey his idea that everyone on the planet lives the same way. Our "deeper meanings" to things that happen to us are simply an attempt to make the absurd world we live in a little easier to accept.