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This paper compares Camus' philosophy, as demonstrated in "The Stranger," with the philosophies of Karl Marx and Immanuel Kant. Also included in this paper is a plot description and an explation of what the title means. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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a series of absurd actions. Into the middle of this climate of the absurd come rational human beings that work - sometimes fruitfully and for their entire lives - to
put rationality on a world going awry. Acceptance of irrationality, Camus believed, is the key to a happier, healthier life. This paper will explore this particular theme, while comparing Camus
philosophy to that of two other well-known philosophers: Immanuel Kant and Karl Marx. The Stranger is a first-person novel narrated by
the main character, Mersault, who, while living in Algiers, finds out his mother is dead and realizes that her death has changed nothing about his life. Perhaps in an attempt
to spark up his life, he becomes involved with seedy characters from "the other side," including local pimp Raymond his mistress and her brother, an Arab. Mersault adds a little
more excitement to a life gone drab when, without any motivation, he kills the Arab. The second half of the novel covers
Mersaults arrest and trial, during which members of the courtroom have a hard time understanding this killing without a motivation - and in order to justify it and rationalize in
their own minds, try to "find" a motivation for Mersaults actions. Mersault is eventually convicted and sentenced with a motive that his lack of emotional attachment to his mother led
to the murder, even though this was not the case. Society labeled Mersault a monster, simply because he showed no contrition, either at his mothers funeral or for killing another
human being. As a result, society attempted to label Mersaults actions in an attempt to justify them - which supported Camus philosophy that people were simply unable to accept what
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