Reading "Stranger" of Albert Camus

We dwell in a world entangled with an increased amount of estrangement. The novel, Stranger (1946) by the French novelist, Albert Camus, calls us to embark on a journey from an indifferent egotism to a different and radical otherness. It is this concern for others will ameliorate all our anxieties and will make an extenuating effect on all our guilt feelings of all sort. Protagonist is faced with the eerie meaninglessness of life throughout his life. Nonetheless of the varied depths and involvement of his actions all appeared to be futile at the end of his life. This indifference is also tinctured in his relationship with his loving girlfriend Mariae who repeatedly compels him to marry her to which the protagonist behaves less appealing. Camus wanted to elucidate more on the futility of all established traditions and systems. This is one of the reasons why he is portrayed as unwanted and unnecessary at his mother's funeral services. He seems rather relaxed and be...