![]() ![]() ![]() This admission of a son's unconcern about his mother's death is the key to Meursault's simple, uneventful life as a shipping clerk. Or, maybe, yesterday I can't be sure." The impact of this indifference is shocking, yet it is a brilliant way for Camus to begin the novel. ![]() The novel opens with two of the most quoted sentences in existential literature: "Mother died today. Camus juxtaposes two worlds: Part One focuses on subjective reality Part Two, on a more objective, faceted reality. Part One is full of mostly insignificant days in the life of Meursault, an insignificant man, until he commits a murder Part Two is an attempt, in a courtroom, to judge not only Meursault's crime but also to judge his life. In Part Two, covering about a year, we are present at a trial that recreates those same eighteen days from various characters' memories and points of view. In Part One, covering eighteen days, we witness a funeral, a love affair, and a murder. The Stranger is a very short novel, divided into two parts. ![]()
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