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L’Étranger: the French word for foreigner or stranger.
Meursault is the narrator. He goes on trial because he has killed someone. The Arab killed is really the antagonist of Meursault's friend Raymond. Meursalt talks Raymond out of shooting the guy. Raymond gives Meusault the gun to hold. Oh, my... that is how it happened.
In the trial, the prosecutor brings up everything he can think of to condemn this man: Meursault put his mother in a home, he did not cry at his mother's funeral, he had a date ...more
Meursault is the narrator. He goes on trial because he has killed someone. The Arab killed is really the antagonist of Meursault's friend Raymond. Meursalt talks Raymond out of shooting the guy. Raymond gives Meusault the gun to hold. Oh, my... that is how it happened.
In the trial, the prosecutor brings up everything he can think of to condemn this man: Meursault put his mother in a home, he did not cry at his mother's funeral, he had a date ...more
The story invites us to think about the meaning of life. While the protagonist remains indifferent and holds an indifferent view on life until his execution, hopefully, we, as readers, hold a different and more hopeful perspective throughout our lives.
L'etranger is often translated to The Stranger, but it can equally mean "the outsider" or "the foreigner". Sandra Smith has chosen to use "The Outsider" in her translation, and her choice makes sense to me. Throughout the story we are kept on the outside, looking at what happens. The main character himself is an outsider in his own story. (view spoiler) In a sense he is an outsider in his whole life. He has
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I read this in French and I have to admit I didn't understand everything.
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