The Stranger by Albert Camus is one of the more interesting novellas I have read recently. The first thing that struck me about the book was when I was on page 8 and I realized that everything was in the first person. I thought this was going to be a problem for me but it turned out that it was like one of those movies that have the black line across the top and bottom of …showed first 75 words of 1316 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1316 total…last minuets. He acts out, further distancing himself from society and the reader’s sympathy. The story ends on the eve that Maursault is to be put to death. He reflects on his life and says he would do it all again. In a final statement Maursault says that he hopes there is a large crowd to shout and hate him when he is put to death, and I feel that they definitely would be.