Meursault is a man who will not lie to himself. In Albert Camus’ The Stranger, his actions and reactions display him as an immoral man, expressing apathy towards society’s formulas for convention. He will not feign emotion, nor use religion as a vehicle to give his life meaning. Meursault has a passion for the truth, which opens the revelation for all humanity: life is absurd; it is man’s mortal responsibility to be committed …showed first 75 words of 1117 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1117 total…instead of the fear-inducing, sinful pilgrimage and awaiting fire-and-brimstone Hell so advertised by the Bible. This acceptance to the truth is a frightening concept to the consensus of humanity. It corrupts the pre-formulated notions that society uses to convince itself that it is happy. Camus said it best: "Meursault is the man who answers but never asks a question, and all his answers so alarm a society which cannot bear to look at the truth."