As defined in Lewis Turco’s The Book of Literary Terms, a “rounded character” is one that is filled out, and whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully explained by the author. In The Stanger, Albert Camus prevents the Arabs from becoming rounded characters. LINIING SENATCNE 1) Racism2) Existentialism When taking into account the historical context of this book, it can be seen why Camus did not allow for the development of the Arabs into rounded characters. In 1830, France colonized Algeria and took over the region. From that point on, there was a great deal of racial tension between the two groups. This tension can be seen in many places throughout the book. For example the dispise that both grups had towards one
