Shauna Reed
Wetherington P4
AP Literature
March 07, 2017
The Stranger Society is corrupt. A wide variety of injustice occurs frequently. People lie, cheat, steal, and commit crime. When this happens society reacts accordingly. In Albert Camus’ “The Stranger” justice is a major theme demonstrated in the society and within the lives of the characters. Monsieur Meursault is a character who doesn't show that he identifies with right decisions or morals. This causes his feelings to drift so far away that it is as if he had no remorse or feeling toward death, including the death which involved his own mother. It caused him to be okay helping Raymond Sintes beat up his mistress for apparently sleeping around. It didn't affect him because he doesn't respond to injustice. It …show more content…
Then he begins to see Meursault differently. “Meursault defends him by confirming that he did offer the warden a cigarette, preventing the warden from being excused of lying under oath. This leads the warden to state that he did offer Meursault coffee, and thus reconcile part of the accusation made against him” (A. Chalana). Around this point they begin to see Meursault's open mind more clearly which almost gives him a hope for possible justice. Thomas Pérez was forced to realize this same thing after Meursault’s lawyer asks if he can “swear he saw Meursault didn’t shed a tear” (Camus 114), and He has to say no. The Justice the court shows to Meursault is wrong because it isn't based by people who may personally understand him. The problem is that Meursault is not as simple and close minded as everyone including the society around him. His brain understands and thinks of things like Justice differently because of the Justice he has encountered currently and in his youth growing up in an unjust
Wetherington P4
AP Literature
March 07, 2017
The Stranger Society is corrupt. A wide variety of injustice occurs frequently. People lie, cheat, steal, and commit crime. When this happens society reacts accordingly. In Albert Camus’ “The Stranger” justice is a major theme demonstrated in the society and within the lives of the characters. Monsieur Meursault is a character who doesn't show that he identifies with right decisions or morals. This causes his feelings to drift so far away that it is as if he had no remorse or feeling toward death, including the death which involved his own mother. It caused him to be okay helping Raymond Sintes beat up his mistress for apparently sleeping around. It didn't affect him because he doesn't respond to injustice. It …show more content…
Then he begins to see Meursault differently. “Meursault defends him by confirming that he did offer the warden a cigarette, preventing the warden from being excused of lying under oath. This leads the warden to state that he did offer Meursault coffee, and thus reconcile part of the accusation made against him” (A. Chalana). Around this point they begin to see Meursault's open mind more clearly which almost gives him a hope for possible justice. Thomas Pérez was forced to realize this same thing after Meursault’s lawyer asks if he can “swear he saw Meursault didn’t shed a tear” (Camus 114), and He has to say no. The Justice the court shows to Meursault is wrong because it isn't based by people who may personally understand him. The problem is that Meursault is not as simple and close minded as everyone including the society around him. His brain understands and thinks of things like Justice differently because of the Justice he has encountered currently and in his youth growing up in an unjust