The Stranger, by Albert Camus, is the story of Meursault, a man who cares neither about the future nor the past. He lives without meaning, without rationality, without emotions. On a fateful day at the beach, Meursault shoots and kills an Arab, setting off a chain of events that result in his death. Throughout the judicial process, Albert Camus criticizes the society in which he lives and the values ​​it supports. The Stranger is the definitive work on Camus' thoughts and the basis of the title Professor of the Absurd. Meursault's story exemplifies Camus's absurd philosophy, which was the result of Camus's poor childhood which forced him to strive for the best in his life against adverse conditions, his adulthood which showed him the irrationality of society and the Second World War which showed him the gruesome horror of death. His philosophy is reflected in his criticism of Meursault's indifference towards death, the irrationality of killing the Arab, and the consequences that the Law imposes on Meursault in return. live to the fullest, even in adverse circumstances. He was born in Algiers, Algeria, in 1913, raised by his mother after his father's death during World War I. He found wonder in his surroundings, but also injustice - and yet, he struggled to make the best of his life. “I lived in misery but also in a kind of sensual pleasure” (Encyclopedia of World Biography, “Childhood”), he said, showing how even when he grew up poor and in the working-class neighborhood of the city, he found his happiness. In elementary school, Camus was a hard-working student and, with the help of his teacher, managed to gain admission to Al...... middle of paper ......ault reflection on his mother's death, The killing of the Arab and his imminent punishment show Camus's innate belief in absurdity. It is a treatise against nihilism, a message to find meaning in the meaningless void that is life, and to accept that contradiction as a fundamental part of one's belief. Works cited "Albert Camus - Philosopher - Biography". The European Graduate School - Undergraduate and Postgraduate Studies Program - Saas Fee, Switzerland. Network. February 25, 2010."Albert Camus biography: life, childhood, name, death, history, mother, young, book, old, information, birth, time, year." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Network. February 27, 2010.Camus, Albert. The stranger. Trans. Matthew Ward. New York: Vintage International, 1989. Print. Rubé, Pierre and Kenneth Douglas. "Who was Albert Camus?" Yale French Studies 25 (1960): 3-9. JSTOR. Network. February 25. 2010.