THE STRANGER BY ALBERT CAMUS // ANIMATED BOOK SUMMARY

★★★ Description ★★★
The Stranger is a short novel about a man who could not care less when his mother dies. However, he does go to her funeral. After the funeral he begins a romantic relationship with an old coworker, named Marie. He shoots a man, goes to jail, and is put on trial primarily for his lack of emotional remorse after his mother's death.

★ Table of Contents ★
Chapter 01 Part 1 | 0:00
Chapter 02 Part 1 | 0:48
Chapter 03 Part 1 | 1:15
Chapter 04 Part 1 | 1:58
Chapter 05 Part 1 | 2:34
Chapter 06 Part 1 | 3:26
Chapter 01 Part 2 | 4:20
Chapter 02 Part 2 | 4:38
Chapter 03 Part 2 | 5:20
Chapter 04 Part 2 | 5:53
Chapter 05 Part 2 | 6:30

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[hammeringhank]

He doesn't say that he doesn't love her. He says it doesn't matter, but he doesn't think so. There's a big difference

[anobelkhoushabeh]

One of my favorite books. Mersault is so frustrating yet so relatable. Society condemns him because they can't understand how anyone can live life without meaning. But why does life have to have meaning to be valued. He just lives.. and that terrifies people

[willisgraphi]

The whole purpose of the book is that he is viewed as a complete alien in society, but it is revealed later that he is happy that way and he would re live it if he could. He finds meaning in the hatred and misunderstanding that people put towards him but in the end he has meaning. He wants them to yell hate at his funeral because ironically it is what gave him purpose in the rest of his life and it is the reason he is happy. Ironically people yelling hate at him shows that while he has lived a short life he is happy, they are going to live long and unhappy lives.

[AlexeyM]

Mersault is undoubtedly the most emblematic antihero in literature of all time!
They condemn him not so much for his actions but because he doesn't believe and doesn't follow
what most people consider right and acceptable.
Social standards and norms never recognize the peculiarities and diversities of some people which means
that they're condemened to live forever as "strangers".

[cascade]

tbh from the first pages of the book i just thought mersault was only so used to repressing his emotions because something traumatic happened to him. but without being introduced to his emotions as a child, and having no knowledge of how he was before he became so distant and contented, i just realized he has the same traits as a psychopath without the manipulation bits. moreover, however strange it was for me to read, i find myself quite comfortable after the first half of the book. it made society looked stupid, forcing their beliefs and believing into such norms, upholding it without even giving a second thought. trying to understand someone who doesn't even care about them, hating him because of it. it's too ironic and actually fun. i loved i how it ended.

[Freaky_monocleman]

Truly a Canto 10 momento. The multitude tightens its hold…

[CuongMai-fifs]

The mutiltude truly tightened it's hold

[shadowrider]

"Manager told me to read this book, so do i am."

[ines-njjd]

It's not that "he can't prove that god exists" it's "i don't care that god exists and I wouldn't waste my time on that matter:

[SumiYokai]

"The sunlight was just overwhelming, that's all..."

[slayer]

mersault is the real definition of "THE CHILLGUY"

[David-roxf]

the multitude tightens its hold indeed

[michellesu]

I think that the reason why he didn't understand the nature of relationships or the consequences of his actions was because he lived for the pure sensationalism of a moment. That's why he stayed with Marie - he recognised he felt "good" around her- and also why he formed a friendship with Raymond - because he didn't feel "bad". In a way, I don't think he's an outsider, in fact I see his way of living quite clever! It points out the absurdity of life- why should we act so courteous to people we've only met once? Why do we have to express a certain emotion if we are not feeling it in the moment? The idea that he lived in the moment, not thinking of the consequences or the weight of his actions, but purely on instinctive sensations he feels ties in with his connection with the secular world (nature). Idk whether that accounts for anything tho BC this is just my perspective

Interestingly, Camus wrote an essay called the Myth of Sisyphus which I haven't read yet but I feel is a vital link to understanding this story.

[verycherryberry]

i know a clinical psychopath who told me that this was one of his favorite books and I read it but I never understood the appeal... but now i think he must have been identifying with the main character. He really ADMIRED him for the lack of giving a fuck.

[ShaikhKotobuddin]

Meresult really don't care about anyone but still got stuck in that situations, nothing will hurt him it's good no one can hurt him

[nickobergshow]

This must have been a strange character story back then, now this is how everyone is.

[toranobrien]

you deserve so many more subs, you're helping me graduate lmao

[nim.d]

At first I was literally confused about Merosault but slowly slowly I understood that he was a very calm, straightforward man and also a man of words .The way he didn't kept Marie in the dark and about his mother's death I guess he was familiar with the process of life and yes he felt her absence but he also accepted the fact that she's no more and that acceptance made him show no remorse and it sounds really really shocking that he didn't shed a drop of tear for her mother which shows that he was a sociopath. And in the end, I got struck their for a moment, I had to re-read that part again then i understood after the encounter with that "priest" who was trying to force religion on him, the last statement tht everyone should show hate for him during his funeral, would be a slap on their own cheeks kinda self-beating thing

[kittykatkllr]

I really enjoyed this book, and watching this enhanced my appreciation for it, thank you! Such great content and amazing quality(:

[bekindbehumankind]

Whole meaning of the novel is changed here