The Stranger By Camus Research Paper

The real standard of existentialism is the dismissal of God, which is extremely apparent in Camus' The Stranger, where the protagonist, Meursault, declines the idea of God's existence. Most of the existentialists believed that there are two replacements for the issue of God, either individuals are not free and God, the supreme, is in charge of shrewdness; or individuals are free and dependable yet God is not supreme. When it comes to Meursault, the second option appears to be a more grounded likelihood, which implies that God is not almighty, and man gets to be god, who likes to stay and face the world and its absurdity by battling against it. Though Camus did not consider himself as a part of The Theatre of Absurd, most of his works were witnessed to be somehow related to the idea of how the world is an absurd place. Therefore, though he refused to be labelled as a existentialist, he is considered to be one.
Throughout the book, Camus uses several images in order to explain how Meursault delines the idea of God.
When the magistrate keeps on trying to force Meursault to go back to God and start believing in christianity and the existence of God. Refusing salvation, Meursault is somehow rejecting any system that is forced upon humanbeings. To Meursault, by accepting christianity, he is adapting to the idea that the universe is rational and meaningful. Another scene explaining the idea of the denial of God is through the encounter amongst Meursault and the chaplain happens. Meursault refuses the idea of someone lecturing him towards christianity or God. Though the chaplain tries to force Meursault into christianity, he tries talking to him in a soft tone by mentioning how Meursault has goodness in him but he does not know. However, Meursault becomes very angry with the chaplain and refuses to see him for the third
time. In this way, even in such a circumstance, in which a standard man would attempt to swing to God and would request salvation, Meursault is still after his natural wishes. However, on no condition does he consent to the will of the chaplain, who is an agent of religion that Meursault is no familiar with, about requesting salvation from God. Rather, he adamantly communicates his doubt in God, and says that he can't squander his restricted time on Him. What he holds as the sole truth and the assurance is this life he proceeds to lead and his awating demise, and other than these two facts nothing matters to him.