Research Paper on:
The Stranger by Albert Camus

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work and his possible arguments or ideals concerning life. One of the most profound and most examined conditions is that which involves the question of whether or not Albert Camus  was an existentialist. Many believe that Camus, during his absurd period, was a man who felt a very strong connection with the existentialism movement while others argue that he was  merely experiencing a period wherein he expressed some existentialist ideas. A powerful reason for the arguments stems perhaps in the fact that there was no "formal" movement of existentialism, but  rather various degrees of thought and perspective that were termed existentialism. These are important conditions to examine when discussing Camus life and when discussing one of his most profound works,  "The Stranger." In the following paper we examine some of Camus life and then discuss his work "The Stranger as it seems to relate to his life and his perspective  of life. Camus and Existentialism "Albert Camus was born in Mondovi, Algeria, into a working-class family. His mother was an illiterate charwoman and father an itinerant agricultural laborer,  who was killed in WW I in the Battle of the Marne" (Books and Writers). Camus won a scholarship in 1923 "to the lyc?e in Algiers, where he studied from  1924 to 1932. Incipient tuberculosis put an end to his athletic activities, and the disease was to trouble Camus for the rest of his life" (Books and Writers). From the  years 1935 to 1939 he "held various jobs in Algiers, and he also joined the Communist Party. In 1936 Camus received his dipl?me d?tudies sup?rieures from the University of Algiers  in philosophy, and to recover his health he made his first visit to Europe" (Books and Writers). By this particular time in his life he was becoming a well