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The Stranger By: Albert Camus

I would not recommend the novel, “The Stranger,” to any of my friends. This is because my friends have basically the same taste in books and I did not like this book, so I highly doubt it that they would enjoy this novel either. This novel did not meet my expectations, first when I read the title I thought it was going to be mysterious and kind of creepy, but it wasn’t. Instead of being creepy or mysterious, I thought it was quite boring, it didn’t catch my attention and I found this novel to be really confusing. I did not like this book at all. I found the style of writing was hard to understand and confusing at some parts. I didn’t like the characters either. Raymond and the main character pick fights and it’s ridiculous. Raymond is abusive and I don’t like that. Monsieur Meursault doesn’t tell his girlfriend a whole lot and he’s going to ask her to marry him, I have a feeling they’re relationship won’t last. The climax of the novel, “The Stranger,” would be when Meursault shoots Raymond’s girlfriend’s brother. I believe Monsieur Meursault would be a protagonist, static, and round. His friend Raymond would be antagonist, static, and round, and Marie is static and flat. I was not satisfied with the ending of this book because it doesn’t tell you how long he goes to jail, if he goes to jail, or what happens to him. It just ends when he gets a visit from a priest and they argue and Meursault ends up insulting him.