The Stranger:
The story takes place in Algiers, France.
Meursault, is a young man; One day he receives
a telegram from the asylum to announce that his mother is dead, so he asks
permission at work and goes to watch and bury his mother, but everyone in the
asylum is surprised that he does not cry or that he To see him so calm, even he
felt uncomfortable and complained of the heat.
When he returns to his house, he meets with
Mary a love of the past, go to the movies, have fun and his life returns to
normal.
Meunsault and Raymond become friends, Raymond
appears to be a proxoneta and has problems with a group of Arabs for beating a
woman.
One day Raymond invites Meursault and Mary to
go to the beach, Raymond is threatened by the group of Arabs and later, Meursault
confronts one of them with a revolver and dazzled by the sun and the insatiable
heat, he shoots 5 times until Kill him.
He is tried and found guilty; In the courts
they judge him by the simplicity of his mourning and by the indifferent and
calm that showed of having fired and killed a man; Is found guilty and
sentenced to death.
In front of the priest of the prison he
manifests his incredulity and that he is not afraid to die today or tomorrow
and his only desire in this situation is that when he is executed in the
square, he is surrounded by cries of hatred of the people.
