Camus' "The Stranger": Choice And Individual Freedom Are Integral Components Of Human Nature

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conformity.
No windmills are slain1 in this simulated existence; absurdity of a
different ilk dominates the popular mentality, one which would alienate a man
based on his perceived indifference towards the mundane, and try, convict, and
execute a man based on his lack of purported empathy towards the irrelevant.
Attention to the trial sequence will reveal that the key elements of the
conviction had little to do with the actual crime Meursault had committed, but
rather the "unspeakable atrocities" he had committed while in mourning of his
mother's death, which consisted of smoking a cigarette, drinking a cup of coffee,
and failing to cry or appear sufficiently distraught. Indeed, the deformed
misconception of moral truth which the jury [society] seeks is based on a
detached, objective observation of right or wrong, thereby misrepresenting the
ideals of justice by failing to recognize that personal freedom and choice are
"...the essence of individual existence and the ...

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