The Stranger is a book of many facets and meanings most of which are not immediately apparent. In fact without in depth analysis the entire point of the book is easily missed. The manner of story telling in The Stranger is unique and at first hard to come to grips with. It is not the story that is especially complex but the manner in which it is told
The story begins with the death of the central character, Mersault's, mother. The narrator never says that he is not overly distraught over his mother's death, but it is implied through the language he uses when talking of this event. Maman, M…
