Albert Camus was born on November 7, 1913, in the French colonial Algeria. His father was killed in 1914 at the battle of the Marne in World War I. Although his family was impoverished, Camus attended the university in Algiers. He paid for his education with odd jobs until a severe attack of tuberculosis forced him to drop out. His writing is greatly influenced by the poverty and illness of his youth. After dropping out, he eventually entered …showed first 75 words of 1865 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1865 total…of sensation (Girard 76). Meursault is a passive observer of life. He is radical during the time with how 7 different his views are. Marriage is no big deal nor is his own life. He will not pray or concede to the begging of his lawyer to lie about his emotions. The opening sentence is the best way to prove how radical this story truly is: “Mama died today. Or maybe yesterday I am not quite sure.”