The Purpose:Camus himself, on the back cover of the book says the book is an exploration of "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd"; at first glance this book seems to have an almost unhealthy lack of the absurd and Camus' statement seems meaningless. That is until the book as a whole is explored and one realizes that the lack of such is exactly what is absurd. The Stranger forces one to read between, and even through, the lines in a search for understanding. Camus' story can allow the reader to interpret his or her own meaning of the book, but one comes to see that that which remains…
