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The Stranger
Albert Camus
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Study Guide
Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Part One: Chapter 1
Part One: Chapters 2–3
Part One: Chapters 4–5
Part One: Chapter 6
Part Two: Chapters 1–2
Part Two: Chapters 3–4
Part Two: Chapter 5
Characters
Character List
Meursault
Raymond Sintes
Marie Cardona
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
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Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotes Explained
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Absurdity
The Meaninglessness of Life
Guilt and Punishment
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Part One: Chapter 1
Part One: Chapters 2–3
Part One: Chapters 4–5
Part One: Chapter 6
Part Two: Chapters 1–2
Part Two: Chapters 3–4
Part Two: Chapter 5
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Meursault
Raymond Sintès
Marie Cardona
Céleste
The Chaplain
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Context
Part One: Chapter 1
Part One: Chapter 6
Part One: Chapters 2-3
Part One: Chapters 4-5
Part Two: Chapter 5
Part Two: Chapters 1-2
Part Two: Chapters 3-4
Plot Overview
Themes, Motifs & Symbols
Study Questions
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Further Study
Plot Overview Quiz
1
of 5
What does Meursault learn from the telegram?
His mother has died in Marengo.
His father has died in Algiers.
Thomas Perez urgently needs to see him.
His childhood home has burned down.
2
of 5
Who stabs Raymond?
Salamano
An Arab man
Meursault
An Algerian man
3
of 5
Why does Meursault shoot the brother of Raymond's mistress?
Because he stabbed Raymond
Because he tried to touch Marie
For no apparent reason
To right the world's many injustices
4
of 5
What does Meursault tell the chaplain he believes in?
A meaningless, purely physical world
The meaninglessness of spiritual endeavor
The ceaselessness of pain and suffering
The inevitability of fate
5
of 5
What does Meursault accept at the end of the novel?
The "gentle indifference of the world"
The "interconnectedness of all things"
The "meaninglessness of life"
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