a.       Central

1.       Meursault – the protagonist and narrator of the story

2.       Raymond Sintes – a catalyst of the book. He abused his mistress and had conflict with her brother.

3.       Maria Cardona – the lover of Meursault

b.      Minor

1.       Meursault’s Mother – was dead at the very beginning of the book.

2.       The Chaplain – the priest that attends the religious needs of the men. He is the protagonist, Meursault’s’ philosophy and psychological development mentor.

3.       Thomas Perez – an old resident of where the main character lived

4.       Examining Magistrate – the person that investigated Meursault’s crime

5.       The caretaker – who took care of Meursault’s mom

6.       The Director – manager of “old persons home”

7.       Celeste – popetor of a café

8.       Masson – helped in Meursault’s trial and been in the witness stand

9.       The Arab – the brother of the mistress

10.   Salamano – a catalyst example in the story

11.   The presecutor – lawyer of Meursault

c.       Dynamic

1.       Meursault – have disbeliefs and have troubles with his beliefs especially towards the people around him.

d.      Static

1.       Maria Cardona – She is the faithful to the end towards Meursault, even though he was imprisoned.

2.       Chaplain – a priest that was eager to make Meursault believe in Christ, but he eventually failed to do so.

3.       Meursault – He still believes that the world is nonsense and should be and is worthless because you’re going to still die in the end.

e.      Round

1.       Meursault – He is conflicted with himself and with his beliefs

f.        Flat

1.       The caretaker – she remained a talkative character and is.

2.       The director – “the manager” that is approachable about the people who stays in his building.

g.       Stock

1.       The caretaker - “the caretaker”, emphasizing her occupation, rather than her nurse name

2.       Maria Cardona – “the faithful lover” because as it was shown she was very loyal to Meursault.

3.       The Arab – “The Arab” because of disgrace influence by the France of the Arabs, emphasizing his race and not his name

h.      Protagonist

1.       Meursault – because he is the narrator and the story is about him

i.         Antagonist

1.       EVERYONE – because every character tried to change him for who he was/is.

j.        Anti-Hero

1.       Meursault – because he was full of misery and disbelief

k.       Foil

1.       Chaplain – contradicted his beliefs

2.       Persecutor – because he thought his client is crazy with his beliefs about the world

l.         Symbolic

1.       Meursault – humanity’s problem in living

a.       Exposition – Meursault visits his dead mother in the “old persons house”. During the trip towards the place, he was asleep all throughout. During the funeral both the caretaker and the director talked to Meursault, about his mom. Not a single tear dropped from his face, though. Thomas Perez tried to catch up in the funeral of his dear deceased friend, but he was dehydrated in the heat, fainted, I guess? Meursault reports he remembered little that day of the funeral. That night, he happily arrives in Alegeris.

b.      Rising Action – The next day Marie and Meursault have seen each other and had gone out into the movies and had dinner. The following day, Raymond invited him to dinner and talks about how he has beaten up his mistress. Marie and Meursault got engaged like “whatever” Meursault said. As they celebrated their engagement, in the beach the grooms bumped into two Arabs, including one is Raymond’s mistress’ brother.

c.       Climax – The Arab and the mistress husband, Raymond fought and Raymond even thought of killing him but Meursault stopped him. But, Meursault himself, killed the Arab, for no apparent reason.

d.      Falling Action – Meursault was thrown in jail. His lawyer seems to be disgusted at Meursault’s lack of remorse over his crime and lack of emotions, especially, lack of grief during his mom’s funeral. The examining magistrate, can’t understand Meursault actions, and decides to put him and his faith in God. Meursault, of course, refuses, insisting that he does not believe in God. The examining magistrate cannot accept his lack of belief and hence; dubs him, “Monsieur Antichrist.”

e.      Resolution – Meursault got used to prison life and isolation from the unnecessities of life. He manages to keep his mind occupied, and he sleeps for most of each day. Then, he was taken to the courthouse for his trial. The subject quickly shifts from his crime to what he believes, living is nonsense; especially his lack of emotion during his mom’s funeral. The director and several other people who attended the vigil and the funeral are called to testify, and they all attest to Meursault’s lack of grief or tears. Even Marie was called to testify what he was during their hangout the first time they re-met. During his summation the following day, the prosecutor calls Meursault a monster and says that his lack of moral feeling threatens all of society. Meursault is found guilty and is sentenced to death by beheading.

f.        Conclusion – As Meursault struggles to come to terms with his situation of he has trouble accepting the certainty and inevitability of his fate, awaits for his execution. Meursault even thought of escaping and changing himself, if that the people wanted. The chaplain visited Meursault, to renounce his atheism and turn to God, but still Meursault refuses. The chaplain was flabbergasted with his answer, the same as with the magistrate did. Meursault suddenly got wrathful, grabs the chaplain, and scolded the chaplain. He declares that he is correct in believing in a meaningless, purely physical world. For the first time, Meursault truly embraces the idea that human existence holds no greater meaning. He abandons all hope for the future and accepts the “gentle indifference of the world.” This acceptance makes Meursault feel happy.

V.                  Vocabulary

Glint – Because of the glint, I lost my eyesight for a short while.

Subsidize – I always subsidize my friends to take a single photo of the moment.

Odious – Meursault is odious towards the Chaplain and Magistrate’s beliefs.

Indignantly – Meursault, the suspect of the crime, left the jail, indignantly.

Parricide – That suspect, is the parricide of that crime last month of July.

Moorish – The Arab, the guy we saw at the beach, is moorish and he even looks like one.

Perturbed – My brothers perturbed me while doing my book review that’s due tomorrow.

Impartial – It is impartial enough for me to have these biscuits and let my brothers have the tasty looking deliciously made cookies made by grandma.

Irksome – It is really irksome to have no big sister around; whom can I tell my secrets to?

VI.                Themes

The importance of living, the sense that we are here, the fact that we are all going to die eventually, but why some people risk and waste their time in nonsense things. Meursault’s point of view is really intriguing, especially towards the people around him, who cares for him, like Marie. The chaplain and the marginal were frustrated at Meursault when he answered that he will not renounce what he truly believes in and will not turn in God.

The pain of being strange or alienated is the minor theme of the novel, as indicated by the total. Meursault knows that he is ostracized for being different. The neighbors criticize him for his treatment of his mother, and even Marie says she has fallen in love with him because he is odd. The knowledge that he is different makes Meursault feel even more alienated, which renders him unable to forge real human relationships. It is clear that he suffers from his sense of isolation and lack of emotion. 

Meursault separates himself from the society. He then creates a barrier isolating himself from the others, who cares for him; friends, from his lover, from human emotion, and eventually from normal logic. This isolation is self-prescribed; the main character isn’t exiled by any means – he separates himself. Actually in the end of the novel, Meursault realizes that he has the option and ability to choose; that he can desire to be alone or to be surrounded by great people and maybe or he can stay as the way he is. But he is conscious of his own ability to decide.

Not only Meursault separates himself from the society, but also towards women. First proof is that wherein he does not cry at his mother’s funeral. Second, he does not sympathize with Raymond’s ex-girlfriend when she is brutally beaten. Lastly but sadly, he does not love his own girlfriend, though he admittedly enjoys her company. Treatment of women is the main theme here, but other romantic and/or sexual relationships in the novel provide additional insights by way of contrast.

According to the absurdist, religion is constructed by man in an attempt to create meaning to a senseless existence. Acceptance of religion, of the possibility of an afterlife, would mean that man effectively escapes death. This is a destructive belief, as only the realization and acceptance of impending death allows man to live to his fullest. The Stranger would condemn this, and at one point, the novel’s hero directly accuses a chaplain of "living like a dead man." Refuting the "no atheists on fox holes" claim, this character challenges the social construct of religion even before his own death, refusing to "waste any last minutes on God."

VII.              Evaluation

Albert Camus writes different than other authors because it seems like he himself is talking to me. When I was reading the novel, I was hooked from the very beginning because of how interesting the book is. To be honest, I was very puzzled on what Meursault want to bring up.  His beliefs are very mischievous, especially, towards the society. The chaplain and the magistrate even tried their best to change Meursault’s mind and perspective of his life point of view.  I must say, Meursault did have an attitude, especially, when he grabbed and yelled at the chaplain, that wasn’t very nice. 

            But overall, the book was not but is extravagant.  Not explaining but letting the readers to realize the real meaning of You Only Live Once (YOLO) statement.  We need to understand that we exist because we are given the chance to change something in this world. Yes, we only live just for a quite in a while in our dearly planet, mother Earth. But that doesn’t mean we should waste the opportunity because little things makes big difference. Even though, some infinities are bigger than some infinities, we all have that chance to change the world and make living worthwhile.