This article examines Albert Camus?s novel The Outsider (1942) with a focus on the protagonist Meursault as an embodiment of existential absurdity and moral honesty. It analyzes Meursault?s emotional detachment, refusal to conform to social norms, and commitment to truth, which ultimately lead to his alienation and execution. The study explores themes of absurdity, truth, injustice, violence, social hypocrisy, and capital punishment, situating Meursault as a victim of societal prejudice rather than a conventional criminal. Drawing on existential philosophy and Camus?s writings on absurdism, the paper highlights symbolic elements such as light, sun, death, and dualism, and argues that Meursault represents a revolt against social falsehoods and moral compromise in a hostile and indifferent world.
Lecturer in English, Jazan University, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
