Journal #4 The Stranger

#4 What conclusions does Mersault come to at the end of the novel? Does Camus want the reader to come to the same conclusions?

Mersault comes to multiple different conclussions that ultimately lead to one larger conclussion. The first conclusion that Mersault comes to is that death is inevitable. He also refuses to accept religion when facing death. Thus he shuns the norm of society. Then he tries to approach death with logic. Thus becoming his own individual person that is away from the norm of society and is firm even in the face of death. Camus is trying to tell us that we should all be our own person and not just go along with what society says to do. Camus does not however want us to be not religious or to be religious. He is saying that we should be our own person.