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to pass along a theme to his reader that a person does not knowthe value of life until he/she is about to lose it. They are blind tolife’s gifts. “Meursault’s awareness of life is severely limited. He isaffected by a profoundly apathetic ennui, which makes him uncommonlysensitive to the dullness and monotony of existence. Though he does not sayso, the reader feels that he sees very little point in life, but merelycarries on for want of anything better to do. He sleeps, eats, works, allwithout enthusiasm, and observes with detachment the mechanical gestureswith which people fill their lives. He sees around him nothing but sterileroutine. The people who form the decor to the story, and these includeMeursault himself, do not wonder, question, or think. Both inwardly

andoutwardly, their existence is dominated by habit.” Camus similarly wrote about the boredom of life by his character in theboth The Stranger and in La Mort Heureuse. He warns the reader thateveryday actions should be more profoundly rejoiced and that life shouldnot be a routine task.Camus’ style of writing matches the theme. He uses a style of writingwhich was considered invisible, because it contained detail that washidden. “The flat, impersonal style is perfectly matched to thesubject-matter, the austere simplicity of the narrative effectively checksany imaginative leap the reader might be tempted to make. Adjectives areused sparingly, and though the tale is told in the first person, itachieves such total objectivity as to give the impression of an impartialaccount.”

The literary themes and the technique of writing gives Camus stories asense of realism and a credibility. The more believable a story line, themore significanct the story is to the reader. It makes the reader remainfaithful to the idea. These themes that stick with the reader are usuallyexistential themes, that explore an individual in a harsh world, give thereader a sense of optimism that keeps them content with there life. Thereaders are content with there life because the author gives them a windowinto there future, which is the end of life. He simply states that oneshould enjoy his/her life. This is why Albert Camus is one of the mostrenowned writer’s of modern and world literature. His books arerepresentative of his life and the fate of every man’s life. Bibliography1.

Masters, Brian, Camus : A Study, Heinemann, London, 1974. 2. “Camus, Albert,” Microsoft (R) Encarta. Copyright (c) 1994 MicrosoftCorporation. Copyright (c) 1994 Funk & Wagnall’s Corporation. Camus, Albert, The Stranger, Alfred A. Knopf, N. Y. 1946.