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The Outsider Satire

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In the 1940’s, Algeria was a country with rich history and was an imperialized country under France. Meursault came across many different characters throughout the novel, The Outsider by Albert Camus, due to Algeria’s abundant history. These characters ranged with different personalities, and ethnicities, but were these personalities associated with the ethnicities on purpose? In the novel, Meursault is also faced with the idea of the death penalty. Collectively, society accepts the idea of the death penalty due to their history. Here in, we shall see how Camus uses the novel The Outsider to portray Algerians sentiment towards the Arabs, the French and the death penalty in the 1940’s. Camus uses the book The Outsider to explain the Algerian-Arabic relations. Meursault had many encounters with Arabs, especially after meeting his new friend, Raymond. Meursault ends up killing one of the Arabs and does not feel any sense of regret or remorse for his actions. Quote. From this, it is evident that the Algerian people (Raymond and Meursault) hold sentiments of hostilities and detachment to the Arabs. Camus is conveying that in the 1940’s, Algeria (Raymond) continue to have an inextinguishable resentment to the Arabs within Algeria. The Arabs within Algeria are mistreated due to their lower social status in society. This is evident when Raymond is able to abuse the Arab women and not get charged with it. Raymond, a Frenchman, can abuse and Arab women. Another example of when there

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