Within Albert Camus’ 1942 novel, The Stranger, the sun is an ever present force. The Stranger’s protagonist, Meursault, is tormented by it and seems to have a dislike, if not a disdain for the sun. Meursault is even driven to kill because of how much the sun irritates him, and during his mother’s funeral, a man named Thomas Perez Death and human suffering have a connection to the sun’s rays and light as a whole. Through his novel, Camus uses the societal symbol for joy and life to create an ironic…
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