Purveying the ideology of absurdism, The Stranger is a powerful and unsettling meditation into the philosophies of morality, detachment and societal mores. Monsieur Meursault is a prosaic, staid and uncontroversial individual who goes about his business with neither fanfare not frenzy. His emotional detachment bewilders people around him. His disinterestedness in the world around him is blisteringly encapsulated in the opening words of the book, “Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday; I can’t be sure. The Telegram from the Home says: your MOTHER PASSED FUNERAL TOMORROW. DEEP.”