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Title: Confusingly simplistic
Review: This is another selection assigned to high school students which seems to be a part of the common theme of examining the inner self and its struggle between good and evil. The Stranger has a Stephen King flavor to it when it comes to the main character, Meursalt. Meursalt has no feelings for anything or anyone. At his mother's funeral, he is a blank slate. His nonchalant response is to everything is basically 'I guess'. Then he is put on trial for murder. This lack if feeling for anything continues, even as he heads to the guillotine. I am confused why this is such an important read, but it is still assigned. Camus' style is overly simplistic and repetitive to the point of annoyance. It is not the worst book I have ever read, but I question its value even to high school students who probably won't catch whatever Camus is attempting to say.
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