The Stranger

What is justice? Is it when a person’s demise makes society feel better? Or is it when a felon gets acquitted of all charges brought against him? Wherever there is justice, there is obscurity. No matter how it is looked at, there is no real justice in the judicial system. In Albert Camus’ The Stranger, Meursault did not receive justice in his trial because his unfair trail did not give him adequate time to …

…and even read books about them, but it was too late for him. To try to make something of his life now would be pointless. Even though Meursault came to like the end of his life, he was still not given justice. His trial was merely to make an example of a different person who, in society’s eyes, had no place in the world. The murder? That was just an excuse to arrest him.