This novel by Albert Camus retraces a year in the life of a young employee, Meursault, in the 1940s, who works for a shipping company in Algiers. The first thing that happens to Meursault is that he receives a telegram announcing his mother's departure. He takes a bus to see her and they hold the vigil. He shows no expression of remorse or sadness. Back in Algiers, Meursault goes to the public beach to swim. There, he meets Marie Cardona, his former colleague. They decide to go on a date and see a comedy movie, which is ironic after her mother's death, and they sleep together overnight. The next day, he just observed people in the street. The next day, Meursault returns to work and works all day, and while he is in his apartment, Meursault meets Salamano, an old man who lives in his building and owns a mangy dog. He also meets his neighbor Raymond, suspected of being a pimp. Raymond invites Meursault to dinner and asks Meursault to write a mean letter to this girl who cheated on Raymond, and Meursault complies. The following Saturday, Marie comes to ask if Meursault loves her, he does not love her and does not show it, and at night, Meursault meets Salamano who is crying because of his dog who ran away. The following Sunday, Meursault, Marie and Raymond go to a beach house owned by Masson, one of Raymond's friends. They run into the brothers of the girl they wrote the letter to and a knife is pulled on Raymond and cuts him. They both follow different paths and later, Meursault kills one of the girl's brothers. Meursault is then sent to prison and tried. He shows no remorse and over time he undergoes further trials after being in prison for over a year and he is sentenced to death by guillotine. The frame...... middle of paper...... was made, and to free it from its tangle. Works Cited Bufacchi, Vittorio and Laura Fairrie. “Execution as torture.” Peace Review 13.4 (2001): 511-517. Premier Academic Research. EBSCO. Internet. April 26, 2011. Camus, Albert and Matthew Ward. The Stranger. New York: Knopf, 1993. Print. April 24, 2011. by Cavarlay, Bruno Aubusson. "Can criminal statistics still have scientific utility? French criminal justice 1813-1980." Historical Methods 26.2 (1993): 69. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Internet. April 26, 2011.Scherr, Arthur. “Camus is THE STRANGER.” Explanator 59.3 (2001): 149. Academic Research Premier. EBSCO. Internet. April 24, 2011. Scott, Nathan A. Albert Camus. New York: Hillary House, 1962. Academic Research Premier. EBSCO. Internet. April 24, 2011.Strange, Alice J. “Camus' The Stranger”. Explainer 56.1 (1997): 36. Academic Research Premier. EBSCO. Internet. April 24. 2011.