The Stranger

The world is drenched in absurdity—a silence that offers no inherent meaning. Yet we, as humans, obsessively search for purpose, trying to impose sense on what is senseless. This endless pursuit of meaning is not only futile—it's a distraction from life itself.

In our desperation, we construct elaborate systems—religions, ideologies, philosophies—not to understand the absurd, but to escape it. These structures pretend to soften the blunt force of existence, but in truth, they pull us further from what is real.

Instead, Camus would say, we must stop asking “why?” and begin saying “yes.”
Not to illusion—but to the world.
To the sun on our skin, the salt in the sea, the breath of today.

We must live not in denial of the absurd, but in defiance of it—with clarity, passion, and presence.
We must live life in the Mediterranean way:
fully in the moment, rooted in the body, embracing beauty without demanding meaning.

While I may not align with Meursault's character, Camus crafts him into a character that invites deep reflection and challenges conventional moral judgment.