The Stranger

My Big Question has to do with defining yourself in a society that tries to define you for themselves. I think the Stranger implies to this well because Meursault is seemed as an outcast and is put on trial for his morals and his reaction towards his mother's death. Society tried to dfine him as a criminal because he did not show hos emotions as openly as te rest of the world yet he never let people's criticism of himself change who he was and he took the punishment, death , instead of fighting back. Meursault is a perfect example of someone who did not let society define him, however in being an individual he was sentenced to death.