Albert Camus: an author of the truth about life

One of the worst lessons to learn in life is how unimportant people become after the inevitable: death. Albert Camus is very well-known for his many novels exposing the true, cold-hearted facts about life and mankind. Although his writing was mostly focused on the unimportance of life, there was a time when he wrote about politics. He wrote for a very popular underground newspaper that tried to create a non-communist movement in France at the time of World War II. After being influenced by his mentor from college and witnessing deaths from World War II, Albert Camus began writing many novels and plays exposing the indifference of men and the meaninglessness of human life.
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In Camus’ novel, The Stranger, the main character mentions many times about how a guillotine is a chance of hope if it does not work correctly. Also, the main character mentions how fascinated he is with death and the guillotine because it is the only unknown to humans. Not only does he mention a guillotine in The Stranger, but he wrote an extended essay, Reflections on the Guillotine, arguing the ineffectiveness of the guillotine. The places he went and people he encountered only influenced Camus sparsely. Growing up in poverty played a large role in influencing Camus. He wrote The First Man based on his life and his memories of growing up in poverty (Biography of Albert Camus). Camus’ nationality also played a large part in his writing. His mother was Spanish and his dad was Algerian. Although he never remembered his dad, he always felt more Algerian, which is the reason most of his writing takes place in Algeria (“Albert Camus” Literary Reference Center). Camus had many influences in his life, however the largest influence might have been witnessing somebody’s death. On December 14, 1941 Camus witnessed the death of Gabriel Péri, at the time of World War II (“Albert Camus” The