The Stranger

The Stranger by Albert Camus, is a story fallowing Meursault, an indifferent young man who begins the story with his Mothers death. His mom lived in an assisted living home however Meursault felt nothing at his moms death, and showed no emotion which everyone who attended noticed. He later goes on a date the next day and through seeing his daily life you see that he is a normal guy except for the lack of emotion and care. Later on Meursault is at the beach and kills a man. Then he goes to jail to await a trial. At the trial, the case is handled much less like a court case should, but rather is about Meursault character. The court asked him question about his Mother and ended on the decision that he is a monster due to his lack of emotion and give him the death sentence. My big question is about fate or free will and which one existed in the novel. 

I believe that in the novel their is free will. I think the book as a whole would have been pointless if it was fate. As the book was about humans and their interactions with each other, if their was no free will and was instead fate their actions would be completely meaningless. Furthermore Meursault lives only through himself, never doing anything that is not in his character to do.