I Know The Stranger

Right away I knew I was going to enjoy this book. There is a quality to Albert Camus' writing that immediately sucked me in even through an apathetic character. Although I can't agree with Camus' philosophy, I can respect it. Sometimes things just happen because they happen. I've spent too much of my life trying to explain why things happen. I have no more control over it if I can explain the cause or the effect of any action or occurrance. It remains the same. Being able to finally come to that acceptance of "what will happen will happen" helps alleviate stress in one's life, yet it can be very disturbing and frustrating to others involved in that life. I can't say that I can accept someone murdering another being "because it happened" but the concept is true: with or without remorse does not change what happened. However, I do believe that it can change a person to be more aware and concerned for others. We, as humans, can take responsibility for our actions while still allowing emotion and intellectual thought to co-exist.