: Camus explores the idea that no one is truly innocent; we are all "judge-penitents" in some capacity.
: This moment of cowardice shatters his self-image. He begins to hear a phantom laughter behind him, mocking his "virtue." He realizes that his entire life of altruism was merely a performance to maintain a sense of superiority over others. La CaГda Albert Camus epub
: The book reflects Camus’s philosophy that life is inherently without meaning, and the struggle to find or create it often leads to psychological collapse. : Camus explores the idea that no one