In today's society, people are judged and treated with disrespect if they do not follow the same moral standards or have the same values that society sets. Each society tries to decide what is considered right and wrong and if someone goes against this then they are degraded. In school for instance, students will be excluded from others if they have different opinions about things, or if they act differently than how a so-called "normal" person is supposed to act. These were just small scale examples but it happens on a much larger scale all over the world.
A person should be able to have any view on life that they want as long as they do not force it on other people. I believe that society tries to control the lives of everyone who try to be individuals. The people who do not care about being part of what society accepts, and who have their own beliefs should not be penalized and criticized for how they live their lives. Everyone at one point in their life will judge another person based on what we value, not taking into consideration that everyone is different and has the right to believe what they choose to. Part of the destruction of our society is caused by people victimizing each other within the society. When we antagonize someone for not having the same values as us, we aren't just hurting them, but hurting others who might feel the same way, causing the society to be dysfunctional. Now, I understand that everyone will not always get along, but people need to stop pressuring others into living life through society's guidelines, and let people be who they want to be.
In The Stranger by Albert Camus, Meursault has beliefs that conflict with what society claims to be "right." He has an absurdest view on the world and he is persecuted because of it. He believes that people live life and die and there is no meaning behind any of it; there is no "inherent meaning" that can be found in life. Throughout the novel his viewpoint on life is evident as being absurd. He does not seem to have any emotion or care about anything for most of the novel. When Marie asks him if he wants to marry her, he is indifferent, and says he doesn't care. When he is asked why he shot the Arab, he says it must have been the sun. His answers to questions like these are why he is not accepted by society. Meursault not crying at his mother's funeral is another main reason he is not accepted by society. The people of that time thought he was ridiculous for not crying just because it was society's standards to cry in a situation like that. His views on life and his actions in life caused society to give him the death penalty and in my opinion, that just is not fair.
