The Antichrist in The Outsider"Meursault is punished not for the crime of killing another human being, but for refusing to play the game." This statement is of great relevance to the novel The Outsider, by Albert Camus. Society as a whole imposes its ideas and values ​​on all individuals, but particularly on those who differ from the “norm”. Through Meursault's worldview, contrasted with that of the religious and judicial system, this notion is brought to the fore. Meursault's view on death and dying is very different from that of most people of the time. He was impassive and indifferent to his mother's death, something unfathomable and not at all acceptable. “…I didn't know if I could smoke in front of my mother. I thought about it and decided it didn't really matter. This is a classic Meursault thought, he believes that when you are dead, then you are truly dead, so smoking or not smoking will make no difference to the deceased. “I probably loved my mother very much, but that didn't mean anything.” She accepts that her mother is dead and that her love means nothing to her, in fact, nothing means anything to her. These ideas were deplorable by his society's standards and Eurocentric value system. “He said I didn't want to see mum; that I had smoked, slept and had white coffee. And I heard something stirring the whole room; for the first time I realized I was guilty. This quote is a key aspect of the novel's underlying philosophy. Meursault realizes, at that moment, that he is on trial for the murder of a man, but he will be found guilty of the charge not for the murder of a human being but for the simple reason that he did not play... card ...hearts when I knew nothing about the most basic human reactions. This is a quote from the Public Prosecutor, a religious and legal man. Through the expression of Meursault's ideas and feelings, he is clearly capable of human emotions and instincts, but because he does not respect the rules he is condemned by a society, which fears him, for his difference. Meursault refuses to believe in God, he refuses to succumb to the dominant ideology of his time, he refuses to play the game and is punished for it. Meursault was tried for killing another human being, but was convicted and punished for refusing to "play along." He didn't play by the rules or try to change himself to better fit the world he lived in. As the magistrate said, and essentially, in the eyes of society he was “Mr. Antichrist” and for this he was sentenced to death.