Danielle Garofalo Fiction Dr. Sullivan March 23, 2001 In the novel The Stranger by Albert Camus, the main character is Meursault. He is a man who has strange views and behaves different from what people think of as normal. I believe that this is because Meursault has a condition known as Antisocial Personality Disorder. In order to claim someone is a sociopath you must understand the diagnostic criteria for Antisocial Personality Disorder. The diagnostic criteria as stated …showed first 75 words of 660 total…

…showed last 75 words of 660 total…obvious sign of Antisocial Personality Disorder. These are instances which clearly represent “a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others.” Since Meursault has at least three of the symptoms for the disorder, he can be almost positively diagnosed as a sociopath. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. American Psychological Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition. Washington D.C.: American Psychiatric Association, 1994. 2. Camus, Albert. The Stranger. New York: Random House, 1975.