“The Guest” is set on a plateau in Algeria, the story shows that despite which role one plays; every person has the right to equal treatment. There are those of us who choose our own faith, facing our own fears, making our own decisions, and finding our own paths, while some take the easier way and allow others to choose all of that for them. The story’s setting in Algeria gives the reader a …showed first 75 words of 1515 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1515 total…masters but instead was left solely up to him and choosing his own fate was now in his hands. When Daru returns to the school house, he notices he has alienated himself from the natives in Algeria as he finds written on the chalk board “ You handed over our brother. You will pay for this.” (Camus, 8). Suddenly Daru feeling utterly alone in the one place didn’t feel banished… “Everywhere else he felt exiled” (Camus, 2).