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Without any credit, the environment leads people to make choices that shape their lives and thoughts. Even though Mark Twain and Albert Camus did not live during the same period, their characters’ decisions for their novels The Stranger and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were parallel, as were the situations that they went through. Both authors plant their interpretation of their lives into their work and create characters that represent themselves. Meursault and Huck’s choices are a result of multiple factors such as; religion, which is a very influencing subject in all parts of the world and greatly inclined both Camus and Twain in expressing their ideals; relationships, which is a necessity in life and seems to emotionally connect with the authors without interruption; along with the present society’s fallacies left both writers to refute. Throughout the history of humankind, one main factor that has influenced the world is religion and, as times change, outlook and opinions have varied. Albert Camus writes, “I shall not, as far as I am concerned, try to pass myself off as a Christian in your presence. I share with you the same revulsion from evil. But I do not share your hope, and I continue to struggle against this universe in which children suffer and die.”(Camus, Resistance 70). Camus grew up in a very nonchalant household where religion was not a decree and, consequentially, this greatly affected his faith in God. When Camus was faintly ill with Tuberculosis, his confidence in religion depleted even further and he started to express his opinion through Meursualt (May William F). When Meursault says “He wanted to talk to me about God again, but I went up to him and made one last attempt to explain to him that I had o... ... middle of paper ... ...r qualities despites their eras. Works Cited Camus, Albert. Resistance, Rebellion, and Death. Random House, 1960. Camus, Albert. The Stranger. Libraire Gallimard, 1942. Country Facts. 15 October 2009. 15 February 2011 . Gregg Camfield, Ph.D. Mark Twain's Mississippi. 2005. 15 February 2011 . MacDonald, George. Mark Twain. n.d. 2007. 15 February 2011 . May, William F. Albert Camus: Political Moralist. 24 November 1958. Ted & Winnie Brock. 15 February 2011 . Simpson, David. Albert Camus (1913-1960). 21 March 2005. 15 February 2011 . Twain, Mark. The Advetures of Huckleberry Finn. United States: Chatto & Windus / Charles L. Webster And Company., 1885.

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