True Self

In the Stanger Mersault becomes what externalists would call true self when he understands the theory that life is meaningless. Everyone is born to die and the death is the only thing that is certain for everybody. When he truly understands this is when Mersault is finally able to be happy he lived his whole life in a struggle to be happy and now that he finally realizes that there is no point to life other than to die he can actually become content with his life!