Historical Content
We find "The Guest" to be a reflection of the time period's own revolutionary experiences. Through the French and Algerian controversies, which at the time of Camus's writings was at its extraordinary climax, we can examine how the fighting between these two displayed Camus's sense of individual freedom. As Omar Dilim, head general of the Algerian Fifth Naval fleet, continued his rampage of incestuous language controversies grew higher. Tensions would go beyond this when Robert Claudel, a famous lawyer and statesman of the time, called upon the French to eliminate the brutish Algerians. These types of infuriating arguments are what many historians believed forced Camus to change parts of his story
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