Stranger comment #4

Meursault life takes a giant leap during the next few pages (even though it is a leap in the wrong direction). After Meursault shoots a guy with basically no motive (which makes him a cold blooded murdurer) he is thrown in to jail until his they can find him guilty or not guilty. I think it is very interesting how he doesnt feel sad or guilty for taking the life away from another human being, he just felt "annoyed". Also I thought that it was wierd that he always forgot that he was a criminal, as if he didnt even realize that what he did was wrong. After spending a few time in jail, he no longer finds it disturbing, he had already gotten acustumed to it. The only things that bother him are the lack of cigarrettes at first and female companionship. We see how he doesnt mind change, everything is same for him. We can also see how he might have some mental issues because he doesnt react to anything, its as if he was an animal that only does whats necesary to survive.

Stranger comment #3

As Meursault continues to narrate us his story we atill cant figure him out. He is still The numb, empty, careless person he was since the first page of the book. In one part Marie comes by Meursaults place and tells him they should marry and he says that he didnt really care but if she wanted he would marry her. This shows us how he doesnt even think to make his decisions, he just doesnt care about anything. Also his boss asks him if he wants to go to Paris if he opened an office the and his response was that he didnt really care. In this novel, Meursault is constantly saying that he really doesnt care, its as if he doesnt want anything better for him, hes just waiting to die. Later on old Salamano looses his dog and even though he was always very mean to his dog, he is very sad for lossing his dog. This shows us how even a very mean person has feelings and how he is very sad and worried for his k9 companion.

Stranger comment #2

As I continiued to read the book I thought it was just getting even stranger. Mersault talks a little about his neighbors, first about old Salamano and his dog and then about Raymond. It was very peculiar how old Salamano had lived with his dog for a very long time but still he treated him as dirt and always curse at him. Then when he is talking to Raimond, this guy mentions how he beat up a girlfriend of his because suposivly she was cheating on him. Mersault doesnt think anything of it and just minds his own buisness. Then Raymond asks him to help him write a love letter so that he can get back at his girlfriend and Mersault doesnt say anything and writes the letter. This shows how empty and emotionless Mersault is. He doesnt think anything when his neighbor tells him that he beat up a women and when Raymond wants revenge because of his unfaithful girlfriend he actually heps him. In this part of the book we can see how Mersault doesnt have a perception about good and evil and how he really doesnt care about anything.

Stranger comment #1

I think that through the first twenty pages of the book everything is very mixed up. First of all it is hard to understand how the main character isnt affected with the death of his mother, he shows no emotions what so ever. He also tries to apologies with his boss for the death of his mother which also demonstrates the lack of respect towards her recently dead mother. After he comes back from the funneral, the author show a little of his daily life and he show how empty his life is. He has a girlfriend but he never talks much about her and the reader can see how he really doesnt care much about her. Meursault (the main character) is very strange, specially how he never has an opinion about anything and the way he acts which is in a way very numb and emotionless. Later when he realizes that his boss was angry with him because he asked for two days but because of the weekend it would be four days, he understands his boss. This once again shows how he doesnt really care about his mothers death, normally when a person looses his mother they mourn during long periods of time but he just continues with his empty, meaningless life.

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