The Stranger 3
In The Stranger, Albert Camus portrays Meursault, the book's
narrator and main character, as aloof, detached, and unemotional.
He does not think much about events or their consequences, nor does
he express much feeling in relationships or during emotional times.
He displays an impassiveness throughout the book in his reactions
to the people and events described in the book. After his mother's
death he sheds no tears; seems to show no emotions. He displays
limited feelings for his girlfriend, Marie Cardona, and shows no
remorse at all for killing an Arab. His reactions to life and to
people distances him from his emotions, positive or negative, and
from intimate ...
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mother's dead body, and at her
funeral, he never cries. He is, further, depicted enjoying a cup
of coffee with milk during the vigil, and having a smoke with a
caretaker at the nursing home in which his mother died. The
following day, after his mother's funeral, he goes to the beach and
meets a former colleague named Marie Cardona. They swim, go to a
movie, and then spend the night together. Later in their
relationship, Marie asks Meursault if he wants to marry her. He
responds that it doesn't matter to him, and if she wants to get
married, he would agree. She then asks him if he loves her. To
that question he responds that he probably doesn't, and explains
that marriage really isn't such a serious thing and doesn't require
love. This reaction is fairly typical of Meursault as portrayed in
the book. He appears to be casual and indifferent about life
events. Nothing seems to be very significant to him. Later on in
the book, after he kills an ...
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