The_Stranger

The Stranger In “The Stranger” Albert Camus portrays the world as without purpose. Meaursalt, who as a reflection of Camus is indifferent to his own life and death. Meaursalt eventually senses guilt for his crime, but not because he feels remorse for taking a life, but because he realized he would lose the little things he considered most important. The weather had made Meursault kill the Arab. The brightness of the sun caused him to pull the trigger and fire the shot that would change not only the outcome of the story, but also Meursault’s life. Because of the outburst of sunlight, Meursault was momentarily overwhelmed and his reaction was to tense up and, in doing so, he pulled the trigger of his gun. If it had been raining or overcast, Meursault would not have killed the Arab. Meursault doesn't want to kill the Arab, he even considers turning back and leaving the Arab alone. “It occurred to me that all I had to do was turn around and that would be the end of it. But the whole beach, throbbing in the sun, was pressing on my back” (Camus 58). Meursault kills the Arab because of the sunlight’s effect on him meursault, sun, arab, life, camus, death, been, because, shooting, self, now, kill, whole, violent, trigger, tries, story, show, senses, revolver, one, moment, meursault’s, meaursalt, made, indifferent, identity, fire, final, feels, end, emotion, done, day, crime, complete