Meursault is always considered to have no feelings, as demonstrated by his purely physical descriptions of his experiences. When he is with Marie or when he is on his way to kill the Arab he is focused solely on qualities of the physical world, such as the hot sun. While many think that Meursault is entirely emotionless, I believe that he has feelings and simply suppresses them.
His mind is one that works rationally and logically. I believe that he is aware of his feelings even when he does not share them with others. I also think that he is simply more in touch with his darker feelings and opinions than others. He tells his lawyer that everyone wishes their loved ones were dead every once in a while. While not everyone would agree, most people have experienced annoyance or even resentment of people in their lives, so even though Meursault may take it to the next level, he is still acknowledging that feeling.
Meursault accepts the inevitability of death with an emotionless view, but that may be the only way he can handle the fear of the unknown. While others turn to religion to make the unknown factors of death feel more concrete, Meursault recognizes that humans live and die, and is able to accept that there may be nothing waiting for him after his execution except for cries of hate.
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