sa mere est morte

Meursault seems to be very disconnected from everything that is happening in his life. The novel starts with his mom dying, but he seems completely unaffected by it. Later on, he meets a girl and takes her home, but thinks nothing of it the next morning. Many major events are happening in his life, but he never has a large reaction to it, and will continue his life as though nothing had changed. This severe disconnect struck me as detrimental to Meursault, as he can't explain himself to anyone without the emotion behind the event. While it could be that Meursault is going through depression, it seems impossible as he is still motivated to do things such as work and talk to his neighbors and friends. With the small amount of emotion coming off, it appears as though Meursault doesn't care about his mother or anything that might happen to him.