Meursault's entire reaction to his mother's death was unusual, but for the most part it can be attributed to their distance. It was not until he was standing vigil in the home that his anger showed through. Listening to crying mourners, Meursault was enraged by the distraction.
Meursault wishes the crying woman would just be silent because her crying is bothersome to him, but when she does stop crying, Meursault is bothered by the silence. He sees the lack of noise itself as a distraction and wishes there was something to dull the silence.
Through Meursault's irritability, we see a mostly hidden aspect of his character: he is in a fragile state because of his mother's death.
I think Meursault does not know how to react to his mother's death. May be that is why he killed the man at the end of the part one? Because he was emotionally paralyzed from his mother's death?
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