When You Assume, You Make an Ass Out of "U" or "ME"!

As we get deeper into The Strange, we have a clearer view of Meursault. His lack of emotions leaves his life meaningless and void. As humans we try to bring meaning into our life through, stories, and emotions, so that they fit into our own perspective and match the way we want our lives to be. Unfortunately this happens to Meursault in his court case.  Meursault has no opinion of his life, but others do, and they force their own interpretations onto Meursault.

There’s a connection between that scene in the Stranger, and the play, “The Man in the Ring. “The main character, Emile Griffin, and the guy he hooks up with from the bar, are confronted in the alley by several men. The men have weapons and are call Emile and his buddy names such as,”fag” and “nigger,” and then batter Emile till unconsciousness. There is a connection between this scene and the court scene from the strangers because both people, who have no connection with the main characters, are trying to identify the character with words they don’t self-identify with. The men are trying to push their own perspective of Emile into himself, just as the lawyers and the judge where pushing their perspective into Meursault. Just thought I’d point out that connection.