In The Stranger by Albert Camus, the main character is a peculiar man named Meursault. He seems to not care about the things most people do, like his mother dying, and does care a lot about minor things like heat or the sun in his eyes. As the story goes on it becomes more and more apparent that Meursault goes through life not caring about anything. In the beginning of the book you can tell he does not care about his mother or her death, and it is very unusual and confusing.
Mersault also helps his neighbor Raymond in his plan to beat his mistress, and does not have a problem with it. Meursault says he did not mind being "pals" with Raymond. Meursault killed a man for no good reason as well, also without any remorse or regret afterward. The fact that these events elicited no emotional response from Meursault is very unsettling to most people in the audience, both in the book and reading it. It is hard for me to find Meursault relatable, and the whole story confuses me a lot. I wonder what inspired or prompted Camus to write this story. How did he think of this idea/character?
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