Sunday, October 21, 2018
Does Meursault really care about Marie?
While Meursault was in prison, he thought about Maire but not because he missed her but he missed the physical connection he had with her. He only really thought about her as an object not as a human being. Through out the entire book, we can see that Meurasult has no real feelings for anyone and he is more focused on himself. When Marie asked Meursault to marry her, he said sure. Not really thinking about how it would effect her, he was very blunt with her. In today's society men also treat woman like objects and have little respect for their feelings. For example when men catcall women it is harassment but the men who do it don't get punished for it. It is something that has been happening in the world for a very long time and in the book, it somewhat touches on that subject.
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I was thinking the same throughout the book. I also saw Marie as just being an object rather than someone who Meursault would really care about. I think that one thing that I want to acknowledge is the fact that there are times when women treats guys as objects as well. There are times in which women would date men for their money, so I think it is important to see both sides but I do agree that there are many cases in which men catcalls women and do not get punished for it.
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