The Creation of Adam

Overall, I really appreciated the ending of how Meursault finally kind of "broke character" due to his hysterical reaction when the bishop talked to him about making amends with God. In the end, we finally saw some type of humanity in Meursault, which he lacked towards any other human figure, or animal in the book especially Marie- poor girl.



I think Meursault was very complacent with his situation: incarceration. Similar to Sisyphus in Greek mythology, he was eternally punished due to his hubris similar to Meursault, he own ego set him up to stuck in a very simple-minded situation that they can not escape.



I feel the idea God is really influential  to this because, for most people God is a "distraction" from everyday trials and tribulations, and if Meursault would have given up his own pride he would have fell into that belief system which in return would somewhat "cripple" him into being a "normal" person. I think he fears the most is fall into a societal construction. Meursault's lack of emotion towards anything is what gives him power over Marie and the other prisoners, because they only strive for freedom that they can indulge themselves in, they are forever trapped in a humanistic approach to life, " the pursuit of happiness", but Meursault kinda works on animal instinct, he is very complex but simply: a paradoxical character. He works strictly on passions and short infatuation which while he denies these as human traits when in actuality, these are our own primeval cravings that we deny because in today's society they viewed to be disturbing, unnatural, and forbidden.