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Mersault In 'The Stranger'

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Major: Mersault : Is the main character in the book , “The Stranger”, he is an emotionally detached person who kills a man called ,”the Arab”, he is later put on trial for his murder, but soon after the trial has begun it turns more towards Mersault’s detached attitudes and his belief system. Maria: Mersault’s former co-worker, begins an affair with Mersault days after his mother’s death and funeral. Mersault only appreciates her physically, and Maria is attracted to him because of his peculiarity, and eccentricity. Raymond: Local pimp, and Mersault’s next door neighbor, when Raymond suspects that his mistress is cheating on him with another man he enlists Mersault’s detached nature to track him dow. The man Mersault killed known as “The …show more content…

He sat vigil with him, and assured Mersault that there was nothing he could do. This made Mersault question what little morality he had left. Masson: Invites Mairie, Mersault, and Raymond to his beach house. This is where Mersault kills “The Arab” with Raymonds gun, and no apparent motive. “The Arab” : Raymond’s mistresses brother, the man that Mersault kills at Masson’s beach house. “The Arab” was killed for no apparent reason, and with no motive to be seen. Major place names: Old Folks Home: The place where Mersault starts to question his morality as a human being, and becomes the eccentric man he is throughout the rest of the …show more content…

After the funeral, though, the case will be closed, and everything will have a more official feel to it. “ This is a form of closure for Mersault. "We put the cover on, but I’m supposed to unscrew the casket so you can see her." He was moving toward the casket when I stopped him. He said, "You don’t want to?" I answered, "no." He was quiet, and I was embarrassed because I felt I shouldn’t have said that. Mersault starts to notice that his emotional detachment is affecting him. “Then he offered to bring me a cup of coffee with milk. I like milk in my coffee, so I said yes, and he came back a few minutes later with a tray. I drank the coffee. Then I felt like having a smoke. But I hesitated, because I didn’t know if I could do it with Maman right there. I thought about it; it didn’t matter. I offered the caretaker a cigarette and we smoked.” For a brief moment Mersault notices that something he was doing might be wrong, but soon dismisses it as being unimportant because of his detachment. Point of View: Narrator: First Person Limited, Through Mersault The Narrator ,being Mersault, has a very interesting point of view, he tells it exactly like it is from his point of view. It shows Camus’s purpose from a very blunt

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