Journal #14

Journal #14

6 Stranger Questions:

1.) Why does Meursault sometimes leave Marie’s side? Its contradictory to what he has been doing throughout the book, which is indulge in things he finds pleasurable and not think about things that he doesn’t feel is important.

2.) Why does he hesitate to indulge in Marie? He never thought about things like that before.

3.) On page 53, Meursault demonstrates a sense of honor and fairness by telling Raymond that he should fight the Arab hand to hand rather than with the gun, why does he suddenly care?

4.) On page  55 when he says that he sees a steamer on the horizon, is he hallucinating?

5.) What is it about the sun that drives such emotion in Meursault?

6.) Why does Meursault commit the cowardly act of shooting the Arab, when he himself told Raymond not to use the gun and to fight a fair fight?