Journal #4

In the end of the book Meursault comes to realize that he isn't afraid to die because it makes no differences once he dies the world will keep on going. Even if he wasn't going to die then, he would eventually die that's just the way life is. He realized that there was no real reason for him to live no one to love him they were all gone and that made no difference to him. I don't think Camus wanted us to  come to this conclusion. I think he wanted us to think of all the events that happen in our lifetime and appreciate them because someday we will be on our deathbeds recalling our lives and we should be using that time to have fond memories not ones that will question us till death because we don't know why we live.

Journal #3

I think that Camus divided the novel into two parts to show how Meursault went from an normal man who was someone that went with the flow and never took a care to what others thought of him and how he felt towards others. In the second half Meursault began to think about why he was doing things and that made it easier to connect with him because we could see his view and not the view of others around him.

Journal #2 The Stranger

       I think that using the sun as a symbol gives the feeling of laziness and being in a daze. This makes it seem like Meursault is just going along and not planning in going anywhere for any reason. I also think that it shows how a person who is hot and drained by the sun just goes along and in a daze this can be related to Meursault. The sun is also very present when Meursault murders at the beach it could show how the sun causes a person to become irrational and leads him to killing the man. The sun is a symbol used to show how a person can become disoriented and that leads them to doing bad things even when they are calm people.

Journal #1 The Stranger

Salamano and his dog are characters who have a love hate relationship. It seems that the old man and the dog are constantly have fights and are always mad at each other but when the dog goes missing we notice that the old man really does love the dog even though it seems all he did was yell at it. I think these characters are used to show the relationship between Meursault and his mother. It shows that they didn't really get along but still loved each other. His mom is like the dog in the way that Meursalt made all the decisions for her and she never said anything.

Marie is a woman who Meursault has feelings for she is used to show us that Meursault really does have feelings he just doesn't show them in the usual way or at all. She is the contrasting character to Meursault because she shows emotions and talks about what she is thinking with others. She is always showing her emotions unlike the main character.

Raymond is the neighbor of Meursault he is a guy that is kind of shady and has a bad reputation. He befriends the main character and leads him on his path to the "dark side". I think that he is a contrast to Meursault because he always shows his anger and rage unlike Meursault who is always passive and just goes along with what everyone else is doing never giving his true feelings.