Mersault Quotes

There are many ideas from this statement that show some of the thoughts of Mersault in The Stranger. Throughout the book there are times when Mersault makes bad choices and must look back on his life and reflect. As explained in this quote the way that he reflects becomes his fate. When Mersault is done reflecting what he has done he realizes that although the circumstances may not be the best it is the way he will live his life and it could not better. The quote says that memory’s eye should be sealed by death meaning that although Mersault may not want to his memories are going to press on him until he is dead. As Camus says, “fate is a human matter which must be settled among men” this means that although there may be conflict that someone else wants to resolve they must resolve it together to make things better. This is shown in The Stranger by the way that Mersault and his mother do not resolve their issues and it ends in her death. This shows the truth in the statement based on the way that their issues were not resolved so it lead to her death and even more issues in Mersault’s life. Although Mersault did solve the issue that was occurring between himself and the Arab. On the other hand this quote shows that the statement can be false as well because one of the Arabs ends up dead as well.

With the quote meaning that a person that looks back on something will think of the things that don’t matter that will form who they are. In the prison when Mersault is thinking about the things that he has done he thinks about the things that should not matter to him in the case. This makes it hard for him to really reflect on what he has done. When this occurs it makes Mersault a different person in the way that he changes his perspective on life and does not think much about what he has done after