The Stranger: Meursault's Life

The novel The Stranger is a story of a young mundane man named Meursault, who loses his mom in the beginning of the piece of literature. His character is emotionless towards his mother’s death and detached. Soon after the death he resumes with life as if nothing has happened, gets himself in a relationship and finds a new best friend. At his apartment building, an old man with a dog named Salamano. He focuses in on their relationship with each other, the old man treats the dying infectious dog with disrespect. Raymond, Meursault’s new best friend shares his story about his cheating ex girlfriend. Both of them come up with a plan to get the ex to pay for what she has done in an effective way. Meursault in his apartment building with his girlfriend. The two come to a point where love is not what the relationship is about. After, Raymond gets in an altercation with his ex and beats her. Soon after, he is questioned for the incident. Raymond and Meursault strolling home from the long day witness Salamano outside the building in distress. Salamano has lost his dog and is worried sick about it will never return.

Without any excitement and ambition to have greater things in life, he is emotionless with each new step in life. Salamano’s dog has died and Meursault suggests getting a new one, but the dog has been Salamano’s companion since his wife’s death. This prevents him from wanting to get another one. A day following, a fight breaks out between a group of Arabs and Meursault’s group, blood shed and injuries came from such an event. When repaired Raymond goes to settle things with one of the Arabs man to man. Meursault has a gun in his hands incase of any unexpected situations to come. He grabs the gun and pulls the trigger, not once but four more times. He is hit with a type of unease as if he has created an unbalance in the