Meursault is a stranger to himself and to the society he lives in. Meursault is numb to his life, he does not feel any love, regret, mourn. Meursault is alive, but he acts mechanical. Meursault is unable to control his actions and he acts spontaneously. When Meursault shot the Arab he acted on the spot and shot him six time and claimed that it was “self-defense”. Nonetheless, the Arab was not close enough to cause any harm to Meursault. When he shot the Arab nothing in his life changed, he did not feel anything not even remorse or guilt. When he was placed in his cell and the Arabs asked him what he had done and he said he killed an Arab. Considering that who he told were Arab he did not have any self control, and he just blurted it out as
