In The Outsider by Albert Camus is a work fiction; it contains two parts and it is divided into two equal sections: part one with six chapters, and part two with five chapters. The novel begins with the protagonist Meursault receiving a letter informing him of his mother’s death. He asks his boss for two days leave in order to attend the funeral. After coming back from the funeral, Meursault conveys on life as if nothing tragic has happened. He goes to the beach with his girlfriend Marie. Meursault also agrees to go with Raymond to the beach house of Masson, Raymond’s friend. At the beach, they meet two Arabs, one of the brothers of the Raymond’s girlfriend. A fight ensues, and Raymond is stabbed in his arm. Later …show more content…
Meursault involvements in Raymond’s affairs, his trip to Masson’s beach house, and his taking of Raymond’s gun are the choices that lead him to kill the Arab. Meursault lives life with disinterest and lack of emotion. When he shoots an Arab, he condemns himself by refusing to show emotion or regret. This conflict leads Meursault to be arrested and thrown into prison. The conflict resolves at his murder trial when the court is more interested in Meursault’s lack of grief over his mother’s death than his crime. Meursault is found guilty to death by …show more content…
Meursault is surprised to find the courtroom crowded with people. The judge asks Meursault why he put his mother in a home. Meursault replies that he does not have enough money to care for her. The witnesses’ start testifies one by one. The director of the home confirms that Meursault’s Mother complained about Meursault’s decision to put her in the home. The caretaker says that he is astonished by Meursault’s calm during his mother’s funeral and Meursault does not cry. Celeste, the owner of a café where Meursault frequently eats lunch, attributes Meursault’s killing of the Arab to bad luck. Marie’s reveals that Meursault’s plan to marry her. The prosecutor stresses that Marie and Meursault’s relationship began the weekend after the funeral and that they go to see a comedy movie at the theater that day. Raymond testifies that it is by chance that Meursault becomes involved in his dispute with his mistress’s brother. Meursault refutes to return to the beach with the intention of killing the Arab. When the judge asks him to explain his motivation for the crime, Meursault reveals out that he do it “because of the sun.” Meursault’s lawyer claims that Meursault do honorable thing by sending his mother to a home because he cannot afford to care for her. The jury reveals that Meursault is guilty for planned murder and condemned to death by guillotine. Meursault may formally be on trial for killing