How Does Albert Camus Manipulate Meursault's Actions

Albert Camus uses the characters in the book to describe and manipulate Meursault's decisions and depicts if his crime is based on feelings or facts. Camus uses Raymond to show that Meursault can make friends but is not very good in deciding if they are god influences on him. Raymond calls Meursault his pal only after he writes a vindictive letter for him because Raymond knows that Meursault is intelligent and he probably doesn’t ''So now we're pals, ain't we?'' I kept silent and he said it again. . . ‘‘(Camus 22). Raymond then used Meursault again later in a sense that shows how the society works. ''You've only got to tell them that the girl had cheated on me. So I agreed to be his witness'' (Camus 26). Raymond knows that if a man testifies for him he gets away with his actions so he used Meursault. Raymond also knows that he has a short temper and he likes to pick fights, Raymond knows that ‘’Next came Raymond, who was the last witness. He waved to me and all of a sudden, he burst out that I was innocent.’’(Camus 95). Raymond tries to find a way help Meursault but he knows that murder is worse than his own crimes. Raymond sees that he escalated the crime. They both know that if …show more content…
Meursault learns that eventually what you feel inside comes out no matter how hard you try to hide the fact that it’s there. Meursault learns that society is not how you see the world but how the world sees you. He learns that people don’t care about facts they just want to judge you for something that might not seem so bad to you but to them it could be the worst thing ever. Meursault learns that every event has a cause and effect. Meursault learns that what he has is just as valuable as what he could have had. Meursault realizes that he cannot just sit back and let people run over him he has to defend himself even if he doesn’t want to or is told not