The hot sun beat down on the sand making our protagonists mood change with the sweltering heat and angst crashing against Meursault like waves on the beach. Three aspects affect his mood; temperature, weather, and light. These affect Meursault, but do not necessarily make him a more sympathetic character. His existential crisis makes him less open to the indifference of the world until the end of the novel when he is sentenced to death and finally opens himself up. Temperature affects Meursault in a negative manner, he explains heat as being oppressive and in his mind, justifies the reason his actions occur. "At the same instant the sweat in my eyebrows dripped down over my eyelids all at once and covered them with a warm, thick
