The relationship between Meursault and Raymond is to show more of Meursault’s characteristics and social skills. As soon as Raymond begins interacting with him he gets thrown into “conflict with the universe.” Meursault was fine with just interacting with Marie and not having any friends except her. Raymond pursues him to come over for some refreshments at his apartment and this is where his demise begins. Raymond assaults his “girlfriend” and asks Meursault to lie to the police for him, which consequently leads to him going unpunished for the assault. This causes her brother and his gang to come after Raymond; they get into a fight where the gang loses and has to walk away. Meursault runs into one of the men they had a fight with known as
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“I have never seen a soul as hardened as yours. The criminals who have come before me have always wept at the sight of this image.” (Camus 44) They seem to persecute his perspective more than him taking a life of a human being. His lawyer does not even show up to the first examination because he is taken aback by Meursault’s point of view. The prosecution destroys his case because his defense attorney could not understand why he thought it was okay to kill a man. Maybe if he had a better lawyer he could have at least tried to plead insanity. Of course, he would have never given in but, there are those who tried to save him in some way, shape, or form. All the people who testified on his behalf, saying he was an upstanding guy. Earlier in the novel, the nurse tries to warn him, “If you go slowly, you risk getting sunstroke. But if you go too fast, you work up a sweat and then catch a chill inside the church.” (Camus 12) it is foreshadowing what is to come; unintentionally she cautions him about the dangers of the Sun. The chaplain also tries to save him but of course, he rejects this kind of redemption because it goes against his philosophy. There are people who support him the entire time but his way of thinking is too much of strike against him to even
“I have never seen a soul as hardened as yours. The criminals who have come before me have always wept at the sight of this image.” (Camus 44) They seem to persecute his perspective more than him taking a life of a human being. His lawyer does not even show up to the first examination because he is taken aback by Meursault’s point of view. The prosecution destroys his case because his defense attorney could not understand why he thought it was okay to kill a man. Maybe if he had a better lawyer he could have at least tried to plead insanity. Of course, he would have never given in but, there are those who tried to save him in some way, shape, or form. All the people who testified on his behalf, saying he was an upstanding guy. Earlier in the novel, the nurse tries to warn him, “If you go slowly, you risk getting sunstroke. But if you go too fast, you work up a sweat and then catch a chill inside the church.” (Camus 12) it is foreshadowing what is to come; unintentionally she cautions him about the dangers of the Sun. The chaplain also tries to save him but of course, he rejects this kind of redemption because it goes against his philosophy. There are people who support him the entire time but his way of thinking is too much of strike against him to even