Due to this, Meursault reaches the conclusion that a man who has lived a day can easily live a hundred years in prison because of the details in a day. For example, for his first few days in prison, Meursault remembered his room and every single detail about it as stated on page 78 as he's speaking of the main problem being how to kill time. Here it shows that even the simplest of things can provide enough elements to remember and recognize to entertain himself while locked away for days on end. For this reason Meursault stated the line about how life can be perceived, to show even a single day in an unbound life can be enough for a man to live a hundred years in prison. To conclude, as a result of undergoing days of imprisonment, Meursault realizes that memories carry the true answer to
Due to this, Meursault reaches the conclusion that a man who has lived a day can easily live a hundred years in prison because of the details in a day. For example, for his first few days in prison, Meursault remembered his room and every single detail about it as stated on page 78 as he's speaking of the main problem being how to kill time. Here it shows that even the simplest of things can provide enough elements to remember and recognize to entertain himself while locked away for days on end. For this reason Meursault stated the line about how life can be perceived, to show even a single day in an unbound life can be enough for a man to live a hundred years in prison. To conclude, as a result of undergoing days of imprisonment, Meursault realizes that memories carry the true answer to