1. Marie is back in the picture and is now Meursault’s girlfriend. We know that Meursault finds Marie very attractive but does he love her? We see this going on today, especially in college. Sometimes we see couples together that do not seem to have an emotional connection but that clearly have a physical attraction.
a) Yesterday was Saturday, and Marie came over as we’d planned. I wanted her so bad when I saw her in that pretty red-and-white striped dress and leather sandals. You could make out the shape of her firm breast, and her tan made her face look like a flower. –34
b) When she laughed I wanted her again. A minute later she asked me if I loved her. I told her it didn’t mean anything but that I didn’t think so. –35
c) That evening Marie came by to see me and asked me if I wanted to marry her. I said it didn’t make any difference to me and that we could if she wanted to. Then she wanted to know if I loved her. ----- She just wanted to know if I would have accepted the same proposal from another woman, with whom I was involved in the same way. I said “Sure.” –41-42
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But I thought so much about a woman, about women, about all the ones I had known, about all the circumstances in which I had enjoyed them, that my cell would be filled with their faces and crowded with my desires. –77
2. Raymond is a pimp, a bad guy and a bad influence on Meursault. Raymond is upset that his mistress will not become a prostitute to make money but instead is cheating on him. First, we cannot prove that she is cheating. Secondly, Raymond does not care that she is with other men, he is only upset because she is not doing it for money to give to him. In other words, he isn’t making a profit off her so he is mad. This results in him beating
a) Yesterday was Saturday, and Marie came over as we’d planned. I wanted her so bad when I saw her in that pretty red-and-white striped dress and leather sandals. You could make out the shape of her firm breast, and her tan made her face look like a flower. –34
b) When she laughed I wanted her again. A minute later she asked me if I loved her. I told her it didn’t mean anything but that I didn’t think so. –35
c) That evening Marie came by to see me and asked me if I wanted to marry her. I said it didn’t make any difference to me and that we could if she wanted to. Then she wanted to know if I loved her. ----- She just wanted to know if I would have accepted the same proposal from another woman, with whom I was involved in the same way. I said “Sure.” –41-42
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But I thought so much about a woman, about women, about all the ones I had known, about all the circumstances in which I had enjoyed them, that my cell would be filled with their faces and crowded with my desires. –77
2. Raymond is a pimp, a bad guy and a bad influence on Meursault. Raymond is upset that his mistress will not become a prostitute to make money but instead is cheating on him. First, we cannot prove that she is cheating. Secondly, Raymond does not care that she is with other men, he is only upset because she is not doing it for money to give to him. In other words, he isn’t making a profit off her so he is mad. This results in him beating