The Stranger-Journal #1

In Chapter 1, Mersault's mother dies. Altough death, especially of  family member, is usually a very tough time for many people, Mersaults shows no emotion towards it. In fact, we see by his falling asleep at the home and talking more about the boss than his mother's death that he cares more about himself than his mom. He even goes out with an old friend, Marie in Chapter 2, to see a comedy and she ends up sleeping at his house. I view Mersault as a carefree person who shows little emotion to anything. I believe he cares more about himself and whats going on at that certain time than anything else. He seems very non-chalant about everything going on around him and he is never excited about anything. He only has one emotion-Calm and carefree. Mersault is definitely and anti-hero because he doesn't do anything heroic for anyone. He is lacking in heroic qualities and I believe Camus uses this character as a protagonist because it's a new outlook to life. Not many people are like Mersault and we see when reading the stranger a different view on the world which makes us think about our own personal worldly views and we build a relationship with Mersault throughout the book, whether it's a good or bad one.