The development in the “Stranger” from third to sixth chapter

For me these three chapters have been more exciting because the main character’s life starts to change from that boring-routine life into more dynamic and social life. Furthermore, in these chapter my perception of Meursault as that emotionless person started to disappear, I somehow felt that I understood his “emotionless” behavior, because there is no need for tears and words to describe the love or care that you have for another person; this has been proven by introducing us with this new connection that Meursault creates with his neighbor Raymond. Above all, Raymond demonstrates that he can even sacrifice in the name of friendship or in the name of whoever tries to make him feel not just a stranger, but as a person who belongs there. Hence, he goes to the policy station to give evidence that Raymond’s mistress has been false to him an evidence that is the only justifier of the violent behavior that Raymond, his only friend, had toward a girl; this act that Meursault did without even thinking twice and without even knowing the truth, is an act of sacrifice that probably everyone would have done to keep near the only person with whom one has a connection.

On the other hand, most of the people, given the fact that Meursault cold-bloody killed a person, make the assumption of a horrific person. On contrary, I do not believe that he is horrific, if it was so he would have let Raymond to kill himself the Arab boy, but he prevents that to happen because he does not want his dear friend to do such a mistake; I do not justify his action –killing a human being- but that might have been at first an action that derived from the fear and the natural instinct of self-defense that we humans have.In the end, each and everyone of us have dark moments when we lose our temper but we might be lucky to not have a gun around us. I really feel sympathy about Meurast’s tough luck but also about the Arab boy.