Meursalt's shameless behavior is just too much! He is conscious that he killed a man, but he is not ashamed at all. When the magistrate asked him if he regretted it he didn't even care to lie. No he did not regret what he did, nor did he tried to explain. " 'Do you want my life to be meaningless?' he shouted. As far as I could see, it didn't have anything to do with me, and I told him so." (pag. 69)Meursalt didn't even get upset after the scandal the magistrate did about God. Later on when he was in prison he admits he is not having a good time, but he is not desperate at all nor does he feel regretful. Then when Mary went to visit him, he was happy to see her but he never bothered to say anything meaningful. This character is extremely strange and he shows it with everyone of his actions.
Nevertheless, in these two chapters I saw Meursalt more human than ever. I chapter one he thinks something that really caught my attention: "I felt the urge to reassure him that I was like everybody else, just like everybody else" (pag. 66). I never imagined him saying something like this, it means he feels he belongs with everyone else and that he identifies himself with average people. "No. There was no way out, and no one can imagine what nights in prison are like" (pag. 81. I think jail is changing Meursalt because this comment I would never expect from him.
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I think you're right about Meursalt been a man who cares for nothing. I was as mad when Marie went to visit him and all he did was pay attention the people next to him while Marie tried to talk to him and in some cases showed him she cared so much for their relationship, but no Meursalt was heartless and decided to be a prick. It's a shame that people like this exist in our real world. I liked from your blog that your brief and go directly to the point, that's a real attribute.
I agree with Jose Maria. Is Mersault becoming "human"? Is what you thought was "human" really human?
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3 Good use of transitions! Like nevertheless, etc.
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