The Stranger (56-59)

Reading this section left me feeling a bit underwhelmed. How Meursault, the narrator, described the event happening before his eyes made it seem very boring. For someone that witnessed his best friend, Raymond, get slashed with a knife and shot a man, his thoughts were pretty calm and boring. He didn't cringe at the sight of the blood like most people would nor did he feel fear when the Arab appeared one final time. Mesrsault seemed more bother over the cries of the women and the burning sun. He didn't like how he had to explain everything happened instead of panicking with the women about the amount of blood they saw coming from Raymond. He hated how much he was sweating when he was alone with the Arab rather than overthinking all the possible endings this encounter could have. This moment in the story is the climax of the plot but it didn't seem like it through the narrator's thoughts who made it seem like it was a everyday thing. If we got some emotions from Meursault, this section could have been better. The only emotion he felt was at the very end, "and it was like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness" where he thought he ruined the day by killing this man actually realizing that he was happy until that moment. It showed maybe is capable of emotions sometimes.