In The Stranger Meursault was on trial for the crime he was convicted of doing , he was anticipating what was going on, and what he thought might happen to him while he was on trial. His thoughts were that he was going to get executed, and also how people would react to him being executed. he felt that no one would really care much about it, and also that they would rather look at him with hate, and not show any feelings, or pity to him when it would happen. he is living in a cold sort of environment.