The Stranger
In the novel “The Stranger” the character Monsieur Meursault responds to his trial as injustice. Although Meursault believes the trial is unjust, he happens to deal with his situation. As a careless person he then happens to not care or worry about his trial anymore. Though at the end it ends up changing.
Monsieur Meursault meaning of justice or injustice is distinctive from a normal person. What he might think is injustice to a regular person might not be justice but injustice. Meursault understanding of justice is different. For the reason being that Meursault has a peculiar way of thinking. His ways of reacting and thinking are different from other people. Meursault mind is some what selfish not only with himself but with his surroundings. While in his trial the people he knew tried to defend his innocence. He did nothing but sit and careless about what the people that loved or cared about him were doing for him. Which was testifying on his defense. Meursault didn’t even bothered appreciating the fact that they all showed up for him.
As the reader continues to read the novel, the reader continues discovering Meursault’s understanding of life and what justice might be to him. He reacts indifferent of how his trial is coming to be. Which is not in any way favorable to him since his consequences to his action might happen to be executing him. Although at first he acts careless, unconcerned, and inaccurate of how his trial is coming along. Late in the novel the reader discovers of how Meursault emotions turn out to reveal. He then cries, perhaps he now believes what is occurring to him is delicate and therefore serious. He now assimilates his actions. Starts to regret his way of performance since it wasn’t favorable to his trial but instead condemned him even more. Meursault, being now familiarize with reality is what is making his emotions come to life. Who which he reveals by imagining his mother being alive instead of dead. And wishes perhaps at some point not having to suffer for her lost.
Meursault’s character in the novel shows the reader how his way of justice or injustice are different. What the reader might think is justice for example, executing him for the murder he committed, to him might happen to be the wrong thing to do. Since for him what he did was not wrong. Meursault might just think that what he did was a way of saving his life from the Arab man who was going to kill him if he would have not immediately respond by shooting at him. Although the reader might just see how his character is nothing but a guilty murder, therefore he should pay with execution. Perhaps if Meursault would have not pressed on the revolver so many times without remorse what so ever. The reader would have had sympathy for his character. But because of his obvious intention of murdering the Arab man, the reader cannot portrait this sympathy for him.
As a result Meursault seems to view the rest of humanity as the “others” as if he is a mere observer rather than a part of humanity that he was born into. Meursault makes all of his decisions based on his notion that his actions are unimportant because no matter how society classifies him, he will still die. Meursault utter rejection of all things irrational that separate him for his fellow man and make him a “stranger” from society and even from his close friends.
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