Meursaut takes the news better than anyone should. He appears to think that he deserves this harsh penalty, but still reveals no sign of guilt. He demonstrates the fact that simply does not care whether he dies or lives. A policeman asks him if he was nervous, and Meursaut replies with a short, “No.” (83). Meursaut finally depicts a slight emotion and that would be depression. His words depict depression when he says, “Everybody knows life isn’t worth living… it doesn’t much matter whether you die at thirty or seventy.” (114). When this static character finally conveyed a small amount of emotion, it was only sadness because he realized his own life was over, still not worried about the other life he has taken, the Arabs. The last chapter in this novel may suggest the fact that he has emotion, but there is absolutely no change to his character; no pity, just simply his discomfort and jitters about his own
Meursaut takes the news better than anyone should. He appears to think that he deserves this harsh penalty, but still reveals no sign of guilt. He demonstrates the fact that simply does not care whether he dies or lives. A policeman asks him if he was nervous, and Meursaut replies with a short, “No.” (83). Meursaut finally depicts a slight emotion and that would be depression. His words depict depression when he says, “Everybody knows life isn’t worth living… it doesn’t much matter whether you die at thirty or seventy.” (114). When this static character finally conveyed a small amount of emotion, it was only sadness because he realized his own life was over, still not worried about the other life he has taken, the Arabs. The last chapter in this novel may suggest the fact that he has emotion, but there is absolutely no change to his character; no pity, just simply his discomfort and jitters about his own