jornal entry # 16

The primary reason for Camus to create two parts to "The Stranger" is to display a change in outlook and emotion that is experienced by Meursault. In the beginning portion of the book it can be easily noted that he has a lack of emotion and caring about anything existing outside the physical realm, yet in the second part, having all of what he took for granted taken away form him, having experienced a relationship and having actually cared for his dead mother creates a contrast. Camus compairs several situations which have been experienced by Meursault in his old and new outlooks and emotional capabilities. An example would be how in the beginning of the book, when attending his mothers funeral, everybody stares at him and they all somewhat judge him in the way he left his mom in a home. he experiences a general lack of care for this. during his time in court, he enters a court room in which everybody stares and judges him in similar ways, and he is heavily effected emotionally by this judgement. this suggests emotional growth within Meursault.