In every game, there are rules and standards that regulate how a game is conducted. Whether it is as small as a board game or as big as a national hockey game, rules must exist in order to sustain order and fairness. Likewise, in every society, the concept of rules must also exist, which is displayed through a set of universally accepted morals that determine the consequences of everyone's actions. In the novel, The Outsider by Albert Camus, Meursault, the protagonist, finds himself condemned, not for committing a crime, but for being the honest man that he is. He was just like everyone else in society until he provoked its order by murdering a perfect stranger. That is when Meursault's absurd behavior became noticed.
             Throughout Meursault's limited depiction, he is described as one whose actions portrayed his true emotions and thoughts. This, however, is what he is condemned for. During his trial for murder, the persecutor briefly covered the situational evidence, and quickly moved on to question both Meursault and the witnesses about Meursault not crying at his mother's funeral. Every little effort was spent on uncovering every little detail on the weeks preceding the murder, rather than evidence that might justify the sentence that Meursault would eventually receive.
             The warden then looked down at his boots and said that I hadn't wanted to see mother, I hadn't cried once and I'd left straight after the funeral without paying my respects at her grave. (86)
             Through the warden's testimony, it can be seen, as one of the many examples, that the prosecutor focused heavily on uncovering examples on how Meursault showed a lack of human qualities such as grief and guilt. Yet, Meursault does not realize that murder is wrong and grief is natural, which is the basis of this whole trial. Although these qualities condemn Meursault, he still sees it as the truth.
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