In The Stranger Camus shows that Meursault can find his true identity only through an encounter with death. Meursault goes through some deaths in his life that lead to his own. This awkward, but most entertaining, character discovers himself through the tragedy that occurs in his life. His life is a full one and he faces each situation the same way.
             The encounters of death starts here, the death of Meursault's mother. "I wanted to see Maman right away"(Camus 4), this extraordinary quote by Meursault is a side of him that we do not get to see that often. That is one of the few times we get to see his loving side come out and show his affection to his mom. He accomplishes the capability of getting is inner feelings out. Camus expresses the true thoughts of Meursault by saying, "That's partly why I didn't go there much this past year. And also because it took up my Sunday - to mention the trouble of getting to the bus, buying tickets, and spending 2 hours traveling"(5). Meursault tells us that he really didn't want to go through all that trouble just to see his own mom. He has feelings for his mom, as you heard in the last quote, but not enough to go see her. As Bree said," . . . Meursault's error lies precisely in his estrangement"(112). Bree is saying that Meursault is a great guy and all, but his main, and big, problem is his personality.
             The most important part of finding his own identity was the murder of the Arab. Meursault gets out of hand and shoots an Arab dead. "My whole being tensed and I squeezed my hand around the revolver"(59 Camus). Meursault had the revolver in his hand and he claims that because he was so tensed about everything that was going on, that made him shoot the gun. He has some mental problems as you can see, Meursault is normal most of the time, but he defiantly has his moments. Albert Camus tries to show that M
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