mentions the blood pounding in his temples. Then he mentions the great tears streaming down Perez's face, and how they formed a watery glaze over his face. This was the clearness, the white, as well as the white flesh of the roots amongst the blood-red earth, which tumbled upon his mother's coffin. It was the severe, blistering heat that inspired all of these images to arise.
             The next major event, sparked by the elements and most importantly, the heat, was when Meursault shot the Arab dead. He even says himself, under the pressure of the sun, that "It was the same sun as on the day of mother's funeral", which was where the last plethora of images, colors and heat struck him. Once again he mentions the throbbing in his veins and in his forehead. There was the glint of light lunging at his forehead from the Arab's sword, and again another glaze of liquid, except on his own face this time. The cymbals of the sun clashed against his forehead, yet more powerful and lyrical imagery, brought to life by the power of the heat. The imagery goes on, even more powerful than the previous time, and leads him to fire five bullets into the Arabs body. Physical sensations always cloud Meursault's judgment – but also bring him the most pleasure in life. As well as that, Meursault comments "I knew that as soon as it began to get hot something new was going to happen to me." This in itself is a key link to the relationship betwe
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