RE: Who is this guy?

Meursault, which ever way you pronounce it, is not a man of mystery; this man give you a view through his eyes, and the raw emotion is portrayed by you the reader. He gives you only certain parts of his life and makes you think about it. All the things said in class were the classes opinion not his. As a character he has no mind of his owns and as we were talking we the readers were the ones to spear, think, and breath for him.

Haven't you as a reader noticed that all the things portrayed as emotions as just the reality, since there was no way of showing it, he really wanted to show you what Meursault heard, what he felt to make it all real. Meursault never really had any reaction to what happened he pretty much did nothing. You are his brain and this mystery mans "island of subjectivity" is you the reader. His emotions and all his freedom and individuality is you.

If you don't believe me think about you watching people out your window. You act like a human but as you think about them and study them there is a voice in your head, which is not really yours. It might sound like you but it doesn't say the same words as you say to these people. When you talk and interact that voice is quiet. But when you just think that voice is full of ideas. Giving you suggestion and feeding you knowledge of what you can do. That voice is your inner self, which is apart but separated from you at the same time. Like Meursault that voice is a reader, who reads your thoughts of what you see and gives you raw emotions to feel like a humans.

His life might seem meaningless but it can be the best life you have. It follows Banach and he pretty much lives within that "island" and he has individuality. The things that must follow is his freedom and happiness. In the book don't you ever wonder why it starts with such a tragic moment in one's life. To have your own mother die and still have a attachment to her as a child. That might be where his happiness is, he might need a figure in his life like a mother, to help guide his and show him his happiness.

By looking at others blogs, they say they can't relate to the character or "most people can't", is it they can't or they won't; in this world many people don't want to accept the facts in life like Meursault, they will ignore it and move on. Is this meaning to live to ignore what you don't want to acknowledge, or to live life to the fullest and take on all challenges ahead, and never taking the road where there is no fog on the road and the air is all clean.