Thursday, February 10, 2011

The Stranger part 2

When the stranger goes back to his old life, he continues his life just like always. He wakes up in the morning not feeling any sort of difference, like his mother was always dead to him, not because he did not love her but because they relationship was that cold. He decides to go to the beach to relax for a while, there he sees a beautiful girl, a work colleague, he likes her a lot and the way he describes her is adorable, they spend some time together at the beach and arrange a date for later at night. When they go out, she asked him about his mother’s death she had heard about, and Mersault only replies that she had died yesterday, which to Marie was at first shocking how he responded to her question. Morever she did not really care and continued having fun, they went to his apartment where they spent the night together. Even though Mersault did like her, he liked her more in a physical level than in a emotional level, he did not really felt connected to her. He goes to his window, watches out, and observers the people around him, what he likes to do the most, observe others with many detailed description. He does not really has much friends and In a way feels lonely. At Monday when he goes back to work, his boss asks him about his mother, which makes him feel uncomfortable and when he asks about his mothers age he replies that he does not know. His boss was surprise about his reaction but again did not pay much attention to him. Giving as again an example about his sad lonely life that he does not have anyone to rely on, and maybe is so used to this sort of life that he does not want to change it anymore. He goes out with one of his colleagues to dinner and again continues his normal daily routine. When he goes back to his apartment he meets one of his neighbor which starts telling him about his girlfriend and how he cheated on him, that why his neighbor beat her up. Mersault does not have any opinion about his neighbor beating up his girlfriend which makes him again seem like a indifferent, emotionless person. They get to be friends and Mersault accepts to write a letter for his neighbor which would be used to convince his girlfriend to trick her out.

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