Stranger Journal #1

Summary: Meursault's actions in the first few chapters would be deeply emotional for anyone but by his description he treats his mothers death almost with the same emotional weight as a normal person would describe a tough work week. His mothers death causes him pain but his short and mostly bland listing of his activities portrays it as mild. He mearly goes through his day talking about each event in chronological order only branching out slightly with massively important things but for the most part treats every event with the same value and time.

Personal Reaction
Boring, is the only word that seems to come to mind after reading the two first chapters. Not only was bored by his simple unimagiative description of his actions but it seems like Meursault himself would consider himself and his life boring. He even says at the end of the second chapter by saying "really, nothing had changed." (Camus 24)

Analysis
Campus is trying to throw the reader off in these first two chapters. The reader doesn't expect to read about such a-up until this point-boring character. This causes the reader to ask why Meursault is like this and if he is hiding his feelings for some reason.

Research
Algiers was a patch of French civilization along the coast of Africa. By 1942 Algiers would no doubt be involved in WWII and the effects of war would be obvious. The story takes place slightly before WWII since there is no mention of it and I looked it up on sparknotes. The tenseness of impending war would no doubt be in play.