Start tracking the sun and one other image, word phrase, or idea. For each time you see this image write the quote, page, and one sentence about what it is doing.
"The office overlooks the sea, and we took a minute to watch the freighters in the harbor, which was ablaze with sunlight." (Camus 25)
It feels like the sunlight comes into the story to brighten the mood. Normally, the book has had a gloomy and unfeeling mood, but here I finally feel some feeling in the mood.
"The four o'clock sun wasn't too hot, but the water was warm, with slow, gently lapping waves" (Camus 34).
Again, I feel like the mood has been lightened. The way the sun's warmth is talked about gives it a relaxed feeling.
"A little later old Salamano growled at his dog; we heard the sound of footsteps and claws on the wooden stairs and then 'Lousy, stinking bastard' and they went down into the street" (Camus 35).
Salamano keeps saying this to his dog. It makes me feel very sad for the dog, and wishing that he was not treated so poorly and that he was loved. I feel sympathetic for the dog.
"I barely heard him mumble 'Stinking bastard,' and he went on fidgeting around" (Camus 38).
Again Salamano says this to his dog. A motif of sympathy seems to be in the story.
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