Journal 7

1. The narrator wants the reader to feel the disconnect to the character like the disconnect to emotions that there is in the story.

2. The lack of dialogue in the story shows the disconnect between Meursault and his opinions. Since there is that disconnect, he does not voice his opinions, resulting in the lack of dialogue.

3. The sun represents the emotions that Meursault should be feeling, but doesn't. Therefore, it appears in the story to show the emotion that should be there.

4. Camus does use the sun to represent two different things. It could represent two opposites such as happiness and unhappiness.

5. Camus personifies the sun in this situation to show a change in emotion and situation.

6. Dialogue is not used much and when it is used is very simple because it represents how Meursault is not a very opinionated person.

7. He does use the repetition of the old man and the dog to represent a theme that people do not know what they have or do not show gratitude for what they have until it is gone.

8. The narrator and Meursault could in fact be the same person. Because Meursault is so objective about everything, he could in fact be telling the story.

9. Camus does this to highlight certain events in the book that are the most significant and that he wants the reader to pay the most attention to.