The Stranger - blogpost no. 2

q1. Is there a connection between the little woman from Celeste's being at court to Mersault and the way he is viewed by others?

q2. Did Mersault's timeline of unfortunate events happen by what is called "chance" or did he choose his own fate knowingly?

Mersault mentions when he is in Celeste's restaurant that the little strange woman who sat at his table ate her meal and did every single action of hers robotlike. He found her movements "peculiar". iI find this interesting because within two pages of each other, the word peculiar is mentioned, once by Marie describing why she is maybe so into Mersault for his peculiarness, and once after by Mersault showing such curiousity in the small woman mainly because of her peculiarness. I wonder if, while viewing this woman as someone strange and robotic, she was looking at Mersault as the strange one at the dining table.

Raymond explains in court that Mersault's timeline of events were just one big pile of misfortune. No one seems to believe this as the lawyer pushes the argument that the kind of man Mersault is, one who doesnt mourn over the death of his mother and befriends pimps, are the ones who choose they're fates. In the end Mersault explains to himself in his head, maybe i am a criminal as he goes over the timeline, himself planning to kill the arab, acceptingly writes the hatred letter and plays the role of a false witness, doesnt stop raymond from beating a woman, arrogant to his mothers death. Although everyone views him as guilty, everyone who knows him stands up for him and tries to justify his actions more than he has even tried. The old man states "you have to understand" more than once, and i think that the kind of person Mersault is goes a long way, more than meets the eye of the stranger.