It would be wrong to say that Meursault who lives within the society is completely a stranger to the social norms and has no sympathetic value for anyone. When Raymond asked him to be his friend, he didn’t reply, but after that he said that he would not mind. Meursault even agrees to write a letter on behalf of Raymond: “I wrote the letter. I more or less improvised, but tried to write in a way that would make Raymond happy because I had no reason to make him happy”(Smith30). Another instance we find when old Salamano lost his dog and Meursault shows sympathy towards him “I asked him if he wanted to come in, but he said no… I told him that the pound kept dog for three days in case their owner came for them and afterwards they did what they